Following her acclaimed performance in Aliens, Weaver starred in two highly successful films of 1988: a lead role in Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey and a supporting role in Working Girl.
Between the time of the film being shot and its release Working Girl was released and Griffith became an Oscar-nominated star.
One Chase Manhattan Plaza was featured at the end as the Trask Industries building.
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The film features a notable opening sequence following Manhattan-bound commuters on the Staten Island Ferry accompanied by Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Song.
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He has also composed widely for film and television, including the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl (with Carly Simon), the film Bright Lights, Big City (with Donald Fagen), and the HBO hit series Sex and the City.
Hand tells them, "A one armed man killed my wife Sabrina, a working girl. Now I'm a fugitive and in clear and present danger. I should be presumed innocent but they're playing patriot games with me. Raiders. Regarding Henry. Blade Runner. Air Force One..."
After Simpson learned about this rumor, she talked to Empire Online and stated, "I don't know where that came from", "it's a movie called Blonde Ambition co-starring Luke Wilson. It's definitely the theme of Working Girl - this small town girl that moves to New York City to rise up into this great career as a business woman pretty much. But it's definitely not a remake."
While Tillie the Toiler, very much a working girl, may seem to have little in common with Betty, they had one strong point of similarity.
Released in September 1980, For the Working Girl received heavy promotion emphasizing Manchester's new streamlined image, the album's cover photograph being taken by glamor shot specialist George Hurrell.
By the end of the summer of 1976, The Blum Store--"the working girl's Neiman Marcus"—had joined a growing list of American department stores that had gone out of business.