Tootsie 1982

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 112 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: romantic comedy

director: Sydney Pollack

Score: 7 / 10

Tootsie is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal and a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, and Charles Durning. In the film, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman), a talented actor with a reputation for being professionally difficult, runs into romantic trouble after adopting a female persona to land a job.

Plot

Michael Dorsey is a respected actor, but nobody in New York City wants to hire him because he is a perfectionist and difficult to work with. He makes ends meet by working as a server in a restaurant and teaching acting classes.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Barry Levinson Elaine May Murray Schisgal Robert Garland
award	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Silver nugget for the best foreign film
contentLocation	New York City
director	Sydney Pollack
editor	Fredric Steinkamp William Steinkamp
events	breeches role
genre	comedy-drama
keywords	act claim engage engagement ring gloria steinem good time move open single mother soap opera teach tipping point twin brother widow
musicBy	Dave Grusin
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Dick Richards Sydney Pollack
productionCompany	Mirage Enterprises
publisher	Columbia Pictures
recordedAt	New York City
theme	feminist romantic comedy romantic drama