Released
Tootsie
December 17 1982 (almost 42 years ago)Rating
72
Based on
1718 reviews
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.
- Director: Sydney Pollack
- Writers: Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 56 m
- Budget: $21,000,000
- Box office: $177,200,000
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: Mirage Enterprises, Punch Productions, Delphi Films, Columbia Pictures, Mirage
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.
