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When theatrical mastermind Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself blacklisted by just about every producer in the acting business, he decides to thwart the entertainment industry by disguising himself as an older woman and auditioning for a daytime soap opera. Dorsey arrives for the audition in a dress and makeup. .. Read more
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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When theatrical mastermind Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself blacklisted by just about every producer in the acting business, he decides to thwart the entertainment industry by disguising himself as an older woman and auditioning for a daytime soap opera. Dorsey arrives for the audition in a dress and makeup. Calling himself Dorothy Michaels, he/she gives an astonishing screen test and is hired on the spot by the show's executive (Dabney Coleman). Dorsey is an overnight sensation with the show's fans, but as his secret career escalates, his relationship with his girlfriend (Teri Garr) suffers. Soon Dorsey finds a new romantic interest at work with his co-star, Julie. The only problem is, Julie thinks Dorsey is a woman and it's not long before she's trying to fix up Dorothy with her single father.
In the tradition of Mel Brooks's THE PRODUCERS, Sydney Pollack's TOOTSIE is a rich, funny, complex film. In featuring Hoffman as the smock-wearing protagonist, its boldness exposes movie-goers to the hilarious challenges faced by a modern cross-dresser. At the same time, the film promoted tolerance for transgendered people. Hoffman is unforgettable as the actor so desperate for work that he'll dress as a woman to get it, and supporting players Geena Davis and Bill Murray create plenty of comedy relief to help the plot along.
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Geena Davis, Sydney Pollack, Charles Durning, Bill Murray |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 51 mins |
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| Collections | American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1982 To Rent: DVD: 10 Dec 2001 |
As with Genevieve and Whisky Galore, an unlikely comedy subject makes an instant classic. It's all in the handling.
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Dustin Hoffman's greatest performance
'Tootsie', funnily enough, is a film with balls. The idea of an out-of-work actor becoming a woman in order to revive his career may seem completely ... read more »
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ladies man
This comedy is clever in the fact that, not only is it very funny, but it is thought provoking too. Dustin Hoffman does a superb job of playing the typical guy... read more »
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An acting masterpiece!
If there is one thing i do not find remotely funny is men dressing as women in real life or in movies, even in a comedy context.
But this is ... read more »
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never tire of watching
Absolutely a timeless classic film...never ceases to make me not smile...Mr Hoffman is fantastic...Miss Lange is gorgeous : ) x x x
Late screenwriter Larry Gelbart accused Dustin Hoffman of refusing to give him credit for writing Tootsie. Gelbart died last month (Sep09) after a battle with cancer but in an interview conducted a year before his passing, he blamed the actor for declaring it was his pal Murray Schisgal who conceived of the 1982 comedy, about an entertainer who dresses as a woman to find work. But Gelbart, who won an Academy Award for co-writing the film, was adamant the idea for the screenplay was his own. He Read more