Film

Tootsie

1982 · 1h 56m · Comedy · Romance

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.

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

88

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.

Dustin Hoffman

Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels

Jessica Lange

Julie Nichols

Teri Garr

Sandy Lester

Dabney Coleman

Ron Carlisle

Charles Durning

Les Nichols

Bill Murray

Jeff Slater

Sydney Pollack

George Fields

George Gaynes

John Van Horn

Geena Davis

April

Doris Belack

Rita

Ellen Foley

Jacqui

Peter Gatto

Rick

Lynne Thigpen

Jo

Ronald L. Schwary

Phil Weintraub

Debra Mooney

Mrs. Mallory

Amy Lawrence

Amy

• Sydney PollackDirector · Producer
• Larry GelbartScreenplay · Story
• Murray SchisgalScreenplay
• Don McGuireStory
• Dick RichardsProducer
• Ronald L. SchwaryProducer
• Charles EvansExecutive Producer
• Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography
• Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
• William SteinkampEditor

Tootsie (1982) Original Trailer [FHD]

Release date

December 17, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG

Budget

$21,000,000

Revenue

$177,200,000

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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