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Working Girl (1988) -- When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss's job.
Working Girl (1988) -- Bob snorts cocaine and watches porn in the limo with Tess.
Working Girl (1988) -- When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss's job.
Working Girl (1988) -- Tess suggests dim sum instead of the same old ordeuvres.
Working Girl (1988) -- The opening credits over the statue of liberty and Carly Simon's theme song.

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   17,209 votes
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Director:
Mike Nichols
Writer (WGA):
Kevin Wade (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
21 December 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Drama more
Tagline:
For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.
Plot:
When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss's job. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 13 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(30 articles)
Sigourney Is The Best Medicine
 (From FilmExperience. 4 June 2009, 7:52 AM, PDT)

For Whom the Rooms Toll
 (From Vanity Fair. 30 May 2009, 5:10 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Coffee, Tea, Me? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Harrison Ford ... Jack Trainer

Sigourney Weaver ... Katharine Parker

Melanie Griffith ... Tess McGill

Alec Baldwin ... Mick Dugan

Joan Cusack ... Cyn
Philip Bosco ... Oren Trask

Nora Dunn ... Ginny

Oliver Platt ... Lutz
James Lally ... Turkel

Kevin Spacey ... Bob Speck

Robert Easton ... Armbrister

Olympia Dukakis ... Personnel Director
Amy Aquino ... Alice Baxter

Jeffrey Nordling ... Tim Rourke
Elizabeth Whitcraft ... Doreen DiMucci
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Additional Details

Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
An original trailer featured a scene not used in the film. It features Tess and her friend Cyn preparing for Cyn's wedding and talking about Tess's relationship with Jack. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Catherine is getting off of the helicopter, she first is waving from it and the blades are still spinning. Then when Tess goes to help he out of the helicopter the blades have stopped spinning. (There is no way that they would have stopped so fast.) more
Quotes:
Tess McGill: [pretending to be her boss] I know what I'm doing.
Cynthia: Yeah, screwing up your life.
Tess McGill: No, I'm trying to make it better! I'm not gonna spend the rest of my life working my ass off and getting nowhere just because I followed rules that I had nothing to do with setting up, OK?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
LET THE RIVER RUN more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Coffee, Tea, Me?, 10 July 2000
9/10
Author: Boyo-2

With a cast that includes Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Oliver Platt and Kevin Spacey, its a minor miracle Joan Cusack got any attention at all. But she did get attention, and a well-deserved Oscar nomination. She is completely hysterical and is one of the best reasons to see this fairy tale set against the big bad world of Wall Street. Her best scene is when she masquerades as Melanie's secretary and makes an offer to Harrison "Coffee, Tea, Me"?

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