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Tootsie(1982)

What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.

7.2(1,941)1h 56m1982-12-17

ComedyRomance

Overview

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

Director:: Sydney Pollack
Writers:: Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Larry Gelbart
Producers:: Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards, Ronald L. Schwary
Cinematographer:: Owen Roizman
Composer:: Dave Grusin
Production:: Mirage Enterprises, Punch Productions, Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures
Budget:: $21,000,000
Revenue:: $177,200,000
Status:: Released

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Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Julie Nichols

Teri Garr

Teri Garr

Sandy Lester

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning

Charles Durning

Les Nichols

Bill Murray

Bill Murray

Jeff Slater

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

George Fields

George Gaynes

George Gaynes

John Van Horn

Geena Davis

Geena Davis

April

Doris Belack

Doris Belack

Rita

Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley

Jacqui

Peter Gatto

Peter Gatto

Rick