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Tootsie | 
 enlarge | Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: Movie
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  105 reviews
Sales Rank: 5964
Genre: Comedy - Satire
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 117 Minutes
ASIN: B000I9X53W
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 1982
Release Date: January 2, 2009 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
Michael Dorsey is a desperate actor; he can't find a job. He comes up with the "brilliant" idea, which is to transform himself into Dorothy Michaels a mature FEMALE actor and audition as an actress. He gets a role in a soap opera, and all is well until he becomes very famous. Of course, nobody knows that this new television star is a man, but after a while, he falls in love with the leading actress of the series, and here is the big problem: How can he express his feelings, since she thinks that Michael is a woman? |
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 GREAT MOVIE! DUSTIN HOFFMAN IS AMAZING!!! December 26, 2008
Melody Gordon
This is such a wonderful movie..Dustin Hoffman is a terrific actor! This movie is probably where the creators of mrs. doubtfire got there inspiration from..and Bill Murray is so hilarious. PERFECT CASTING! SUCH A GREAT STORY! I LOVED DUSTIN HOFFMAN..I LOVED THE MOVIE!!!!
 HOFFMAN IN DRAG? I'LL PASS December 18, 2008
Big Bob (Sri Lanka)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't think of a single reason why I would want to WATCH this movie, let alone BUY it. There are very few things I would rather do less than see Dustin Hoffman dressed as a woman. UUUGGG-LEEEE !!! I enjoyed "THE GRADUATE" when it first came out, but that's about it for Hoffman's body of work.
Tootsie - a Classic December 12, 2008
J. Vance (New York)
Anyone that enjoyed Tootsie when it was released more than 25 years ago will want this DVD. It is funnier today as it was then. The interviews, with Dustin Hoffman specifically, will offer insight into just how brilliant these professionals are. It takes the piece to the highest level of creativity.
"...and it's telling me it might be you" October 3, 2008
Judge J Drhedd
The first time I watched Tootsie was when I was 12 years old, heard this Stephen Bishop song on the TV, and surprised to see an oldmaid clutching a baby and looking admiringly at the baby's mom. The song seems out of place.... [After I finished that second half of the movie, I rewound the Betamax tape--my brother had already watched it full--and re-play the whole thing just for me.]
But later, how Dustin Hoffman made me believe he was a legitimate old lady in heavy makeup, in love with Jessica Lange but cant express it, was amazing.
This is one of the first movie that demonstrated great acting to me. Even Sydney Pollack's (the director himself) banters with Michael Dorsey and Dorothy Michaels are remarkably funny, something that many other movies has imitated afterwards.
It's a comedy, yes, but it also touched on unemployment, single parenthood, struggling for art and principle, how tv soaps are made,... what more can you ask more of a movie? Strong script, great actors, fantastic direction, good song...
The I Might Be You song has since become one of the quintessential wedding songs ever, but everytime Im hearing it in FM, it always reminds me of a man who cant express his love because he's disguised in drag out of necessity. What a combination, but it worked.
This DVD has no interesting special features whatsoever. But I dont need any thing more to give it 5 stars.
Dustin Hoffman - A real woman September 30, 2008
Charlotte A. Glassman (Troutman, NC USA)
Tootsie is timeless. I saw this movie when it was first released in 1985 and recently bought a copy to see if my initial respone would be duplicated. Wow, was it ever! Dustin Hoffman is priceless in this film and quite believable as a woman. Mrs. Doubtfire comes to mind.
I had forgotten that Teri Garr and Bill Murray were in this film.
Check it out...
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