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udy Bernly (Jane Fonda) is a recently divorced woman whose husband has left for a younger woman, and now finds herself in a small apartment and working as a secretary at the huge Consolodated corporation.
The problem is, Judy has never worked a day in her life - therefore, simple tasks such as filing, answering telephones and especially using the Xerox machine scare her witless!
Also at Consolodated is the efficient Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), a widow with four kids, who has been with the company for 12 years. Violet works harder and better than anyone there, but never gets promoted higher because of Franklin Hart (Dabney Coleman), the company's chauvanist boss, who is despised by all his female employees.
Hart's personal secretary, Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton), has to suffer constant unwanted sexual harrassment from her boss, who has managed to convince everyone at Consolodated that Doralee is his mistress, which probably explains why all the other women will barely even speak to Doralee.
The trio of Judy, Violet and Doralee soon become firm friends, and the three of them even jokingly fantasize together about how they'd like to bump off Hart!
However, when a simple mistake leads to Hart temporarily ending up in hospital and he threatens to have them all thrown in jail, events spiral way out of control... and Hart finds himself a prisoner in his own home, as the three women keep him tied up while they plan to get themselves out of this mess, and get back at Hart... for good!
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"Nine To Five" was released right at the end of 1980, but still managed to become one of the year's highest grossing films. Part of the reason it was so popular was undoubtedly due to the fact that the film focuses on women being treated appallingly in the workplace by a man, and audiences who could identify with that just loved seeing them get even!
The three leading ladies of "Nine To Five" are all absolutely perfect in their roles, with Lily Tomlin particularly terrific as the trio's ringleader, Violet. Country-and-western superstar Dolly Parton made an unforgettable debut as Doralee, and it was great to see Jane Fonda take a break from serious, dramatic work to have a bit of comedy fun, as timid Judy!
Dabney Coleman's also gives a great performance as Franklin Hart, the boss from hell, referred to by the main characters as a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot"! Special mention must go to Elizabeth Wilson as Roz Keith, the office gossip always trying to get into Hart's good books.
There are far too many classic comedy moments to mention, but some of the most memorable include Judy's unenviable experience with the Xerox machine; a panicked Violet pretending to be a doctor at the hospital; and many moments of Hart's humiliation at being tied up in his own home.
"Nine To Five" also features one of the best title songs ever from a movie, which happened to be written and performed by the film's star, Dolly Parton. Altogether now - "working nine to five, what a way to make a living!"
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Dolly Parton received THREE Golden Globe Award nominations for "Nine to Five". Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, Best New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture, and Best Song for the film's title tune.  -Thanks to Barnaby Marriott
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Dolly Parton made her film debut as Doralee Rhodes in "Nine To Five".
Rachel Dennison, the sister of Dolly Parton, took over her role when they made "9 to 5" into a short lived tv series, featuring Rita Moreno. -Thanks to Art Pfeiffer And Jody A. Connally
In the middle of the film, Dolly and her colleagues send a nosy secretary to the Aspen Language Center in Colorado, to learn French. The particular TWA 747 shown in the film later was, in reality, ill-fated flight TWA 800, which exploded off of Long Island, NY. -Thanks to Samantha Taylor
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Since this was Dolly's first acting gig in a movie, she thought she was supposed to memorize the whole script - AND SHE DID. And not just her part, she memorized eveything! -Thanks to Danny
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin fell into fits of laughter when Dolly Parton told them she thought a movie was filmed scene-by-scene, the order it was written in the screenplay!
While writing and performing the song "Nine to Five" to Jane and Lily, Dolly kept the rhythm by strumming her finger nails?
Jane and Lily decided to cast Dolly in the part as she would "bring them the west"? -Thanks to Laura
When Violet and Judy are on their way out of Hart's office for the first time, a crewmember is briefly reflected in the mirror on the wall, ducking quickly out of the shot.
In some versions, when Doralee lassos Hart and he falls backward, you can see the crash mat he falls onto.
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I think they used several locations in California. The opening looks like San Francisco: I recognize the financial district and bus system. The scenes with the girls in Violet's car look more like areas near or in L.A. [Thanks to Kenny Newnum and Tim]
Mr. Hart's house is actually located in Bel-Air. [Thanks to Melissa Davis]
The office building shown in the movie is located in Downtown Houston, TX.
[Thanks to Jeremy]
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Dolly Parton wrote and performed title song "Nine To Five". The soundtrack was released on 20th Century Fox records and cassettes back in 1980. It featured the score performed by Charles Fox and 2 tracks performed by Dolly Parton. Here is the information from the sleeve... [Thanks to Tracey]
1. Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (Main Title-Vocal (02:42)
2. Violet Steals Body (03:35)
3. Office Montage (02:53)
4. Judy's Fantasy (02:20)
5. Hart Tries To Escape (02:14)
6. Pillow Fight (02:03)
7. Violet's Fantasy (04:15)
8. Easy Time (01:50)
9. Dora Lee's Fantasy (02:06)
10. Violet's Poisoned The Boss (02:29)
11. Ajax Warehouse (02:23)
12. The Intruder (01:39)
13. Charlie's Bar (01:49)
14. Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (End Title-Vocal) (02:28)
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