Nine to Five (1980) on Netflix
After her divorce, Judy Bernly takes a secretarial job at Consolidated Companies under Violet Newstead. Both answer to vice president Franklin Hart, who passes Violet over for a promotion.
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Plot summary
Judy Bernly joins the secretarial staff at Consolidated Companies after her divorce, and Violet Newstead supervises her. Both answer to president Mr. Hinkle and to Franklin Hart, the sexist, egotistical vice president. Violet is turned down for a promotion, which goes to the less-qualified Bob Enright. Doralee Rhodes is Hart's secretary. Hart also fires Maria Delgado after his assistant Roz reports that Maria talked about her pay with a co-worker.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nine to Five (1980)
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- Ronald Reagan wrote in his presidential diary that he and his wife Nancy watched the film on Valentine's Day 1981: "A truly funny scene if the 3 gals had played getting drunk but no they had to get stoned on pot. It was an endorsement of Pot smoking for any young person who sees the picture."
- While filming, Parton found she could use her long acrylic fingernails to simulate the sound of a typewriter, and she wrote the title song on set by clicking her nails together and forming the beat.
- The theme song went to number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and the US country singles charts, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and won two 1982 Grammy Awards, for Country Song of the Year and Female Country Vocal of the Year.
- A Turkish adaptation, Patron Duymasın (Don't Let the Boss Find Out), was made in 1985 with an almost identical script, except that the two main oppressed characters are both men and the boss is male too.
- Jane Fonda drew the story from an organization in Boston called "Nine to Five", an association of women office workers started by a very old friend of hers: "I heard them talking about their work and they had some great stories."
- Jennifer Aniston and her Echo Films partner Kristin Hahn are producing a 9 to 5 reimagining for 20th Century Studios, and by January 2025 Aniston was reported to be considering Ariana Grande, Sydney Sweeney and Zendaya for the lead roles.
