Tootsie
1982 · 116 min · Comedy, RomancePG
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.
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
- Writers
- Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire, Elaine May
- Released
- December 17, 1982
- Language
- English
Cast
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