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Overview

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Director:
Colin Higgins
Writers:
Patricia Resnick (story)
Colin Higgins (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 December 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Getting even is a full-time job. more
Plot:
Three female employees of a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" find a way to turn the tables on him. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations more
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(11 articles)
Interview with Patricia Resnick
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Tomlin Picks A New Elephant Fight
 (From WENN. 3 December 2008, 5:34 PM, PST)

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Cheesy 80s fun! more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
9 to 5
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo
Company:
IPC Films more

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Trivia:
Plans for a sequel were considered throughout the 1980s, but no storyline was ever settled upon. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Judy is in the Xerox room, the rear part of the machine begins filling in more copies. They are one color in one shot but then as they start flying out, they are a mixed up with several colors. more
Quotes:
Violet: One thing you should know about dear old Roz... She's the eyes, ears, nose, and throat of Mr. Hart. Anything she hears, he hears.
Judy: You mean she's a... a company spy?
Violet: I wouldn't exactly say that, I'd just say that if you want to gossip in the ladies' room, I'd check under the stalls, first, for her shoes.
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References "The Love Boat" (1977) more
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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
Cheesy 80s fun!, 18 August 2004
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Author: misslv80

"Nine To Five" is one of those classic 80s comedies which was what made the decade so fun as far as movies go. Jane Fonda plays Judy, a recently divorced housewife who lands a secretarial job at a corporate office. Lily Tomlin is Violet, the beleagured supervisor at the office who shows Judy the ropes on her disasterous first day. Dolly Parton is Doralee, a secretary whom everyone at the office thinks is using her - ahem - "assets" to get ahead by sleeping with the boss.

Soon these three become best friends and team up after they've gotten fed up with their chauvinistic and smarmy boss Mr. Hart, played to the hilt by Dabney Coleman. Sure, it does delve into zany corniness, such as the scene where they all get high on pot and share their fantasies about how each of them would like to knock off the boss (the funniest is Violet's "Snow White" coffee one, which uses cartoon animation and live action) or the scene where Violet thinks she accidentally poisoned Mr. Hart's coffee with rat poison and tries to steal his supposed dead corpse out of the hospital! This is the kind of movie where you check your brain at the door and take it for what it is.

There are some great one-liners like the one where Fonda tells her ex-husband, who thinks she's having a kinky S&M affair with Mr. Hart, something along the lines of, "If I want to do M&M's, that's fine with me!" The office they work in is reminiscent of the one in "The Apartment". Three very clever characters, great comedic acting from Parton as Doralee and Tomlin as Violet. Jane Fonda, who I never cared much for, was good as the naive Judy. Sterling Hayden has a great cameo at the end as the "Chairman of the Board". A funny revenge comedy about Every Office, U.S.A.. You gotta love the theme song, too. Most recommended!

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