Working Girl
US (1988): Romance
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. -- (Tom Keogh, Amazon.com)
6 nominations, 1 Award
· Best Achievement in Music (Original Song) 1988: Carly Simon - Music & Lyric "Let the River Run"
· Best Picture 1988: Douglas Wick - Producer (20th Century-Fox)
· Actress 1988: Melanie Griffith
· Supporting Actress 1988: Joan Cusack
· Supporting Actress 1988: Sigourney Weaver
· Directing 1988: Mike Nichols