Tootsie [25th Anniversary Edition]

Director: Sydney Pollack

Overview

Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), a brilliant but troublesome New York actor, has managed to alienate every producer on both coasts. Michael's agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack) can't even get his client a commercial since Michael complained that the tomato he was playing wasn't properly motivated. "You were a tomato!" screams George in desperation, adding that Michael is so obnoxious that he will probably never work again. Dorsey thinks otherwise; when he hears of an opening on a popular soap opera, he applies for the job--even though the job is for a woman. Posing as "Miss Dorothy Michaels," Michael wins the part and becomes a widely-known actress. Yet complications ensue when Michael falls for his co-star Julie (Jessica Lange, in an Oscar-winning performance) but, as Dorothy, is courted by Julie's widowed father (Charles Durning). Michael ultimately finds that his disguise as a woman has made him a better man. One of the classic comedies of the 1980s, Tootsie's gender-bending premise boasts a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal, and by a host of memorable supporting comic performances from Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr, George Gaynes, and Bill Murray. Future Oscar-winner Geena Davis makes her screen debut as a daytime drama queen, which indeed she had been before Tootsie came along.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2008
UPC:	0043396191716
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:56:00
Sales rank:	5,188

Special Features

Closed Caption; A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie; Original screen test footage; Deleted scenes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dustin Hoffman	Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange	Julie Nichols
Teri Garr	Sandy
Dabney Coleman	Ron Carlysle
Charles Durning	Les
Bill Murray	Jeff Slater
Sydney Pollack	George Fields,Actor
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
Toni Howard	Actor
Debra Mooney	Mrs. Mallory
Amy Lawrence	Amy
Kenny Sinclair	Boy
Lynn Stalmaster	Actor
Susan Merson	Page
Michael Ryan	Middle-Aged Man
James Carruthers	Middle-Aged Man
Robert D. Wilson	Stage Hand
Estelle Getty	Middle-Aged Woman
Christine Ebersole	Linda
Sam Stoneburner	Actor
Marjorie Lovett	Salesgirl
Willy Switkes	Man at Cab
Gregory Camillucci	Maitre d'
Barbara Spiegel	Billie
Tony Craig	Joel
Walter Cline	Bartender
Suzanne von Schaack	Party Girl
Anne Shropshire	Mrs. Crawley
John Carpenter	First Actor
Bob Levine	Second Actor
Pamela Lincoln	Secretary
Mary Donnet	Receptionist
Bernie Passeltiner	Mac
Mallory Jones	Girl
Susan Egbert	Diane
Kas Self	Acting Student
Patti Cohane	Girl
Murray Schisgal	Party Guest
Greg Gorman	Photographer
Richard Whiting	Priest
Tom Mardirosian	Stage Manager
Jim Jansen	Stage Manager
Phillip Borsos	Actor
Richard Wirth	Mel
Robert Meadows	Actor
Gavin Reed	Director
Annie Korzen	Autograph Hound
Ibbits Warriner	Autograph Hound
Stephen C. Prutting	Autograph Hound
Carole Holland	Autograph Hound
Lois DeBanzie	Autograph Hound
Dave Grusin	Composer

Technical Credits

Larry Gelbart

Murray Schisgal

Don McGuire

Larry Gelbart	Screenwriter
Murray Schisgal	Screenwriter
Sydney Pollack	Producer
Dick Richards	Producer
Charles Evans	Executive Producer,Producer
Les Lazarowitz	Sound Mixer
Don McGuire	Screenwriter
Ronald L. Schwary	Producer
Rick Alexander	Sound Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Tootsie
1. Chapter 1 [5:40]
2. Chapter 2 [4:23]
3. Chapter 3 [4:19]
4. Chapter 4 [6:02]
5. Chapter 5 [3:53]
6. Chapter 6 [3:56]
7. Chapter 7 [4:02]
8. Chapter 8 [5:26]
9. Chapter 9 [2:49]
10. Chapter 10 [4:01]
11. Chapter 11 [3:09]
12. Chapter 12 [5:34]
13. Chapter 13 [4:58]
14. Chapter 14 [4:37]
15. Chapter 15 [3:16]
16. Chapter 16 [5:02]
17. Chapter 17 [5:24]
18. Chapter 18 [2:40]
19. Chapter 19 [3:26]
20. Chapter 20 [1:31]
21. Chapter 21 [3:02]
22. Chapter 22 [3:15]
23. Chapter 23 [3:25]
24. Chapter 24 [3:33]
25. Chapter 25 [4:06]
26. Chapter 26 [4:11]
27. Chapter 27 [3:49]
28. Chapter 28 [6:34]

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Disc #1 -- Tootsie
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Languages
Audio Set Up: English
Audio Set Up: French/Fran?ais
Subtitles: English
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Scene Selections
Special Features
A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie
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A Better Man
Keep It Real
Good Friends
Deleted Scenes
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What a Surprise
I Made You Some Soup
Anybody Home?
Amy Let Go
Your Own Character
You Can't Play an Animal
I'm a Virgin
Wrong Door
Signing an Autograph
Dustin Hoffman Screen Test Footage

Editorial Reviews

Situated somewhere between Some Like It Hot and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Tootsie provided one of the most salient commentaries on gender roles in American society, long before RuPaul sashayed across the popular consciousness. A film about a man who discovers that being a woman makes him a better man, Tootsie explored areas hitherto avoided by most filmmakers, and it became one of the few genuinely hilarious American comedies of the 1980s in the process. The film was remarkable for the quality of its lead performances: Dustin Hoffman, as the title character, expertly blended withering cynicism and comic sensibility, while Jessica Lange (who won an Oscar for her performance), Bill Murray, and Charles Durning did some of the best work of their careers. Even Geena Davis, who made her debut as a barely clothed soap opera ingenue, was memorable in her small role. In all, Tootsie accomplished what few films do, forcing audiences to question their own attitudes while giving them a highly intelligent laugh.