Tootsie
| Tootsie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sydney Pollack |
| Written by | Larry Gelbart Barry Levinson (uncredited) Elaine May (uncredited) Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart and Don McGuire |
| Produced by | Sydney Pollack Dick Richards |
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman Jessica Lange Teri Garr Dabney Coleman |
| Cinematography | Owen Roizman |
| Edited by | Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp |
| Music by | Dave Grusin (also songs) |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | December 17, 1982 |
Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tootsie is a 1982 American romantic comedy-drama movie from Columbia Pictures. It stars Dustin Hoffman as a struggling actor, who dresses as a woman and soon has a role in a soap opera.
In 1998 the United States Library of Congress chose the movie to keep in the National Film Registry.
Theme song
[change | change source]The theme song to the movie, "It Might Be You", was a Top 40 hit in the U.S., and also hit #1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. Stephen Bishop sang the song and the music was by Dave Grusin / Marilyn and Alan Bergman.
Cast
[change | change source]- Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
- Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols
- Teri Garr as Sandy Lester
- Dabney Coleman as Ron Carlisle
- Charles Durning as Leslie "Les" Nichols
- Bill Murray as Jeff Slater
- Sydney Pollack as George Fields
- George Gaynes as John Van Horn
- Geena Davis as April Page
- Doris Belack as Rita Marshall
- Lynne Thigpen as Jo
- Estelle Getty as Middle Aged Woman
- Michael M. Ryan as Elderly Aged Man
Awards
[change | change source]The movie was nominated for ten Academy Awards. Lange was the only winner, for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.[1]
The nominations were:
- Best Picture: Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards
- Best Actor in a Leading Role: Dustin Hoffman
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Teri Garr
- Best Director: Sydney Pollack
- Best Original Screenplay: Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal and Don McGuire
- Best Original Song ("It Might Be You"): Dave Grusin (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics) and Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
- Best Sound: Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander and Les Lazarowitz
- Best Cinematography: Owen Roizman
- Best Film Editing: Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp
The movie was number two in the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs list in 2000.
It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
Other websites
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- English-language movies
- 1982 comedy-drama movies
- 1982 romantic comedy movies
- 1982 romantic drama movies
- Academy Award winning movies
- American comedy-drama movies
- American romantic comedy movies
- American romantic drama movies
- Columbia Pictures movies
- 1980s English-language movies
- Movies directed by Sydney Pollack
- United States National Film Registry movies