Working Girl
feature film, 1988.
DIRECTED BY: Mike Nichols
CAST:
Harrison Ford (Jack Trainer),
Sigourney Weaver (Katharine Parker),
Melanie Griffith (Tess McGill),
Alec Baldwin (Mick Dugan),
Joan Cusack (Cyn)
SCRIPT:
Kevin Wade
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Michael Ballhaus
Synopsis:
Tess McGill works as a secretary on Wall Street. She has a diploma, knowledge and willingness to advance, and her boss Katharine Parker supports her and gladly listens to her ideas. When Katharine breaks her leg during skiing in Europe, she asks Tess to watch her apartment. By accident Tess finds out that Katharine took her business idea and plans to present it as her own. Tess takes maters in her hands and uses her boss’s absence to advance her own career.
color, 35 mm, 113 min