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Visit the movie page for 'Tootsie' on Moviefone. Discover the movie's synopsis, cast details and release date. Watch trailers, exclusive interviews, and movie review. Your guide to this cinematic ...
Larry Gelbart. Screenplay, Story. Murray Schisgal. Screenplay. Don McGuire. Story. Elaine May. Writer. 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.
This marvelously funny movie stars DUSTIN HOFFMAN as an out-of-work actor who makes himself up as a woman to get a job. Nobody will hire brash Michael Dorsey (DUSTIN HOFFMAN) because he's antagonized every producer in New York. When his girlfriend, Sandy (TERI GARR), fails an audition for a soap opera, Michael dresses up as "Dorothy Michaels" and lands the part. Michaels fellow conspirators ...
Tootsie. The character of Dorothy originally did not speak with a Southern accent, but in doing research, Dustin Hoffman discovered his voice fell more closely into the range of female pitch while doing the accent. Dustin Hoffman 's two-hour make-up preparations included shaving his legs, arms and the backs of his fingers while in a sauna ...
Dec 14, 2015 · Sydney Pollack agreed to direct the film, but only if he had final cut. 4. SYNDEY POLLACK INITIALLY TURNED THE GIG DOWN. Pollack read the script for Tootsie and thought it was a “one-joke movie ...
Released December 17th, 1982, 'Tootsie' stars Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman The PG movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 56 min, and received a user score of 72 (out of 100 ...
Kids say ( 9 ): This is a raucously funny, yet touching film (that includes one of the best uses of a corncob in the history of motion pictures). Before Mrs. Doubtfire donned a dress, Dustin Hoffman made a splash on the big screen as Dorothy Michaels (née Michael Dorsey) in Tootsie. Aside from classic performances by Hoffman, Jessica Lange ...
