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lobbycards · 2 months

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9 to 5, French lobby card. French theatrical release 1981

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80smovies · 9 months

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#Nine to Five #9 to 5 #Jane Fonda #Lily Tomlin #Dolly Parton #Dabney Coleman #Colin Higgins #Patricia Resnick #80s

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addictivecontradiction · 5 months

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Harold and Maude, 1971

#comedy #drama #romance #harold and maude #hal ashby #colin higgins #ruth gordon #bud cort #perpetual

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warningsine · 7 months

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#Colin Higgins #9 to 5 #nine to five #Patricia Resnick #lily tomlin #Dabney Coleman #//#sine's edits

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oldglitterstory · 11 months

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Research question: where would these footballers live while playing in Richmond? In town or commute every day?

#or where do rich people live in West london #just trying to get the vibes right #ted lasso #England #london #Ted lasso tv #jamie tartt #roy kent #colin higgins #isaac mcadoo #richard montlaur #jan maas #moe bumbercatch #sam obisanya #dani rojas

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gatutor · 3 months

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Jane Fonda "Cómo eliminar a su jefe" (Nine to five) 1980, de Colin Higgins.

#Jane Fonda #Colin Higgins

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 4 months

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#9 to 5 #Jane Fonda #Lily Tomlin #Dolly Parton #Dabney Coleman #Elizabeth Wilson #Sterling Hayden #Colin Higgins #1980

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spacecrew · 8 months

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Harold and Maude (1971) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/

Directed by Hal Ashby

Cinematography by John A. Alonzo

Writer Colin Higgins

#movie stills #movies #1971 #harold and maude #do you pray #friends #friendship #hal ashby #john a alonzo #colin higgins #Ruth Gordon #Bud Cort

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onenakedfarmer · 5 months

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9 TO 5 Colin Higgins USA, 1980

#watching #Dolly Parton #Jane Fonda #Lily Tomlin #Dabney Coleman #Colin Higgins #Peggy Pope #Sterling Hayden #1980

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yeahyankee · 2 months

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When it comes to structure and tone, Full Metal Jacket and 9 to 5 are essentially the same film.

#full metal jacket #stanley kubrick #9 to 5 #colin higgins #for legal reasons this is obviously a joke

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adamwatchesmovies · 3 months

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9 to 5 (1980)

Before I hit play and began watching 9 to 5, I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting into. I’d heard the Dolly Parton song of the same name, knew roughly what the story was about and was aware of the film's cult following. I certainly didn't expect to feel cold towards it. This comedy has its moments for sure. I just kept thinking that the film could’ve - should’ve - gone in and been tougher or darker or made its point more aggressively. Instead, it's being content with merely dipping its toe into the ideas it brings up.

While bonding over their mutual hatred of their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot of a boss, former housewife Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda), mother of four Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin) and secretary Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton) fantasize about what it would be like to teach Frank Hart (Dabney Coleman) a lesson. When a misunderstanding leads Violet to believe she’s poisoned him, they scramble to find a way to cover up their “crime”.

As a film debut, Dolly Parton couldn’t have asked for much more. She proves herself a natural comedienne, easily keeping up with her co-stars. She’s charming through and through. She also gets to show off her skills as a singer - there's a reason that titular song is still playing on the radio. The film's best scenes have Frank manufacturing scenarios so that he can peer down Doralee's blouse. It makes you hate him even more than you already do and endears you to Doralee even more than before.

It’d be one thing if Frank was good at what he did but everyone can see right through the big idiot (well, maybe except his secretary). The point when Judy, Violet and Doralee fantasize about what they’d like to do to him should fill you with all sorts of dark laughs - should. Whether or not the trio manages to get Hart to change his ways (or get him killed, either one will be satisfying), it won’t change the fact that all of the other Frank Harts are still out there. They're still harassing their female co-workers, rounding up toadies to ensure they are never punished for doing so, handing out promotions to unqualified men rather than the hard-working women who have been around them for years, etc. Frank is not a character; he's an idea. You want an impossibly ridiculous vengeance to rain down upon him; you want your fantasy to come true but the picture just doesn't go that way. To be fair 9 to 5 does abandon all pretense of realism but it eventually turns into a light-as-air comedy, which just doesn’t feel right.

9 to 5 gets very silly, which makes it inoffensive and easily digestible to just about anyone - except maybe dedicated misogynists and Ronald Reagan, who strongly disapproved of a scene in which the girls smoke marijuana. I can't say whether the decision to be light and breezy was right for 1980. Today? It disappoints. 9 to 5 left me wanting a lot more. I expected a laugh-out-loud comedy that also hit as hard as a sledgehammer between the legs; I wanted to see a provocative, memorable comedy. That's not what you get. Still, I would give it another go to see if lowered expectations might change how I feel. (On DVD, October 9, 2021)