History Trivia / NineToFive

* 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 charts solo (as a ''singer'', that is -- [[Film/TheBodyguard she'd have another one of these as a songwriter later on]]).

* 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.

* 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).

* 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 comcically 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.

* 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 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.

* 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 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 three.

* 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 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 be characterized as the most proactive of the three.

* 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 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 1960's radical or as a glamourous 1980's fitness guru), in which she generally be characterized as the most proactive of the three.

* CreatorChosenCasting: The roles of Violet and Doralee were written especially for Creator/LilyTomlin and Music/DollyParton.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite lasting for five seasons, the TV show has never been re-released on DVD or reran on TV.

* 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.

** And in ''Film/CloakAndDagger'', where he plays both Jack Flack and Davey's father Hal, BigDamnHeroes both.

* 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 Lily [Tomlin] 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).

* 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 Lily [Tomlin] for some time, and it suddenly occurred to [her producing partner] Bruce and me that we should make it a comedy."

** 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 Pat Resnick 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.

* RecycledTheSeries: The TV show. Done ''twice'' with a different cast in each version.

* DarkhorseCasting: While Music/DollyParton was a big name, 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.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Film/TeachingMrsTingle''.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite lasting for 5 seasons, the TV show has never been re-released on DVD or reran on TV.

** He did get to [[PlayingAgainstType play against this]] with his role as William Cox in the Leonard Nimoy film ''Never Forget'', where he plays a lawyer representing a Holocaust survivor against a hate group.
** And in ''Film/CloakAndDagger'', where he plays both Jack Flack and Davey's father Hal, Main/BigDamnHeroes both.

* AFIS100Years100Laughs: #74
* AFIS100Years100Songs: #78

* {{Typecasting}}: This was largely the only sort of role Dabney Coleman 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).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The premise of the film is addressing difficulties women face now that they've just recently entered the workplace ''en masse''. While the trials of women in the workplace [[ValuesResonance is still quite relevant]], their simple presence in the workplace is no longer novel.
** Similarly, Hart explicitly telling Violet nowadays that she was passed over for a promotion due to her gender would result in a visit to HR at best, and a lawsuit at worst.
** Office technology is obviously dated. The photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly. There's a glaring lack of personal computers aside from the rare terminal that accesses a mainframe in favor of typewriters and dictation machines. Secretaries use pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers. Within 5 to 7 years of this film's release, the secretarial typing pool would be gone from almost every large business.

** Though Violet and Doralee were written for Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton, 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 Ann-Margret.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Despite lasting for 5 season, the TV show has never been re-released on DVD or reran on TV.

** And in ''Cloak and Dagger'', where he plays both Jack Flack and Davey's father Hal, Main/BigDamnHeroes both.