Nine to Five
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9 to 5 is a 1980 American comedy film starring Jane Fonda
, Lily Tomlin
, Dolly Parton
, and Dabney Coleman
. The film concerns three working women living out their fantasy of getting even with, and their successful overthrow of, the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss.
9 to 5 was a hit, grossing over $3.9 million in its opening weekend in the U.S.
and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for singer Parton, it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. Although a television series based on the film was less successful, a musical version of the film (also titled 9 to 5
), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009.
9 to 5 is number 47 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" and is rated "88% fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.
)'s husband of seven years, Dick Radford (Lawrence Pressman
), has recently squandered their savings and lost his job (because the company went bankrupt) and dumped her for his secretary Liza...all within the same month. To make ends meet, Judy - who's never had a job before, since she's never needed one - begins her own secretarial career at Consolidated Companies: a very large corporation. The senior office supervisor is Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin
), a feisty widow raising four teenagers. Violet introduces Judy to the procedures of office lifeand to the perils of same, particularly their boss and his administrative assistant. The former is sleazy, obnoxious Franklin Hart, Jr. (Dabney Coleman
); the latter is crisp, equally-obnoxious Roz "the Warden" Keith (Elizabeth Wilson
). Hart's vain-yet-endless attempts to seduce Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton
), his happily-married personal secretary, lead the entire office to think she's a "dime-store floozy." (Hart is married as well; he doesn't even care about Doralee, except as "a mountain to be climbed just because it's there.") After pretending to reject Violet's proposals for improving office efficiency - so that he can later submit them as his own and get all the credit for her work - Hart passes Violet over for a promotion (because "surveys show that clients prefer to deal with men when it comes to figures"). Violet tells Hart what she thinks of this, then goes to drown her sorrows at a local bar with Doralee and Judy...who regale her with tales of Hart's epic advances, and of his impulsive firings over anything remotely perceived as unionization.
Later, the three women concoct fantasies about turning the tables on Hart and humiliating him before his destruction. Judy's fantasy involves a lynch mob composed of Hart's employees who chase him through the office; he evades them only to be poached and mounted on the wall by Judy herself, dressed as a big-game hunter. Doralee's fantasy finds her and Hart switching places as boss and secretary; she makes lewd and suggestive comments about his clothes and cologne, then brutally ropes him right in the office. When he storms out, she lassos and hog-ties him, then prepares a barbecue with him as the main course. Violet's fantasy is a fairy-tale parody in which she, dressed as Snow White, provides Hart with poisoned coffee; Violet then shoots him out a window from a booby-trapped version of his office chair. And they lived happily ever after...
The following day, a mix-up leads Violet to think she has accidentally poisoned Hart's coffee with rat poison (a nod to her fantasy the previous night) after Doralee finds him unconscious in his office. She learns from Roz that he fell out of the faulty chair in his office and bumped his head in the process, unaware that he hadn't drank from the cup before his accident. After they arrive at the hospital, Violet, Doralee and Judy overhear a conversation between a police detective and another doctor about a patient who died of some type of poisoning and assumes they were speaking about Hart. As Doralee and Judy try to get more information, Violet, in a state of panic and desperation, steals what she believes to be Hart's body from the hospital morgue. After a car accident, they discover they've stolen the wrong body and smuggle it back into the hospital...but not before run-ins with hospital staff and a motorcycle cop.
Hart turns up alive the next morning - much to the collective shock of Violet, Doralee and Judy. All three vow to forget the night's troubles...but Roz, ever the snitch, overhears them while hiding in the ladies' room. Being Roz, she misinterprets their conversation and blabs it to Hart - who confronts Doralee about this and demands that she spend the night at his house, or he'll have all three of them prosecuted for attempted murder. Instead, the enraged Doralee binds and gags him with a telephone cord and a scarf. After Doralee goes to find Violet, Judy sees Hart and removes his gag. He tricks her into untying him, by pretending to believe Judy when she explains that the poisoning was completely accidental; being Hart, he doesn't really care what the truth is. He is about to leave the office when Judy pulls a gun borrowed from Doralee. Hart thinks she's bluffing - until she fires a warning shot which destroys the glass panel near his office door.
Doralee, Judy and Violet then take Hart prisoner in his own home. They decide to blackmail him so he won't have them arrested. The ladies discover that he's been selling Consolidated inventory behind their backs and keeping the profits for himself. All three women use the occasion of their boss's absence to effect numerous changes around the office - all for the better - as they conceal the true reason for his disappearance. As it turns out, Hart is so feared and/or hated around the office that nobody questions his absence...with the exception of Roz, whom Violet and Company send to language school in Hart's name.
One night, Judy discovers a prowler outside Hart's Tudor-style mansion. It turns out to be ex-husband Dick, whose marriage to Liza lasted only a week. Now he wants Judy to come back to him...until he finds Hart bound and gagged in the upstairs bedroom. Judy, however, makes sure that she blows Dick off before he can blow her off - pointing out that it was he, not she, who asked for their divorce. Moreover, the day after their split was final, Judy (according to herself) even celebrated by opening a bottle of wine! Finally, she shoves Dick out of the house and slams the door after him.
When Hart's adoring (the sentiment is far from mutual) wife Missy (Marian Mercer
) returns from vacation early - to thank him for a floral display he allegedly sent her - the ladies' plan is thrown out of whack. Hart scrambles to replace the merchandise he stole from Consolidated, tugging some very long strings to accomplish this. Then he commandeers a handgun from Doralee and holds her hostage in his office, along with Judy and Violet. Being Hart, he is appalled by the changes which have been made in his absence, even though all his employees are delighted with them. Before he can have the three women arrested, Hart receives an unexpected visit from Russell Tinsworthy (Sterling Hayden
)...the Chairman of the Board. He's there to congratulate Hart for a 20% increase in productivity, which is due to the changes Violet and Company instated while Hart was absent. Being Hart, he takes credit for everything the ladies have done - although he himself was about to reverse said changes just before Tinsworthy arrived! Hart is still getting used to his new and improved office, so he lets Violet familiarize Tinsworthy with their latest procedures. Tinsworthy is so impressed that he decides to implement "Hart's" policies throughout all of Consolidated's locations! Then he recruits Hart to work at Consolidated's Brazilian operation, under Tinsworthy's personal supervision, for the next few years. ("I hear your wife just loves to travel," Tinsworthy says, which makes Hart look nauseous.) Just before leaving, Tinsworthy appoints Violet to be Hart's successor - since she's done so well as the boss's "right arm."
After Tinsworthy shanghais Hart off to Brazil, Roz returns from language school...and is stunned to discover that Violet is now her boss.
In the end, Judy falls in love and marries a Xerox representative; Doralee quits her job to join her husband's country-western singing act; Hart is abducted by a tribe of Amazons in the Brazilian jungle, never to be heard from again.
, became one of Parton's biggest hits of the decade. It went to number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100
and was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Song. It won the 1981 People's Choice Award
for "Favorite Motion Picture Song", and two 1982 Grammy Award
s: for "Country Song of the Year
" and "Female Country Vocal of the Year
" (it was nominated for four Grammys). Additionally, it was certified platinum by the RIAA.
At the same time, newcomer Sheena Easton
was enjoying her first major hit in United Kingdom
with a song also titled "9 to 5"
. With the success of Parton's song, Easton was forced to rename her recording "Morning Train (9 to 5)" for its North America
n release.
(1982–83) and in first run syndication (1986–88), featured Parton's younger sister, Rachel Dennison, in Parton's role; Rita Moreno
and Valerie Curtin
took over Tomlin and Fonda's roles, respectively. In the second version of the show, Sally Struthers
replaced Moreno. A total of 85 episodes were filmed.
, Parton revealed that she was writing the songs for a musical stage adaptation of the film. A private reading of the musical took place on January 19, 2007 Further private presentations were held in New York City in summer 2007.
In early March 2008, Center Theatre Group
artistic director Michael Ritchie announced that 9 to 5 would have its pre-Broadway run at the Center's Ahmanson Theatre
in Los Angeles beginning September 21, 2008, with Allison Janney
starring as Violet, joined by Stephanie J. Block
as Judy, Megan Hilty
as Doralee, and Marc Kudisch
as Franklin Hart Jr. The book for 9 to 5: The Musical was written by Patricia Resnick, who co-authored the film. Andy Blankenbuehler choreographed the show, and Joe Mantello
directed.
According to playbill.com, the musical opened on Broadway
at the Marquis Theatre
in previews on April 7, 2009, and officially on April 30, 2009. However, due to low ticket sales and gross, the production closed on September 6, 2009. A National Tour began in September of 2010.
in 2005, the movie's stars Fonda, Tomlin and Dolly Parton all expressed interest in starring in a sequel. Fonda said if the right script was written she would definitely do it, suggesting a suitable name for a 21st century sequel would be 24/7. Parton suggested they had better hurry up before they reach retirement
age. In the DVD commentary, the three reiterate their enthusiasm, Fonda suggests a sequel should cover outsourcing, and they agree Frank Hart would have to return as their nemesis.
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during more than 50 years as an...
, Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960's when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in...
, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
, and Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman
Dabney Wharton Coleman is an American actor, best known for his roles in 9 to 5, WarGames, You've Got Mail, Sworn to Silence, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess and Recess: School's Out.-Early life:Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary...
. The film concerns three working women living out their fantasy of getting even with, and their successful overthrow of, the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss.
9 to 5 was a hit, grossing over $3.9 million in its opening weekend in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for singer Parton, it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. Although a television series based on the film was less successful, a musical version of the film (also titled 9 to 5
9 to 5 (musical)
9 to 5: The Musical is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and a book by Patricia Resnick, based on the 1980 movie Nine to Five...
), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009.
9 to 5 is number 47 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" and is rated "88% fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.
Plot
Judy Bernly (Jane FondaJane Fonda
Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during more than 50 years as an...
)'s husband of seven years, Dick Radford (Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman
David M. Pressman, Senior is an American actor, probably best known for roles on Doogie Howser, M.D., Ladies Man, a recurring role on Profiler, the titular character on Mulligan's Stew and as a fictional scientist in the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle.His first role was on the soap opera The...
), has recently squandered their savings and lost his job (because the company went bankrupt) and dumped her for his secretary Liza...all within the same month. To make ends meet, Judy - who's never had a job before, since she's never needed one - begins her own secretarial career at Consolidated Companies: a very large corporation. The senior office supervisor is Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960's when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in...
), a feisty widow raising four teenagers. Violet introduces Judy to the procedures of office lifeand to the perils of same, particularly their boss and his administrative assistant. The former is sleazy, obnoxious Franklin Hart, Jr. (Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman
Dabney Wharton Coleman is an American actor, best known for his roles in 9 to 5, WarGames, You've Got Mail, Sworn to Silence, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess and Recess: School's Out.-Early life:Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary...
); the latter is crisp, equally-obnoxious Roz "the Warden" Keith (Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Welter Wilson is an American actress. She was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007.-Life and career:Wilson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Marie Ethel and Henry Dunning Wilson, who was an insurance agent...
). Hart's vain-yet-endless attempts to seduce Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
), his happily-married personal secretary, lead the entire office to think she's a "dime-store floozy." (Hart is married as well; he doesn't even care about Doralee, except as "a mountain to be climbed just because it's there.") After pretending to reject Violet's proposals for improving office efficiency - so that he can later submit them as his own and get all the credit for her work - Hart passes Violet over for a promotion (because "surveys show that clients prefer to deal with men when it comes to figures"). Violet tells Hart what she thinks of this, then goes to drown her sorrows at a local bar with Doralee and Judy...who regale her with tales of Hart's epic advances, and of his impulsive firings over anything remotely perceived as unionization.
Later, the three women concoct fantasies about turning the tables on Hart and humiliating him before his destruction. Judy's fantasy involves a lynch mob composed of Hart's employees who chase him through the office; he evades them only to be poached and mounted on the wall by Judy herself, dressed as a big-game hunter. Doralee's fantasy finds her and Hart switching places as boss and secretary; she makes lewd and suggestive comments about his clothes and cologne, then brutally ropes him right in the office. When he storms out, she lassos and hog-ties him, then prepares a barbecue with him as the main course. Violet's fantasy is a fairy-tale parody in which she, dressed as Snow White, provides Hart with poisoned coffee; Violet then shoots him out a window from a booby-trapped version of his office chair. And they lived happily ever after...
The following day, a mix-up leads Violet to think she has accidentally poisoned Hart's coffee with rat poison (a nod to her fantasy the previous night) after Doralee finds him unconscious in his office. She learns from Roz that he fell out of the faulty chair in his office and bumped his head in the process, unaware that he hadn't drank from the cup before his accident. After they arrive at the hospital, Violet, Doralee and Judy overhear a conversation between a police detective and another doctor about a patient who died of some type of poisoning and assumes they were speaking about Hart. As Doralee and Judy try to get more information, Violet, in a state of panic and desperation, steals what she believes to be Hart's body from the hospital morgue. After a car accident, they discover they've stolen the wrong body and smuggle it back into the hospital...but not before run-ins with hospital staff and a motorcycle cop.
Hart turns up alive the next morning - much to the collective shock of Violet, Doralee and Judy. All three vow to forget the night's troubles...but Roz, ever the snitch, overhears them while hiding in the ladies' room. Being Roz, she misinterprets their conversation and blabs it to Hart - who confronts Doralee about this and demands that she spend the night at his house, or he'll have all three of them prosecuted for attempted murder. Instead, the enraged Doralee binds and gags him with a telephone cord and a scarf. After Doralee goes to find Violet, Judy sees Hart and removes his gag. He tricks her into untying him, by pretending to believe Judy when she explains that the poisoning was completely accidental; being Hart, he doesn't really care what the truth is. He is about to leave the office when Judy pulls a gun borrowed from Doralee. Hart thinks she's bluffing - until she fires a warning shot which destroys the glass panel near his office door.
Doralee, Judy and Violet then take Hart prisoner in his own home. They decide to blackmail him so he won't have them arrested. The ladies discover that he's been selling Consolidated inventory behind their backs and keeping the profits for himself. All three women use the occasion of their boss's absence to effect numerous changes around the office - all for the better - as they conceal the true reason for his disappearance. As it turns out, Hart is so feared and/or hated around the office that nobody questions his absence...with the exception of Roz, whom Violet and Company send to language school in Hart's name.
One night, Judy discovers a prowler outside Hart's Tudor-style mansion. It turns out to be ex-husband Dick, whose marriage to Liza lasted only a week. Now he wants Judy to come back to him...until he finds Hart bound and gagged in the upstairs bedroom. Judy, however, makes sure that she blows Dick off before he can blow her off - pointing out that it was he, not she, who asked for their divorce. Moreover, the day after their split was final, Judy (according to herself) even celebrated by opening a bottle of wine! Finally, she shoves Dick out of the house and slams the door after him.
When Hart's adoring (the sentiment is far from mutual) wife Missy (Marian Mercer
Marian Mercer
Marian Ethel Mercer was an American actress and singer.Born in Akron, Ohio, she graduated from the University of Michigan, then spent several seasons working in summer stock. She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of the short-lived musical, Greenwillow in 1960...
) returns from vacation early - to thank him for a floral display he allegedly sent her - the ladies' plan is thrown out of whack. Hart scrambles to replace the merchandise he stole from Consolidated, tugging some very long strings to accomplish this. Then he commandeers a handgun from Doralee and holds her hostage in his office, along with Judy and Violet. Being Hart, he is appalled by the changes which have been made in his absence, even though all his employees are delighted with them. Before he can have the three women arrested, Hart receives an unexpected visit from Russell Tinsworthy (Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr...
)...the Chairman of the Board. He's there to congratulate Hart for a 20% increase in productivity, which is due to the changes Violet and Company instated while Hart was absent. Being Hart, he takes credit for everything the ladies have done - although he himself was about to reverse said changes just before Tinsworthy arrived! Hart is still getting used to his new and improved office, so he lets Violet familiarize Tinsworthy with their latest procedures. Tinsworthy is so impressed that he decides to implement "Hart's" policies throughout all of Consolidated's locations! Then he recruits Hart to work at Consolidated's Brazilian operation, under Tinsworthy's personal supervision, for the next few years. ("I hear your wife just loves to travel," Tinsworthy says, which makes Hart look nauseous.) Just before leaving, Tinsworthy appoints Violet to be Hart's successor - since she's done so well as the boss's "right arm."
After Tinsworthy shanghais Hart off to Brazil, Roz returns from language school...and is stunned to discover that Violet is now her boss.
In the end, Judy falls in love and marries a Xerox representative; Doralee quits her job to join her husband's country-western singing act; Hart is abducted by a tribe of Amazons in the Brazilian jungle, never to be heard from again.
Cast
- Jane FondaJane FondaJane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during more than 50 years as an...
as Judy Bernly - Lily TomlinLily TomlinMary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960's when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in...
as Violet Newstead - Dolly PartonDolly PartonDolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
as Doralee Rhodes - Dabney ColemanDabney ColemanDabney Wharton Coleman is an American actor, best known for his roles in 9 to 5, WarGames, You've Got Mail, Sworn to Silence, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess and Recess: School's Out.-Early life:Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary...
as Franklin M. Hart Jr. - Sterling HaydenSterling HaydenSterling Hayden was an American actor and author. For most of his career as a leading man, he specialized in westerns and film noir, such as Johnny Guitar, The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing. Later on he became noted as a character actor for such roles as Gen. Jack D. Ripper in Dr...
as Russell Tinsworthy - Elizabeth WilsonElizabeth WilsonElizabeth Welter Wilson is an American actress. She was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007.-Life and career:Wilson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Marie Ethel and Henry Dunning Wilson, who was an insurance agent...
as Roz Keith - Henry JonesHenry Jones (actor)Henry Burk Jones was an American actor of stage, film and television.Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Helen and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk...
as Mr. Hinkle - Lawrence PressmanLawrence PressmanDavid M. Pressman, Senior is an American actor, probably best known for roles on Doogie Howser, M.D., Ladies Man, a recurring role on Profiler, the titular character on Mulligan's Stew and as a fictional scientist in the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle.His first role was on the soap opera The...
as Dick Bernly - Marian MercerMarian MercerMarian Ethel Mercer was an American actress and singer.Born in Akron, Ohio, she graduated from the University of Michigan, then spent several seasons working in summer stock. She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of the short-lived musical, Greenwillow in 1960...
as Missy Hart - Ren WoodsRen WoodsRen Woods is an American film and television actress/singer, best known for her role as Fanta in Roots, and also as the girl with flowers in her hair who sang "Aquarius" in the film version of Hair. Ren Woods began her singing career as a child and released two solo albums before returning her...
as Barbara - Norma DonaldsonNorma DonaldsonNorma Donaldson was an American actress and singer.Donaldson launched her career as a nightclub singer and then toured with Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne...
as Betty - Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini as Maria Delgado
- Peggy PopePeggy PopePeggy Pope is an American actress.She was born in Montclair, New Jersey. She has made her many acting appearances memorable—even in the smallest roles—beginning in 1966 with the television show The Trials of O'Brien, starring Peter Falk and Elaine Stritch.Pope is most recognizable as...
as Margaret Foster - Richard Stahl as Meade
- Ray Vitte as Eddie Smith
Theme song
The movie's theme song, "9 to 5"9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)
"9 to 5" is a song written and originally performed by Dolly Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut....
, became one of Parton's biggest hits of the decade. It went to number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and was nominated for several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Song. It won the 1981 People's Choice Award
People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public. The People's Choice Awards air on CBS and are produced by Procter & Gamble and Survivor magnate Mark Burnett...
for "Favorite Motion Picture Song", and two 1982 Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s: for "Country Song of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Country Song
The Grammy Award for Best Country Song has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the writer of the song.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...
" and "Female Country Vocal of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female...
" (it was nominated for four Grammys). Additionally, it was certified platinum by the RIAA.
At the same time, newcomer Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
was enjoying her first major hit in United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
with a song also titled "9 to 5"
9 to 5 (Sheena Easton song)
"9 to 5" is the title of a popular song written by British songwriter Florrie Palmer and recorded by Sheena Easton in 1980, becoming her biggest hit...
. With the success of Parton's song, Easton was forced to rename her recording "Morning Train (9 to 5)" for its North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n release.
Television series
The movie inspired a sitcom version which aired from 1982 to 1983 and from 1986 to 1988. The show, which aired on ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
(1982–83) and in first run syndication (1986–88), featured Parton's younger sister, Rachel Dennison, in Parton's role; Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the only Hispanic and one of the few performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, and was the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award....
and Valerie Curtin
Valerie Curtin
-Biography:Curtin was born in New York City, the daughter of radio actor Joseph Curtin. She is a cousin of TV comedian/actress Jane Curtin...
took over Tomlin and Fonda's roles, respectively. In the second version of the show, Sally Struthers
Sally Struthers
Sally Ann Struthers is an American actress and spokeswoman, best-known for her roles as Gloria Stivic on All in the Family, for which she won two Emmy awards, and as Babette on Gilmore Girls.-Personal life:...
replaced Moreno. A total of 85 episodes were filmed.
2009 Broadway musical
In an interview aired September 30, 2005 on Larry King LiveLarry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
, Parton revealed that she was writing the songs for a musical stage adaptation of the film. A private reading of the musical took place on January 19, 2007 Further private presentations were held in New York City in summer 2007.
In early March 2008, Center Theatre Group
Center Theatre Group
Center Theatre Group is a non-profit arts organization located in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the largest theatre companies in the nation, programming subscription seasons year-round at the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre and the Kirk Douglas Theatre...
artistic director Michael Ritchie announced that 9 to 5 would have its pre-Broadway run at the Center's Ahmanson Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre
The Ahmanson Theatre is one of the four main venues that comprise the Los Angeles Music Center.Through the generosity of philanthropist Robert H. Ahmanson, construction began on March 9, 1962. The theatre opened on April 12, 1967 with a production of More Stately Mansions starring Ingrid Bergman,...
in Los Angeles beginning September 21, 2008, with Allison Janney
Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney is an American actress, best known for her role as C.J. Cregg on the television series The West Wing.- Personal life :...
starring as Violet, joined by Stephanie J. Block
Stephanie J. Block
Stephanie J. Block is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her work on the Broadway stage. She has additionally been nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award. She released her debut solo album through PS Classics in June 2009...
as Judy, Megan Hilty
Megan Hilty
Megan Kathleen Hilty is an American stage and television actress.- Early years :Hilty was born in Bellevue, Washington and is the daughter of Jack and Donna Hilty. She attended Sammamish High School in Bellevue and the Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School in Redmond,...
as Doralee, and Marc Kudisch
Marc Kudisch
Marc Kudisch is an American stage actor, who is best known for his musical theatre roles on Broadway.-Early life and education:...
as Franklin Hart Jr. The book for 9 to 5: The Musical was written by Patricia Resnick, who co-authored the film. Andy Blankenbuehler choreographed the show, and Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello
Joseph Mantello is an American actor and director best known for his work on Broadway productions of Wicked, Take Me Out and Assassins, as well as earlier in his career being one of the original Broadway cast of Angels in America...
directed.
According to playbill.com, the musical opened on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
at the Marquis Theatre
Marquis Theatre
The Marquis Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1535 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan.Situated on the third floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel, the 1611-seat venue was designed by developer/architect John C. Portman, Jr...
in previews on April 7, 2009, and officially on April 30, 2009. However, due to low ticket sales and gross, the production closed on September 6, 2009. A National Tour began in September of 2010.
Possible sequel
In a TV interview broadcast on BBC1 in the UKUnited Kingdom
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in 2005, the movie's stars Fonda, Tomlin and Dolly Parton all expressed interest in starring in a sequel. Fonda said if the right script was written she would definitely do it, suggesting a suitable name for a 21st century sequel would be 24/7. Parton suggested they had better hurry up before they reach retirement
Retirement
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when physical conditions don't allow the person to...
age. In the DVD commentary, the three reiterate their enthusiasm, Fonda suggests a sequel should cover outsourcing, and they agree Frank Hart would have to return as their nemesis.
American Film Institute lists
- 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 LaughsAFI's 100 Years... 100 LaughsPart of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funniest movies in American cinema. A wide variety of comedies were nominated for the distinction that included slapstick comedy, screwball comedy, romantic comedy, satire, black comedy, musical comedy, comedy of...
—#74 - 2004: AFI's 100 Years... 100 SongsAFI's 100 Years... 100 SongsPart of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs is a list of the top 100 songs in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute June 22, 2004 in a CBS special hosted by John Travolta, who appeared in two films honored by the list, Saturday Night Fever and...
—#78 (for 9 to 59 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)"9 to 5" is a song written and originally performed by Dolly Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut....
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