Film
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.
Comedy, Romance· Directed by Sydney Pollack· 116 min
Overview
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.
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- Desperate, he took a female role and became a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves.
- He's Tootsie... She's Dustin Hoffman
- This Is a Hell of a Way To Make a Living.
- This Christmas everyone will know that she's Dustin Hoffman and he's Tootsie.
- Little did this desperate, out of work actor know when he secretly auditioned for a female role that he'd become the hottest star on television. Not even the girl he's madly in love with knows that he's Tootsie.
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- Can you keep a secret? In the next 72 hours, this desperate, unemployed actor will secretly audition for the lead of a soap opera. And become America's hottest new actress.
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Connections
Top billing
- Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
- Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols
- Teri Garr as Sandy Lester
- Dabney Coleman as Ron Carlisle
- Charles Durning as Les Nichols