Tootsie
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Short description
Michael Dorsey is a New York actor whose talent is matched only by his reputation for being difficult. Unemployed and unable to get hired, he disguises himself as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and auditions for a role on a daytime television series. The part is his, and Dorothy becomes unexpectedly popular with viewers. The deception grows harder to maintain as Michael develops feelings for his co-star Julie Nichols, while other people around the production are drawn to Dorothy.
Sydney Pollack directed the film, the tenth of the seventeen he directed, following Absence of Malice and preceding Out of Africa. Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal and Elaine May wrote the screenplay, and Pollack produced with Ronald L. Schwary and Dick Richards. Dustin Hoffman plays Michael and Dorothy, with Jessica Lange as Julie, Teri Garr as Sandy Lester, Dabney Coleman as Ron Carlisle, Charles Durning as Les Nichols and Bill Murray as Jeff Slater. The credited cast numbers 48.
Made for about 21 million dollars, the film took roughly 177 million dollars worldwide, a strong return for a comedy of its period. On IMDb it holds 7.4 from about 122,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.2 from around 2,000 votes. A critics' rating of 7.8 from 54 reviews places it somewhat above those audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The final title for the film was suggested by Dustin Hoffman: Tootsie was the nickname of a dog owned by his mother.
- The relationship between the characters played by Dustin Hoffman and Sydney Pollack in the film largely mirrored their interactions on set: the director and actor argued with each other on a wide variety of topics. After lengthy discussions, many of Hoffman's suggestions were accepted, such as Pollack playing the role of agent Michael Dorsey and Bill Murray appearing as his friend.
- All of Bill Murray's lines in the film are improvised.
- The film marked actress Gene Davis's debut in cinema.
- Initially, Dorothy spoke without an accent, but during rehearsals, Hoffman discovered that he could better reach the range of a female voice using a Southern pronunciation.
- In addition to directing the film, Sydney Pollack also produced it. In turn, the second producer, Dick Richards, attempted to become the film's co-director, but without success.
- In the very first scene, when Michael is trying to dress up as Dorothy, a portrait of Dustin Hoffman's mother stands to the left of the alarm clock.
- It ranks 85th in attendance among foreign films in Soviet cinema distribution.
- The Soviet distribution version of the film included the subtitle: “Cutie”.
- A poster of Samuel Beckett hangs in Michael Dorsey’s apartment.
- Due to censorship, many scenes were cut from the version of the film released in the USSR.
- The scene where Jessica Lange's character reaches for the phone and grabs an ear of corn instead arose purely by chance, but the director decided to leave it in the film.
- The working title of the film was "Would I Lie to You?"
- The film ranked second on the American Film Institute's list of "100 Years...100 Comedies."
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