9 to 5 (film) 9 to 5 (film) 9 to 5 (listed in the opening credits as Nine to Five) is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Bruce Gilbert and co-written (with Patricia Resnick) and directed by Colin Higgins. It stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with, and their overthrow of, the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss, played by Dabney Coleman. The film grossed over $103.9 million and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer, musician
9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song) the "American Dad!" episode Bush Comes to Dinner. The song is featured in the 1987 animated TV movie "". In season 7 of the reality show "American Idol", the top nine contestants performed the song. In 2016, Winn-Dixie reworked "9 to 5" as "Down, Down, Down", in a television campaign advertising the new lower prices store-wide. In Jock's "Life of Mo", the opening song "Man of Mine" is a parody of "9 to 5." In the 2016 animated film " Sing", an unnamed beaver auditions with this song. Emery Worldwide used a variant of "9 to 5" (as "Emery's On