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Dec 19, 1980 · 9 to 5: Directed by Colin Higgins. With Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman. Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
9 to 5 (titled Nine to Five in the opening credits as) is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Colin Higgins, who wrote the screenplay with Patricia Resnick. It stars Jane Fonda , Lily Tomlin , and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with and overthrowing the company's autocratic, "sexist ...
After the movie introduces a few social issues (day care, staggered work hours, equal pay, merit promotion), the movie develops into a bizarre plot to kidnap Coleman in an attempt to win equal rights. He winds up swinging from the ceiling of his bedroom, attached by wire to a garage-door opener.
Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), a feisty, veteran office manager, instructs her on the perils and procedures of office life -- and of working for Franklin Hart Jr. (Dabney...
“9 to 5” was the theme song to the 1980 film Nine to Five, a story of gender inequality in the workplace. Parton starred in this film along with Jane Fonda and...
Office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business...
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Dec 19, 2020 · "9 to 5," the iconic comedy addressing sexism in the workplace, turned 40 on Dec. 19. Here's why it still resonates with us 40 years later.
