Unhappy with her job and her loser boyfriend, Melanie Griffith takes a secretarial post at a major Wall Street firm. Her boss is Sigourney Weaver, an outwardly affable yuppie whose grinning visage hides a wicked and larcenous propensity for exploiting the ideas of her employees. While Weaver is incapacitated, Griffith is compelled by circumstances to pose as her boss. Her inborn business acumen and common sense enable Griffith to rise to the top of New York's financial circles, and along the way she wins the love of executive (Harrison Ford). Things threaten to take a sorry turn when Weaver returns, but it is she who suffers from the consequences of her own past duplicity. Working Girl was Melanie Griffith's breakthrough film, proving than she was more than just the off-and-on "significant other" of Don Johnson. The film was later adapted into a brief TV series, starring a pre-SpeedSandra Bullock. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Art Director - Doug Kraner
Assistant Art Director - Samara Schaffer
Camera Operator - David M. Dunlap
Casting - Juliet Taylor
Casting - Ellen Lewis
Cinematographer - Michael Ballhaus
Composer (Music Score) - Robert Mounsey
Composer (Music Score) - Carly Simon
Costume Designer - Ann Roth
Executive Producer - Robert Greenhut
Executive Producer - Laurence Mark
Featured Music - Lorenz Hart
Featured Music - Richard Rodgers
Makeup - Joseph Campayno
Makeup - J. Roy Helland
Production Designer - Patrizia Von Brandenstein
Production Manager - Robert Greenhut
Set Decorator - George De Titta, Jr.
Songwriter - Chris de Burgh
Songwriter - Trevor Lawrence
Songwriter - Anita Pointer
Songwriter - June Pointer
Songwriter - Ruth Pointer
Songwriter - Sonny Rollins
Sound/Sound Designer - Les Lazarowitz
Stunts - Jim Dunn
Stunts - Frank Ferrara
Possibly Mike Nichols's most purely enjoyable film since THE GRADUATE, this witty, vibrant take on females in the work force boasts an exceptional cast (including Harrison Ford in a rare romantic leading role) and a savvy screenplay (by Kevin Wade) that effectively deconstructs the battle of the sexes in corporate America. A romantic comedy that is both romantic and comic in equal measure, the movie has fun satirizing the everyday lives of the working class, but retains a core of recognition so the viewer can always find the film relatable and believable. A Cinderella-type story to be sure, but winning and bitingly funny. The film received Oscar nominations for all three principal female roles, including a great Sigourney Weaver as Melanie Griffith's boss from hell, and Best Picture. It also picked up a trophy for Best Original Song, honoring Carly Simon's wonderfully uplifting theme, "Let the River Run". ~ Jason Clark, Rovi
Mike Nichols : Best Director - Directors Guild of America, 1988
Mike Nichols : Best Director - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1988
Carly Simon : Best Original Song - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1988
Melanie Griffith : Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1988
Kevin Wade : Best Screenplay - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1988
Sigourney Weaver : Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1988
Melanie Griffith : Best Actress - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1988
Mike Nichols : Best Director - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1988
Doug Wick : Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1988
Joan Cusack : Best Supporting Actress - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1988
Sigourney Weaver : Best Supporting Actress - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1988
Carly Simon : Best Song - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1988
