From left: Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda in '9 to 5.' 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection Walt Disney is sending the classic 1980 workplace comedy 9 to 5 back to theaters next month for a weeklong run, with net proceeds from ticket sales supporting the Dollywood Foundation after Dolly Parton died last month at age 80.
20th Century Studios‘ newly restored version of the popular satire starring Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin will run in theaters from Oct. 9 to 15. Disney will donate the net proceeds from each U.S. ticket purchase to the late singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur’s flagship program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
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Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write, Parton created the book-gifting charity to promote literacy among young people in their earliest years. Since its founding in 1995, the program has given over 300 million free books to children across North American, the UK, Australia and the Republic of Ireland.
Parton, known as the Queen of Country music, died after a brief battle with cancer. The 9 to 5 theatrical re-release was announced on the inaugural Give Like Dolly Day, a new annual celebration set for Sept. 25, or 9/25, a date chosen as an homage to the comedy film.
9 to 5, directed by Colin Higgins and about women office workers seeking revenge against the man making their lives miserable, included the “9 to 5” protest song penned and sung by Parton, and for which she received an Academy Award nomination.
Besides being a legendary singer and songwriter of chart-toppers, Parton as a shrewd entrepreneur turned her namesake Tennessee theme park Dollywood into one of the world’s top amusement destinations.
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