Tootsie
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
- Andy Warhol
- Bill Murray
- Charles Durning
- Christine Ebersole
- Dabney Coleman
- Debra Mooney
- Dustin Hoffman
- Ellen Foley
- Estelle Getty
- Geena Davis
- George Gaynes
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- Jessica Lange
- John Kapelos
- Lynne Thigpen
- Marjorie Lovett
- Phillip Borsos
- Sydney Pollack
- Teri Garr
- Tom Mardirosian
- Walter Cline