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Tootsie
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.
1982 · Directed by Sydney Pollack · 116 min · Comedy · Romance · 35 frames
Tagline
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.
Crew
- Screenplay: Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Elaine May
- Cinematography: Owen Roizman
- Edited by: Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
- Music: Dave Grusin
- Production design: Peter S. Larkin
- Produced by: Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards, Ronald L. Schwary
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
- Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols
- Teri Garr as Sandy Lester
- Dabney Coleman as Ron Carlisle
- Charles Durning as Les Nichols
- Bill Murray as Jeff Slater
- Sydney Pollack as George Fields
- George Gaynes as John Van Horn
- Geena Davis as April
- Doris Belack as Rita
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Mirage Enterprises, Punch Productions, Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $21,000,000
- Box office: $177,200,000
- Themes: infidelity, new york city, love, friends, feminist, cross dressing, agent, reputation, serenade, apology
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