9 to 5
9NbsptoNbsp5 (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 (Played by Fonda, Tomlin, and Parton) who live out their fantasies of getting even with and overthrowing their company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" vice president (Coleman).
Plot
Reserved housewife Judy Bernly must start work as a secretary at Consolidated Companies after her divorce, and is placed under the supervision of experienced and sharp-tongued widow Violet Newstead. Both work under egotistical, sexist vice president Franklin Hart, whom Violet once trained and who encourages the rumor that he and his attractive married secretary, Doralee Rhodes, are having an affair.
More details
| author | Colin Higgins |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Colin Higgins |
| editor | Pembroke J. Herring |
| genre | action animation comedy |
| keywords | amazon attempted murder country music credenza dead man drink end equal pay even hang gliding learn marijuana married morning nothing poison remote control smoke think tire iron vice president |
| musicBy | Charles Fox |
| producer | Bruce Gilbert |
| productionCompany | IPC Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | buddy comedy female buddy feminist |