When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
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- TriviaThough Tess is unquestionably the sole lead character, actress Melanie Griffith is billed third in the credits, after Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver who have supporting roles in the movie. Griffith had received critical acclaim for earlier performances in Body Double (1984) and Something Wild (1986), but those films barely made a dent at the box office and she was still largely unknown when Working Girl (1988) was made in 1988. 20th Century Fox wanted a big name actress to play Tess, but Mike Nichols pushed for Griffith until the studio ultimately gave in.
- GoofsIt was made clear that Katharine and Jack had a long-term relationship before Tess came on the scene, and yet Jack failed to recognize Katharine's office when he went to visit Tess when she was putting on her act as a broker. Katharine has only just moved to New York from Boston. This is evidenced by what the recruiter says to Tess: 'transferring down from Boston, name of Parker,' as well as the fact that Katharine does not yet have a place to live (she tells Tess on the phone from the hospital that she's staying at her parents' house and her voice on the Dictaphone makes reference to her looking for a place of her own), and says to Tess of her and Jack: 'We're living in the same city now' which implies this is a new development. It is therefore perfectly possible that, while Jack knows where Katharine works and knows that it is at the same place as Tess (and assumes that Katharine is Tess's colleague), he has never seen her office.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Linda McCartney Story (2000)
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Wonderful romance-comedy in the tradition of Capra and Sturges with Griffith perfectly cast as a woman posing as a business mogul to get ahead in the corporate world and spite bitchy boss Weaver, who is simply divine. Ford is especially precious in a rare romantic-comedy as Griffith's partner in business and love interest. The story is creative and witty. Mike Nichols' direction is sharp and in the highest form. The fine supporting cast also features Cusack and the always durable Phillip Bosco. Carly Simon's wonderful song won an Oscar.
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Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $63,779,477
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,718,485
- Dec 26, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $102,953,112
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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