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Tootsie
Columbia Pictures


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MPAA RATING: PG

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Teri Garr, Bill Murphy, Dabney Coleman, Doris Belack, and Sydney Pollack

Unable to get an acting job, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman) becomes Dorothy Michaels and gets a part in a New York soap opera.

GENRE(S):	Classic \| Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Larry Gelbart (also story) Murray Schisgal Don McGuire (story)
DIRECTED BY:	Sydney Pollack
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: May 29, 2001 Theatrical: December 17, 1982
RUNNING TIME:	119 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

Won Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jessica Lange). Won Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (Dustin Hoffman), Actress in a Supporting Role (Jessica Lange), and Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical.

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100

Boston Globe Michael Blowen

Tootsie, the story of a man who liberates himself by masquerading as a woman, is the funniest, most revealing comedy since "Annie Hall." [17 Dec 1982]

100

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

This movie gets you coming and going.

100

Time Richard Schickel

This year's miracle is called Tootsie. It is not just the best comedy of the year; it is popular art on the way to becoming cultural artifact.

100

Variety Todd McCarthy

Remarkably funny and entirely convincing, film pulls off the rare accomplishment of being an in-drag comedy which also emerges with three-dimensional characters.

Empire Staff (Not Credited)

As hilarious as it is touching and tasteful at the same time, Tootsie will offend no one and uplift anyone who watches it.

TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)

Rather than confront what it sets up, it takes the one joke and runs - till it runs out of steam.

Chicago Reader Dave Kehr

There are several solid laughs and some excellent supporting performances. But this is a film to be wary of.

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Tootsie
Columbia Pictures