Tootsie / Columbia Pictures presents ; a Sydney Pollack film ; a Mirage/Punch Production ; produced by Sydney Pollack and Dick Richards ; screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal ; directed by Sydney Pollack.
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FilmPublisher number: 19171 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment24790 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008]Edition: 25th anniversary edDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1424858216
- 9781424858217
- Tootsie (Motion picture). French & English.
- Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; editors, Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp ; music, Dave Grusin ; costume designer, Ruth Morley ; production designer, Peter Larkin ; story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart.
- Academy Awards, 1982: Best supporting actress (Lange).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.0 surround, mastered in High Definition, region 1.
English or dubbed French dialogue with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray.
Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; editors, Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp ; music, Dave Grusin ; costume designer, Ruth Morley ; production designer, Peter Larkin ; story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
This disc is copy protected.
MPAA rating: PG.
"Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime"--Container.
Special features: "A better man: the making of Tootsie" featurette; original screen test footage; deleted scenes.
Academy Awards, 1982: Best supporting actress (Lange).