| | | For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for anyone who's still in there trying.
Features: DVD, Trailers
Tess McGill is a frustrated secretary, struggling to forge ahead in the world of big business in New York. She gets her chance when her boss breaks her leg on a skiing holiday. McGill takes advantage of her absence to push ahead with her career. She teams up with investment broker Jack Trainer to work on a big deal. The situation becomes complicated after the return of her boss.
"Working Girl is [Director Mike] Nichols returning to the top of his form, and [Melanie] Griffith finding hers." Roger Ebert
"...a corporate Cinderella story..." Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Editor's Note
A young secretary (Melanie Griffith in an Oscar-nominated performance) with dreams of moving up the corporate ladder thinks that her brains will help her achieve her goals. And when she finds a job with a seemingly helpful and sympathetic boss--who's also a woman (played by Sigourney Weaver)--it looks as if she's on her way. But it turns out the executive is slimy and duplicitous, stealing the secretary's clever ideas to further her own career. Now the furious secretary's determined to get revenge--and her plan may not only propel her to the top of the heap but get her a husband too (Harrison Ford). Mike Nichols directed this workplace comedy with a light, smart touch, getting terrific performances from his excellent cast.
Plot Summary
A working girl determined to make it to the top of the New York financial world soon realizes she has to use guerrilla tactics. When her witchy boss breaks her leg, she uses her office (and her man) to make her move.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
|
Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 1/30/2007 |
| Running Time: 116 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1988 | | Catalog ID: 2001365 | | UPC: 00024543013655 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1989) |  | Carly Simon, Winner, Best Music, Song "Let The River Run" | | | Melanie Griffith, Nominee, Best Actress | | | Mike Nichols, Nominee, Best Director | | | Douglas Wick, Nominee, Best Picture | | | Joan Cusack, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress |
|
| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...A genius for getting by on pure charm....A lot of [the] charm [comes] from the performance of Melanie Griffith..." 12/21/1988 p.C22New York Times
Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1988" 12/25/1988 p.II,9 Entertainment Weekly
"...There's no greater distillation of [Weaver's] talents....[A] zeitgeist-savvy 1988 romantic comedy..."| 05/08/1998 pp.78-9 Los Angeles Times
"...WORKING GIRL is the sparkling success that it is because of the sheer irresistibility of Melanie Griffith..." 12/12/1988 p.C1 USA Today
"...[The film] has the sheer breeziness of the best workplace farces from decades ago..." 10/06/1989 p.3D Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
This is Melanie Griffith's movie... She was not an obvious casting choice, but she is the right one. - Roger Ebert
|
| |
|
|
|
