Tootsie (1982) - 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.

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.
( Comedy / Romance )

US Runtime: 116 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 17, 1982 [USA]

Director:	Sydney Pollack [Director]

Writers:	Larry Gelbart [Screenplay] Larry Gelbart [Story] Don McGuire [Story] Murray Schisgal [Screenplay]

Producers:	Charles Evans [Executive Producer] Sydney Pollack [Producer] Dick Richards [Producer] Ronald L. Schwary [Producer]

Cinematography:	Owen Roizman [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Fredric Steinkamp [Editor] William Steinkamp [Editor]

Music Composed by	Dave Grusin [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Peter S. Larkin [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Ruth Morley [Costume Design]

Casting by	Sylvia Fay [Casting] Lynn Stalmaster [Casting]

Production Companys:	Columbia Pictures (US) Delphi Films (US) Mirage Enterprises (US) Punch Productions

Plot Summary:

Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

Cast:

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 Kenny Sinclair Boy Susan Merson Page Robert D. Wilson Stage Hand James Carruthers Middle-Aged Man		Estelle Getty Middle-Aged Woman Christine Ebersole Linda Bernie Pollack Actor #1 Sam Stoneburner Actor #2 Marjorie Lovett Salesgirl Barbara Spiegel Billie Suzanne von Schaack Party girl Anne Shropshire Mrs. Crawley Murray Schisgal Party guest Richard Whiting Priest Jim Jansen Stage Manager #2 Tom Mardirosian Stage Manager Gavin Reed Director Annie Korzen Autograph Hound Ibbits Warriner Autograph Hound Lois De Banzie Autograph Hound Stephen Prutting Autograph Hound Phillip Borsos (uncredited) Pamela Lincoln Secretary Michael M. Ryan Middle-Aged Man

Uncredited Cast:

Tobin Bell Waiter (uncredited) Jim Dratfield Acting Student (uncredited) John Kapelos Actor at Party (uncredited)		Joyce Worsley Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited) Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (uncredited) Gene Shalit Self (uncredited)

Sound Crew:

Rick Alexander Sound Re-Recording Mixer Les Fresholtz Sound Re-Recording Mixer Les Lazarowitz Sound Mixer		Tod A. Maitland Boom Operator Arthur Piantadosi Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Art Department:

Wayne Fitzgerald Title Designer Jimmy Raitt Property Master		Thomas C. Tonery Set Decoration

Directing Crew:

David McGiffert Assistant Director		Joseph P. Reidy Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Brian Hamill Still Photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department:

Bernie Pollack Costume Supervisor

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