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Working Girl(Movie, 1988)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
Working GirlRating: 3.3/5 (with 400400 votes)
Working Girl is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith. Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island who takes over her new boss's role while the boss is laid up with a broken leg. The secretary, who has been going to business night school, pitches a profitable idea, only to have the boss attempt to take credit. The film's opening sequence follows 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 and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, making her the first artist to win this trio of awards for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist.The film was met wit... ()
Movie poster of Working Girl

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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD

Awards & Nominations for Working Girl

Academy Award for Best Picture 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director

About Working Girl

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.

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Trailer for Working Girl + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Throwback Trailer(Trailer, 2:04)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Translated into 26 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/09/1989 (World premiere: 12/20/1988)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Uma Secretária de Futuro"
"Secretaria Ejecutiva"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:4488, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024