It may have played like a lark, thanks in no small part to a whip-smart script from Patricia Resnick ( 3 Women) and fanciful direction from Colin Higgins ( Harold and Maude), but it had feminist teeth underneath the laughs, which led it to box-office success and decades of appreciation.ĭecades later, Camille Hardiman and Gary Lane ( Hollywood to Dollywood) pay homage to the cult film with Still Working 9 to 5, a portrait of the film’s unlikely making, its even more unlikely success, and the ripples it left in the world of women’s liberation through the eighties and beyond. The Pitch: More than 40 years ago, 9 to 5 burst onto movie screens with a deceptively winning formula for 1980: Take three women at the top of their game - actress/producer/activist Jane Fonda, top-tier comedienne Lily Tomlin, and country music superstar Dolly Parton - and throw them together in the dreary workplaces of Carter-era America with a chauvinistic boss (Dabney Coleman) you’d just love to see tied up and tortured. The song was accompanied by a music video that featured footage of Parton and her band performing, intercut with scenes from the film.This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. For a time, the song became something of an anthem for office workers in the US, and in 2004, Parton's song ranked at number 78 on the American Film Institute's '100 Years, 100 Songs'. The song garnered Parton an Academy Award nomination and four Grammy Award nominations, winning her the awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. Quick facts: "9 to 5", Single by Dolly Parton, from the al.
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