Flashback: See Dolly Parton Sing '9 to 5' on the Oscars

When Jane Fonda, who had formed her own film production company in the late Seventies, began work on the company's third project, 9 to 5 , it was slated to be a drama about the slowly changing role of women in the workforce. Concerned about the subject matter coming off as too "preachy," Fonda, who had wanted to collaborate with actor and stand-up comic Lily Tomlin, had the script rewritten and turned into a comedy, adding a third ingredient to the lead cast that would help country superstar Dol