9 to 5

This ongoing series allows theater staff and members of the Ambler community to pick and present their favorite films to our engaged community of cinephiles. Our screening of 9 TO 5 was selected and will be introduced by Mayor Jeanne Sorg.

This empowering comedy features a pitch-perfect ensemble cast of Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton. Three co-workers set out to teach their egotistical, sexist boss a lesson about how to treat his employees, but when their plan goes awry, the prank turns into a kidnapping. Dolly Parton's Oscar-nominated theme song for the film (also titled '9 to 5') struck a chord with the public and went to #1 on three different Billboard charts, eventually being certified platinum.

When 9 TO 5 came out, I was a little kid ready for female empowerment movies. Just a few years previous, my own mom had become the first woman to win the right to work in the male-only mining industry in Northern Minnesota. For girls like me raised by the belief that girls could do whatever boys could do, this movie was an anthem. It didn’t hurt that my mom was always playing Dolly Parton on the 8 track.

Director Colin Higgins

Cast Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman

Country USA

Language English

Aspect 1.85

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