Tootsie (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) R
What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 4, 2014
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange & Teri Garr | |
Performer: | Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman, Geena Davis, George Gaynes, Sydney Pollack, Doris Belack, Ellen Foley, Lynne Thigpen & Bill Murray | |
Directed by | Sydney Pollack | |
Edited by | Fredric Steinkamp & William Steinkamp | |
Screenplay by | Murray Schisgal & Larry Gelbart | |
Composition by | Dave Grusin | |
Story by | Don McGuire & Larry Gelbart | |
Produced by | Sydney Pollack & Dick Richards | |
Director of Photography: | Owen Roizman | |
Executive Production by | Charles Evans |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1982 -
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange
Entertainment Reviews:
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]here's some Wilder-ish wit...
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Tootsie is a brilliant and intelligent movie that can interest the public because of its originality. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Rating: 4/5 --
What makes Tootsie a smart, enduring comedy instead of a silly, momentary one is its real sympathy for women.
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The Dissolve
Rating: 4/5 --
Tootsie restores the original meaning to the term 'situation comedy,' free of the pejorative associations that have accrued over the years because of the glut of awful ones on television.
New York Times
...there are several solid laughs and some excellent supporting performances.
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Chicago Reader
Both [Garr and Lange] are excellent, and Miss Lange continues her promise to become a superstar of the 1980s.
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Associated Press
TOOTSIE earned 10 Oscar nods and remains a masterful farce... -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Product Description:
When theatrical mastermind Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself blacklisted by just about every producer in the acting business, he decides to thwart the entertainment industry by disguising himself as an older woman and auditioning for a daytime soap opera. Dorsey arrives for the audition in a dress and makeup. Calling himself Dorothy Michaels, he/she gives an astonishing screen test and is hired on the spot by the show's executive (Dabney Coleman). Dorsey is an overnight sensation with the show's fans, but as his secret career escalates, his relationship with his girlfriend (Teri Garr) suffers. Soon Dorsey finds a new romantic interest at work with his co-star, Julie. The only problem is, Julie thinks Dorsey is a woman and it's not long before she's trying to fix up Dorothy with her single father.
In the tradition of Mel Brooks's THE PRODUCERS, Sydney Pollack's TOOTSIE is a rich, funny, complex film. In featuring Hoffman as the smock-wearing protagonist, its boldness exposes movie-goers to the hilarious challenges faced by a modern cross-dresser. At the same time, the film promoted tolerance for transgendered people. Hoffman is unforgettable as the actor so desperate for work that he'll dress as a woman to get it, and supporting players Geena Davis and Bill Murray create plenty of comedy relief to help the plot along.
In the tradition of Mel Brooks's THE PRODUCERS, Sydney Pollack's TOOTSIE is a rich, funny, complex film. In featuring Hoffman as the smock-wearing protagonist, its boldness exposes movie-goers to the hilarious challenges faced by a modern cross-dresser. At the same time, the film promoted tolerance for transgendered people. Hoffman is unforgettable as the actor so desperate for work that he'll dress as a woman to get it, and supporting players Geena Davis and Bill Murray create plenty of comedy relief to help the plot along.
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