Tootsie
"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."
1982-12-17
7.2
en 116mComedyRomance
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.
Director
Sydney Pollack
Screenplay
Larry Gelbart
Producer
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Dick Richards
Director of Photography
Owen Roizman
Editor
Fredric Steinkamp
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Status
ReleasedRevenue
$177,200,000Budget
$21,000,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Mirage Enterprises
- Punch Productions
- Delphi Films
- Columbia Pictures
