Tootsie (1982)

Directors:

Sydney Pollack

Writers:

Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson, Elaine May, Murray Schisgal

Actors:

Michael M. Ryan, Pamela Lincoln, Andy Warhol, Joyce Worsley, John Kapelos, Jim Dratfield

Synopsis:

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
  • Romance
  • Comedy
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Tootsie (1982)

A classic comedy, it pioneered a new style in mainstream cinema: lots of subplots, pop allusions, dramatic complications, subversive implications, a happy ending, and marvelous performances by Hoffman, Lange and Teri Garr. I never get tired of watching this film.
doudouce55
January 31, 2014