Working Girl
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Melanie Griffith had a fling with stardom in this Mike Nichols comedy about an executive secretary (Griffith) who can't get her deserved shot at upward mobility in the brokerage industry. Hardly taken seriously by male bosses, things aren't really any better for her once she starts working for a female exec (Sigourney Weaver, never more delightful), a narcissist with a boy-toy banker (Harrison Ford) and a tendency to steal the best ideas from her underlings. When Weaver's character is laid up with a broken leg, Griffith poses as a replacement wheeler-dealer, flirting with Ford and working on a new client who doesn't suspect the deception. Nichols brings a lot of snap and sass to Kevin Wade's smart script about chafing against class restrictions and perceptions. Sundry scenes are played quite charmingly, especially those of Griffith and Ford's mutual pickup in a bar and Joan Cusack's championing of Griffith's crusade. Nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actress (Griffith), and two Supporting Actress awards (Weaver, Cusack); Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run" won the Oscar.
--Tom Keogh
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| title: |
Working Girl |
| theatricalDate: |
21-12-1988 |
| purchase date: |
07-06-2006 |
| publisher: |
20th Century Fox |
| published: |
17-04-2001 |
| price: |
$9.98 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
115 |
| last lookup time: |
171442441.519243 |
| genre: |
Assumed Identity
Romantic Comedies
Screwball Comedy
Mike Nichols
Family Features
Corporate Life
Cinderella Stories
4-for-3 Comedy
4-for-3 All DVDs |
| fullTitle: |
Working Girl |
| features: |
Anamorphic
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Widescreen
NTSC
1.85:1 |
| director: |
Mike Nichols |
| currentValue: |
$5.15 |
| created: |
171442336.08555 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B000059HAK
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