Tootsie
- Director: Sydney Pollack
- Writer: Don McGuire; Larry Gelbart
- Producer: Charles Evans; Sydney Pollack
CGiii Comment
Hindsight is a wonderful thing...
Watching this now is a wholly different experience from watching this then...
With only two funny moments...we wonder, what was all the fuss about [back then]?!?
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection.
Cast & Characters
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 Leslie 'Les' Nichols;
Bill Murray as Jeff Slater;
Sydney Pollack as George Fields;
George Gaynes as John Van Horn;
Geena Davis as April Page;
Doris Belack as Rita Marshall;
Ellen Foley as Jacqui;
Peter Gatto as Rick;
Lynne Thigpen as Jo;
Ronald L. Schwary as Phil Weintraub;
Debra Mooney as Mrs. Mallory