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Tootsie: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman. Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
- (116K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Sydney Pollack
- 1982-12-17
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.
In the film, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman), a talented actor with a reputation for being professionally difficult, runs into romantic trouble after adopting a female persona to land a job.
Nov 12, 2023 · Released in 1982, Tootsie was directed by Sydney Pollack and sees Hoffman play an actor, Michael Dorsey, who dresses as a woman, calling himself Dorothy Michaels, in the hopes of landing some different jobs. The movie was a huge box-office and critical success and remains one of Hoffman’s most popular performances.
the scene of Michael when caught by insecure casual girlfriend Sandy Lester (Teri Garr) dressed in nothing but his skimpy black briefs when he attempted to try on her clothes, and then pretended he wanted to have sex with her ("Sandy...
Tootsie (1982) is an engaging, original, hilarious gender-comedy story of an unemployed actor Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) whose disguises as a feminist named "Dorothy" fooled his/her co-actors and helped him get a job and become a female star on a daytime television soap opera titled Southwest General.
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Oct 4, 2019 · Dustin Hoffman played one of his most challenging characters in 1982 when he starred on “Tootsie.” He had to portray not one but two roles for the film: struggling actor Michael Dorsey and his alter ego soap opera star Dorothy Michaels.
