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.
116 min
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.
- Release date
- December 17, 1982
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $21,000,000
- Box office
- $177,200,000
Trailer
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey
- Dustin Hoffman as 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 Page
- Doris Belack as Rita Marshall
Crew
- Sydney Pollack · Director
- Don McGuire · Writer
- Larry Gelbart · Writer
- Murray Schisgal · Writer
- Sydney Pollack · Producer
- Dick Richards · Producer
- Dave Grusin · Composer
- Owen Roizman · Cinematographer
- Fredric Steinkamp · Editor
- William Steinkamp · Editor
- Lynn Stalmaster · Casting director
- Peter S. Larkin · Production designer