![]() ![]() ![]() And I thought that would be something, to have Dolly Parton in her first movie playing a secretary in a movie that, among many other things, is going to touch upon sexual harassment. "I suddenly an image of Dolly Parton sitting at a typewriter. "It was pow, it was a visceral sense that Dolly Parton had to be a secretary in 9 to 5," she revealed. The Oscar-winning actress recalled driving home from her first meeting with Tomlin when Parton's 1978 hit "Two Doors Down" came on her car radio. When Fonda initially came up with the idea for 9 to 5, she had Parton in mind from the very beginning. Parton's role was 'modeled on her personality' A.B.Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton on the set of "9 to 5" Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images ![]() Featuring candid interviews with the original film’s stars, STILL WORKING 9 TO 5 revisits the making of the film and tells the inspiring stories of the women working overtime-then and now-for equal rights, opportunities, and respect for girls of every generation. But fast forward four decades and the film’s themes are unfortunately just as relevant. At the time, issues such as unequal pay, sexual harassment, and unbreakable glass ceilings for women felt like they’d eventually go out of style. The iconic “9 to 5” served as the unsung anthem for women in the workplace who found the plot’s sexist, degrading office environment exceptionally relatable. It was a rare scene for 1980: Three female leads-Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin-starring in the highest-grossing comedy of the year. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the seminal film’s production, its adaptations, and its still-relevant cultural and political impact. The 1980 comedy blockbuster “9 to 5” took America by storm (only one movie out-earned it that year: “The Empire Strikes Back”) and popularized feminism in the workplace. ![]()
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