Tootsie (1982)
Tootsie (1982)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange
Julie Nichols
Teri Garr
Sandy Lester
Dabney Coleman
Ron Carlisle
Charles Durning
Les Nichols
Bill Murray
Jeff Slater
Sydney Pollack
George Fields / Director / Producer
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 / Producer
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 / Costume Supervisor
Sam Stoneburner
Actor #2
Marjorie Lovett
Salesgirl
Barbara Spiegel
Billie
Suzanne von Schaack
Party girl
Anne Shropshire
Mrs. Crawley
Murray Schisgal
Party guest / Screenplay
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)
Larry Gelbart
Screenplay / Story
Dick Richards
Producer
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
William Steinkamp
Editor
Charles Evans
Executive Producer
Barry Levinson
Additional Writing
Robert Garland
Additional Writing
Robert Kaufman
Additional Writing
Elaine May
Additional Writing / Writer
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Peter S. Larkin
Production Design
Ruth Morley
Costume Design
Thomas C. Tonery
Set Decoration
Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager
Renee Bodner
Script Supervisor
David McGiffert
Assistant Director
Joseph P. Reidy
Assistant Director
Sylvia Fay
Casting
Don Brochu
Assistant Editor
Jill Savitt
Assistant Editor
Else Blangsted
Music Editor
Patrick Hogan
Driver
George Masters
Makeup Artist
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Jimmy Raitt
Property Master
Brian Hamill
Still Photographer
Les Lazarowitz
Sound Mixer
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tod A. Maitland
Boom Operator
Don McGuire
Story
Nancy Weizer
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 17, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Content RatingPG
Budget$21,000,000
Box Office$177,200,000
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
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.
Tootsie was partly inspired from a play written by McGuire in the early 1970s, and was first made into screenplay by Dick Richards, Bob Kaufman, and Robert Evans, in 1979. Richards, who was selected as director, introduced the project to Hoffman, who obtained complete creative control after signing on: revisions to the screenplay and from Richards and his successor, Hal Ashby, being replaced by Pollack caused delays to production, which eventually began in November 1981. Principal photography took place across New York and in New Jersey, with filming locations including Manhattan, Hurley, and Fort Lee. The film's theme song, "It Might Be You", performed by Stephen Bishop, peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Tootsie was theatrically released in the United States on December 17, 1982, by Columbia Pictures. The film grossed $241 million worldwide, becoming the third-highest grossing film of 1982, and received critical acclaim for its humor, Hoffman and Lange's performances, dialogue, and social commentary. It was nominated for ten awards at the 55th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Supporting Actress for Lange. In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".