Tootsie

Tootsie (1982)

Released: 1982-12-17 Duration: 1hr 56min
Genres: Comedy Romance
Rating 7.2
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.

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.

Production Companies

Mirage Enterprises
Mirage Enterprises
Punch Productions
Delphi Films
Delphi Films
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $21,000,000.00
Revenue $177,200,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 19.872

Directed By

Sydney Pollack

Crew

Screenplay
Larry Gelbart
Executive Producer
Charles Evans
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Director
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Dick Richards
Director of Photography
Owen Roizman
Additional Writing
Barry Levinson
Additional Writing
Robert Kaufman
Additional Writing
Robert Garland
Additional Writing
Elaine May
Original Music Composer
Dave Grusin
Production Design
Peter S. Larkin
Costume Design
Ruth Morley
Set Decoration
Thomas C. Tonery
Unit Production Manager
Gerald R. Molen
Script Supervisor
Renee Bodner
Screenplay
Murray Schisgal
Assistant Director
David McGiffert
Assistant Director
Joseph P. Reidy
Casting
Sylvia Fay
Assistant Editor
Don Brochu
Costume Supervisor
Bernie Pollack
Music Editor
Else Blangsted
Assistant Editor
Jill Savitt
Writer
Elaine May
Makeup Artist
George Masters
Title Designer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Still Photographer
Brian Hamill
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Les Fresholtz
Boom Operator
Tod A. Maitland
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arthur Piantadosi
Assistant Editor
Nancy Weizer
Sound Mixer
Les Lazarowitz
Property Master
Jimmy Raitt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Alexander

TOP CAST

Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange

Julie Nichols

Teri Garr
Teri Garr

Sandy Lester

Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman

Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning
Charles Durning

Les Nichols

Bill Murray
Bill Murray

Jeff Slater

Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack

George Fields

George Gaynes
George Gaynes

John Van Horn

Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley

Jacqui

Ronald L. Schwary
Ronald L. Schwary

Phil Weintraub

Debra Mooney
Debra Mooney

Mrs. Mallory

Robert D. Wilson
Robert D. Wilson

Stage Hand

James Carruthers
James Carruthers

Middle-Aged Man

Estelle Getty
Estelle Getty

Middle-Aged Woman

Bernie Pollack
Bernie Pollack

Actor #1

Marjorie Lovett
Marjorie Lovett

Salesgirl

Anne Shropshire
Anne Shropshire

Mrs. Crawley

Murray Schisgal
Murray Schisgal

Party guest

Jim Jansen
Jim Jansen

Stage Manager #2

Tom Mardirosian
Tom Mardirosian

Stage Manager

Gavin Reed
Gavin Reed

Director

Annie Korzen
Annie Korzen

Autograph Hound

Ibbits Warriner
Ibbits Warriner

Autograph Hound

Lois de Banzie
Lois de Banzie

Autograph Hound

Stephen Prutting
Stephen Prutting

Autograph Hound

Tobin Bell
Tobin Bell

Waiter (uncredited)

Phillip Borsos
Phillip Borsos

(uncredited)

Jim Dratfield
Jim Dratfield

Acting Student (uncredited)

John Kapelos
John Kapelos

Actor at Party (uncredited)

Joyce Worsley
Joyce Worsley

Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)

Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol

Himself (uncredited)

Pamela Lincoln
Pamela Lincoln

Secretary

Michael M. Ryan
Michael M. Ryan

Middle-Aged Man

Gene Shalit
Gene Shalit

Self (uncredited)

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