Tootsie
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.
1982
Rated
PG
116
minutes
Comedy, Romance
Wikipedia
Directed By:
Sydney Pollack
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.
Language
English
Release Date
December 17, 1982
Budget
$21,000,000
Revenue
$177,200,000
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress
British Academy Film Awards
Best Makeup and Hair
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Screenplay
Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols
Teri Garr
Sandy
Dabney Coleman
Ron Carlisle
Charles Durning
Les Nichols
Bill Murray
Jeff Slater
Sydney Pollack
George Fields
George Gaynes
John Van Horn
Geena Davis
April
Doris Belack
Rita
Ellen Foley
Jacqui
Peter Gatto
Rick
Lynne Thigpen
Jo
Ronald L. Schwary
Phil Weintraub
Debra Mooney
Mrs. Mallory
Amy Lawrence
Amy
Kenny Sinclair
Boy
Susan Merson
Page
Robert D. Wilson
Stage Hand
James Carruthers
Middle-Aged Man
Estelle Getty
Middle-Aged Woman
Christine Ebersole
Linda
Bernie Pollack
Actor #1
Sam Stoneburner
Actor #2
Marjorie Lovett
Salesgirl
Barbara Spiegel
Billie
Suzanne von Schaack
Party girl
Anne Shropshire
Mrs. Crawley
Murray Schisgal
Party guest
Richard Whiting
Priest
Jim Jansen
Stage Manager #2
Tom Mardirosian
Stage Manager
Gavin Reed
Director
Annie Korzen
Autograph Hound
Ibbits Warriner
Autograph Hound
Lois de Banzie
Autograph Hound
Stephen Prutting
Autograph Hound
Tobin Bell
Waiter (uncredited)
Phillip Borsos
(uncredited)
Jim Dratfield
Acting Student (uncredited)
John Kapelos
Actor at Party (uncredited)
Joyce Worsley
Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)
Andy Warhol
Himself (uncredited)
Pamela Lincoln
Secretary
Michael M. Ryan
Middle-Aged Man
Gene Shalit
Self (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Writing
Elaine May
Writer
Don McGuire
Story
Larry Gelbart
Screenplay
Larry Gelbart
Story
Murray Schisgal
Screenplay
Editing
Don Brochu
Assistant Editor
William Steinkamp
Editor
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Jill Savitt
Assistant Editor
Nancy Weizer
Assistant Editor
Production
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager
Dick Richards
Producer
Ronald L. Schwary
Producer
Sylvia Fay
Casting
Charles Evans
Executive Producer
Camera
Directing
Sydney Pollack
Director
Joseph P. Reidy
Assistant Director
David McGiffert
Assistant Director
Renee Bodner
Script Supervisor
Art
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Jimmy Raitt
Property Master
Peter S. Larkin
Production Design
Thomas C. Tonery
Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
Sound
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Tod A. Maitland
Boom Operator
Rick Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Les Lazarowitz
Sound Mixer
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Crew