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Tootsie

Genre
Comedy
Rating
PG
Released
17 December, 1982
Tootsie

Tootsie is a 1982 American romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman. Its supporting cast includes Pollack, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Bill Murray, Charles Durning, George Gaynes, Geena Davis, and Doris Belack. The film tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman to land a job. The film was adapted by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson, Elaine May and Murray Schisgal from a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. Tootsie was a major critical and financial success, the second most profitable film of 1982, and was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Picture. Lange was the only winner, for Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, the Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Director Sydney Pollack
Produced by Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards, Ronald L. Schwary
Screenplay by Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Barry Levinson (uncredited), Elaine May (uncredited)
Story by Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning
Music Dave Grusin
Cinematography Owen Roizman
Edited by Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
Production, company Mirage Enterprises
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Released December 17, 1982
Running time 116 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $21 million
Box office $177.2 million
Netflix ID 60011473

Informazioni su Tootsie

Classic comedy where an actor pretends to be a woman in order to get a role in a soap opera. The film earned 10 Academy Award nominations with Jessica Lange winning the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Realizzazione di Tootsie

The film was ranked as the #2 American comedy of all-time by American Film Institute on their 2000 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs. 

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Cross-dressing in film and television - Cross-dressing in film has followed a long history of female impersonation on English stage, and made its appearance in the early days of the silent films.. Films directed by Sydney Pollack.. Films featuring a Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe winning performance.. Best Musical or Comedy Picture Golden Globe winners.. Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe-winning performance.. Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award-winning performance.. Films about television.. Films about actors.

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