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 |
About 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.
Achievement of 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.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Tootsie
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