May 18, 2022 | Press Room
Directors Camille Hardman and Gary Lane trace the evolution of “9 to 5” from risky project to box-office smash to inspirational cultural phenomenon. Viewed with 20/20 hindsight, all of history appears inevitable simply because it went to the trouble of happening. More...
May 18, 2022 | Press Room
Hot Docs film revisits a comedy classic Some movies don’t age very well. Other classics get better as time goes by. In the case of the workplace comedy 9 to 5, it’s the latter—but depressingly so. 40 years after Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton delighted...
May 18, 2022 | Press Room
In the 1980s, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton led the iconic movie 9 to 5, but 40 years later, in the wake of the recent Roe v. Wade discussions, it’s clear the lessons from the film still hold true, arguably even more important now, shown in the new...
May 18, 2022 | Press Room
Roe v. Wade in danger, watching ‘Still Working 9 to 5’ is like déjà what the effing hell? In the current moment, with the rights of women under full assault in the U.S., it is a distinctly odd feeling to watch clips from the film 9 to 5. When it was released in...
Apr 20, 2022 | Press Room
The documentary ends with a stunning, modernized duet version of the Oscar-nominated song “9 to 5,” produced by McAnally and sung by Parton and Kelly Clarkson. Here’s five things we learned about 9 to 5, its spinoffs and its lasting significance....
Apr 20, 2022 | Press Room
Gary Lane talks about the documentary he created with his brother that celebrates Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and the struggle for women’s rights set to screen at the American Documentary and Animation Film Festival in Palm Springs. READ...
Mar 25, 2022 | Press Room
What would 9 to 5 be like without Lily Tomlin as office manager Violet Newstead? Or Dabney Coleman as sexually harassing boss Franklin Hart Jr.? It almost happened. Tomlin nearly bailed on the classic comedy, and Coleman struggled to land his part – those and other...
Mar 25, 2022 | Press Room
The classic 20th Century Fox comedy 9 to 5 is synonymous with its theme song by Dolly Parton, the two eternally linked and feeding one another. But what many fans of the 40-year-old film may not be as attuned to are the socioeconomic reasons it was made and the...
Mar 25, 2022 | Press Room
Forty years ago, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton teamed up with Dabney Coleman in the smash hit. The endearing comedy centered around women in the workplace, who fight male chauvinism and paternalism with reverse logic. The film took its place as an iconic...
Mar 25, 2022 | Press Room
That 9 to 5 — which starred Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda as coworkers who plot revenge on their monstrous boss — is still as relevant today as it was when it took the box office by storm in 1980 is both a testament to its iconic status as a feminist and...
