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- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 5, 2008
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange & Teri Garr | |
Performer: | Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman, Geena Davis, George Gaynes, Sydney Pollack, Doris Belack, Ellen Foley, Lynne Thigpen & Bill Murray | |
Directed by | Sydney Pollack | |
Edited by | Fredric Steinkamp & William Steinkamp | |
Screenplay by | Murray Schisgal & Larry Gelbart | |
Composition by | Dave Grusin | |
Story by | Don McGuire & Larry Gelbart | |
Produced by | Sydney Pollack & Dick Richards | |
Director of Photography: | Owen Roizman | |
Executive Production by | Charles Evans |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1982 -
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
What makes Tootsie a smart, enduring comedy instead of a silly, momentary one is its real sympathy for women.
Full Review
The Dissolve
TOOTSIE earned 10 Oscar nods and remains a masterful farce... -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Both [Garr and Lange] are excellent, and Miss Lange continues her promise to become a superstar of the 1980s.
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Associated Press
Hoffman had more than proven his chop by then; but this drama-comedy, male-female dichotomy of a film was something else again.
Premiere
Rating: 4/5 --
Tootsie restores the original meaning to the term 'situation comedy,' free of the pejorative associations that have accrued over the years because of the glut of awful ones on television.
New York Times
4 stars out of 5 -- [B]y playing its farcical situation for real, Dusty, Sydney et al were able to sprinkle the laughs with some serious musings on gender stereotyping and the differences between the sexes.
Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]here's some Wilder-ish wit...
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Product Description:
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.
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.
Description by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime. Dustin Hoffman stars with Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray andGeena Davis in director Sydney Pollack's heart-filled classic that heralded a new era of Hollywood wig-flipping and set a new standard for unpredictable laugh-out-loud comedy.
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