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.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 18 nominations total
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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.
- GoofsKatharine tells Tess the combination to her house alarm is 75432000 but when we see Tess turning the alarm off before entering the house she only presses six buttons.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Linda McCartney Story (2000)
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Highly entertaining
80's at its peak. 80's at it's best. 80's in America. Big hair, big clothes, big dreams. Casting and directing great. Plot with a twist. Fun and watchable like it is expected from the 80's movie.
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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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