Working Girl
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Working Girl is an Academy Award winning 1988 American romantic dramedy film which tells the story of a Staten Island secretary, Tess McGill, working in Manhattan whose ideas are stolen by her boss, Katharine Parker. When her boss breaks her leg, the secretary is able to put forward her own work.
The movie was written by Kevin Wade and directed by Mike Nichols. It features a dramatic opening sequence following Manhattan-bound commuters on the Staten Island Ferry accompanied by Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Song.
Main cast
- Harrison Ford as Jack Trainer
- Sigourney Weaver as Katharine Parker
- Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill
- Alec Baldwin as Mick Dugan
- Joan Cusack as Cyn
- Philip Bosco as Oren Trask
- Nora Dunn as Ginny
- Oliver Platt as Lutz
- Kevin Spacey as Bob Speck
Plot summary
Tess McGill is a hard working young woman who is determined to succeed on Wall Street. As she turns 30 she finds herself unable to move beyond her role as a secretary. Her luck initially appears to change when she begins to work for Katharine Parker. Tess soon discovers, however, that Katharine is planning to pitch one of Tess' ideas and claim it as her own. Tess takes the matter into her own hands, teaming up with Jack Trainer not knowing that Jack is Katharine's boyfriend and chaos ensues.Tagline: For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.
Awards
Winner:- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Melanie Griffith)
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Sigourney Weaver)
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - "Let the River Run"
- 1989: Academy Award for Best Song - "Let the River Run"
- 1990: Grammy Awards of 1990 for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television- "Let the River Run" (Composing and arranging)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Melanie Griffith)
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Joan Cusack)
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Sigourney Weaver)
- Best Director and Best Picture
Trivia
- The movie is David Duchovny's screen debut. He plays as Tess's Birthday Party Friend.
- The lobby of Tess's office building was that of the now-destroyed 7 World Trade Center. The scenes of Tess's secretarial pool and Katharine Parker's office were filmed at 1 State Street Plaza at the corner of Whitehall and State Street. [link] [link]
- Many scenes were shot in the New Brighton section of Staten Island in New York City.
- When Tess goes to meet Katherine Parker on the helipad, she is carrying a stuffed gorilla, this is a direct reference to the film "Gorillas in the mist", a film that Weaver had finished a few months earlier.
- Ironically both Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford have starred as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan character in The Hunt for Red October (Baldwin), Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger (Ford).
TV series
Working Girl was also made into a short-lived NBC television series in 1990, starring Sandra Bullock as Tess McGill. It only lasted 12 episodes.External links
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