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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)

Academy Award Nominations:

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.
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.
Many scenes were shot in the New Brighton section of Staten Island in New York City.

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.

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