Tootsie
Summary
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.
~ 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.Sydney Pollack
Director
Larry Gelbart
Screenplay
Murray Schisgal
Screenplay
Elaine May
Writer
Don McGuire
Story
StatusReleased: 42 years ago
December 17, 1982
LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
Budget$21.0M
Revenue$177.2M
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