9 to 5 (film)

This article is about the American comedy film. For the German documentary, see 9 to 5: Days in Porn.

9 to 5
Theatrical release poster
Directed byColin Higgins
Screenplay by
Story byPatricia Resnick
Produced byBruce Gilbert
Starring
CinematographyReynaldo Villalobos
Edited byPembroke J. Herring
Music byCharles Fox
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 19, 1980 (1980-12-19)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[1]
Box office$103.3 million[2]

9 to 5 (titled Nine to Five in the opening credits) is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Colin Higgins, who wrote the screenplay with Patricia Resnick, and starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, and Sterling Hayden. It tells the story of three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with and overthrowing their company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" vice president.

The film grossed over $103.9 million.[2] As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful musician—it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. A television series based on the film ran for five seasons in the 1980s, and a musical stage adaptation with new songs written by Parton opened on Broadway in 2009.

9 to 5 is 74th on the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest Movies"[3] and has a 69% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.[4] The film is considered a cult classic.[5][6]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1988). Twentieth Century-Fox: a corporate and financial history. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 259. ISBN 0-8108-2147-8. OCLC 18164691.
  2. ^ a b "9 to 5 at boxofficemojo.com". Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  3. ^ "AFI's 100 YEARS...100 LAUGHS The 100 Funniest American Movies Of All Time". AFI. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
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  5. ^ Murtha, Tara (December 18, 2015). "'9 to 5' Turns 35, and It's Still Radical Today". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  6. ^ Kale, Neha (February 10, 2022). "Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: the office comedy with serious undertones". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved April 18, 2023.