Tootsie (1982)

Name: Tootsie
Released: 1982
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning

• Movies, Comedy, Romance

• 116 min

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.

Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Casting: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Geena Davis, Doris Belack, Ellen Foley, Peter Gatto, Lynne Thigpen, Ronald L. Schwary, Debra Mooney, Amy Lawrence, Kenny Sinclair, Susan Merson, Robert D. Wilson, James Carruthers, Estelle Getty, Christine Ebersole, Bernie Pollack, Sam Stoneburner, Marjorie Lovett, Barbara Spiegel, Suzanne von Schaack, Anne Shropshire, Murray Schisgal, Richard Whiting, Jim Jansen, Tom Mardirosian, Gavin Reed, Annie Korzen, Ibbits Warriner, Lois de Banzie, Stephen Prutting, Tobin Bell, Phillip Borsos, Jim Dratfield, John Kapelos, Joyce Worsley, Andy Warhol, Pamela Lincoln, Michael M. Ryan, Gene Shalit
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1982-12-17
Status: Released

Tags: infidelity, new york city, love, friends, feminist, cross dressing, agent, reputation, serenade, apology, live television, witty, clever social commentary

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.