Nine to Five. This is on my favorite movies of all time list. I loved the movie when I saw this as a kid. I was 13 years old and I went and saw this 2 times. It was also the first movie I ever rented on VHS. The movie is still funny today. If your a fan of the movie then buy The DVD 25th Anniversary Edition it is amazing.
In case you don't know the movie in a nutshell it is this. 3 women work at a company under a male chauvinist boss/pig. I will not say anymore. Lets say revenge is sweet.
Now what I loved about the DVD is not just the movie but the extras. There is deleted footage and an audio commentary from the 3 female leads.
Now I forget that if its mentioned on the audio commentary but Dolly Parton & Lily Tomlin were both picked by Jane Fonda to be her co-stars. Now Jane Fonda (per Dolly Parton) said she was cast because Jane knew that Dolly would help get the movie sold in the Southern United States.
In the South Jane Fonda isn't very popular and Lily Tomlin wasn't too far behind her. Now for those of you who don't know I will tell you this
* This movie inspired the 9 to 5 movement
* Brought up child care issues into the work place
* This movie was made before "Sexual Harassment" ever had a name.
* The movies casting proved to be effective. It grossed over $100,000,000 in 1980. In todays dollars it would be around $275,000,000 that means it sold more tickets then the following 2007 movie releases
"I AM LEGEND", "The Bourne Ultimatum", "National Treasure: Book of Secrets","ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS", "300", " Ratatouille", & "THE SIMPSONS MOVIE". All of these movies were popular with today's movies audience but in reality they are not as popular as these 3 ladies.
What is unnoticed is that this movie was cast with 3 women over 30. Today it would be a miracle if a movie was cast like that today by a major studio.
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