Line #10 Trivia/NineToFive


1	!!The movie
2	* ActorInspiredElement: The lead characters' names are notably similar in some way to actresses' names (Judy and Jane are both short and start with J, Doralee and Dolly both start with D and end with the sound "lee", and Violet and Lily are both flowers). It's not quite TheDanza, but it's clearly not an accident. Indeed, the film was written with that trio in mind from the start.
3	* BreakawayPopHit: Music/DollyParton's only condition for starring in the film was that she do the title song, which turned out to be one of her biggest hits, and the only time she ever topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 solo (as a ''singer'', that is -- [[Film/TheBodyguard she'd have another one of these as a songwriter later on]]).
4	* DarkhorseCasting: While Music/DollyParton was a big name in music, this was her first film. She not only committed to memory her own part, but the parts of every other role in the film. She was so inexperienced with film-making that Creator/JaneFonda and Creator/LilyTomlin burst out laughing when she asked if the film would be shot in sequence.
5	* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: According to Creator/JaneFonda, the film was at first going to be a drama, but "any way we did it, it seemed too preachy, too much of a feminist line. I'd wanted to work with [[Creator/LilyTomlin Lily]] for some time, and it suddenly occurred to Bruce [''Gilbert, the producer''] and me that we should make it a comedy." Along with the change in genre, Colin Higgins was called in to lighten up Patricia Resnick's original dramatic screenplay (Resnick still got co-writing and story credit). Even in the finished film, the first act is mostly dramatic (albeit with some relatively realistic comedy sequences such as the malfunctioning Xerox machine). Once the girls have their "pot party" it transitions into a more lighthearted revenge fantasy.
6	* PlayingAgainstType: While this wasn't the first time Jane Fonda had portrayed a mild-mannered female character, and as part of her post-Vietnam public rehabilitation in the late 1970's tended to portray heroines who started out green or inexperienced and developed into strong characters by the end of the film (for instance in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Julia Julia]] or Film/ComingHome), Judy Bernley is a wimp even by this standard. She's comically prim, mousy, and remains the least assertive of the three leads by the completion of her arc. This is the complete opposite of Jane Fonda as she existed in the popular imagination (either as a militant 1960's radical or as a glamourous 1980's fitness guru), in which she generally is thought of as the most proactive of the film's three stars.
7	* ProducedByCastmember: The film was based on an idea by Creator/JaneFonda, who had recently formed her own production company, IPC. Fon. This was their third film.
8	* StillbornFranchise: Universal developed a sequel with Colin Higgins. Tom Mankiewicz worked on it for a while and says that while Music/DollyParton was enthusiastic, Creator/JaneFonda was not and Higgins' heart was not in it.
9	** In a 2005 BBC One interview, Fonda, Parton and Creator/LilyTomlin all expressed interest in a sequel. Fonda said if the right script was written she would definitely do it, suggesting a suitable name for a 21st-century sequel would be 24/7. Parton suggested they had better hurry up before they reach retirement age. In the DVDCommentary, the three reiterate their enthusiasm; Fonda suggests a sequel should cover outsourcing and they agree Hart would have to return as their nemesis.
10	** In a 2018 interview, Parton announced that a sequel is in the works to bring the story into a modern-day setting. In July 2018, Fonda also confirmed that a sequel was in the works with the trio returning to their roles as mentors to a new generation of women. Fonda revealed that she was also an executive producer on the project. Rashida Jones and Patricia Resnick (co-writer of the original) were attached to write a script. On October 23, 2018, Fonda reiterated news about the development of a sequel on GMA Day. On October 30, 2019, Parton announced the sequel had been dropped.
11	* ThrowItIn: Creator/LilyTomlin ad-libbed the line about Judy's big hat needing its own locker at work. She claims it was her only ad-lib, but the reaction of the others suggests that may not have been the case.
12	* {{Typecasting}}: This was largely the only sort of role Creator/DabneyColeman could land from then on (though ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' had him being somewhat sympathetic to his female coworkers and the children he has to look after in school, although mostly it's so he can be promoted to a middle school principal).
13	** He did get to [[PlayingAgainstType play against this]] with his role as William Cox in the Creator/LeonardNimoy film ''Never Forget'', where he plays a lawyer representing a Holocaust survivor against a hate group.
14	** And in ''Film/CloakAndDagger1984'', where he plays both Jack Flack and Davey's father Hal, BigDamnHeroes both.
15	* WagTheDirector: Music/DollyParton accepted the role with the condition that she would write and sing the theme song, which was nominated for an Academy Award and won two Grammys. Parton made the same deal for almost every other movie, in which she has starred. The exception was ''Film/SteelMagnolias'', which declined to use the Parton-penned song "Eagle When She Flies."
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** An earlier version of the script saw the trio intentionally try to kill their boss. Colin Higgins was the one who shifted it all into fantasy sequences.
18	** Creator/CharltonHeston and Creator/GregoryPeck turned down the role of Russell Tinsworthy (which eventually went to Creator/SterlingHayden).
19	** Though Violet and Doralee were written for Creator/LilyTomlin and Music/DollyParton, the creative team did have backups in mind in case either of them turned the film down. For Violet, it was Creator/CarolBurnett, while for Doralee, it was Creator/AnnMargret.
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21	!!The TV series
22	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite lasting for five seasons, the TV show has never been re-released on DVD or reran on TV.
23	* RecycledTheSeries: Adapted into a WorkCom that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1982–83 and again in FirstRunSyndication from 1986–88. Both runs of the show featured a great deal of cast turnover.
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