Working Girl Movie

Movie Summary for Working Girl

Summary

This 80’s movie tells us the story of a woman who suddenly finds herself in the top of the corporate ladder.

Working Girl DVD

Plot

In Working Girl, Tess McGill is a secretary that finds herself frustrated with her life. Her job sucks and she feels that there is more that she could do for her company. Fortunately, destiny has a surprise for her.

For Working Girl will become an executive when her boss suffers from an accident while spending her vacations in the mountains; now she will have to manage her office and her feelings for a new comer.

Cast

Jack Trainer - Harrison Ford
Katharine Parker - Sigourney Weaver
Tess McGill - Melanie Griffith
Mick Dugan - Alec Baldwin
Cyn - Joan Cusack

Trivia

Working girl was the film debut for David Duchovny.

In order to understand better the lives of working women, the two main actresses of Working girl spent several days in real offices.

Academy Awards:

Melanie Griffith won for Best Actress In A Leading Role for the role of Tess McGill in Working Girl.

Joan Cusack won for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for the role of Cyn in Working Girl.

Sigourney Weaver won for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for the role of Katharine Parker in Working Girl.

Mike Nichols won for Best Director for Working Girl.

Douglas Wick, Producer won for Best Picture for Working Girl.

80's Film Facts:

The Movie Working Girl was released to theatres on 12/20/1988 by 20th Century Fox, and grossed $63,800,000 at the box office in the US.

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