Tootsie

Movie
German title	Tootsie
Original title	Tootsie
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1982
length	112 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Sydney Pollack
script	Larry Gelbart , Don McGuire
production	Sydney Pollack , Dick Richards , Ronald L. Schwary
music	Dave Grusin
camera	Owen Roizman
cut	Fredric and William Steinkamp
occupation
Dustin Hoffman : Michael Dorsey, disguised: Dorothy Michaels Jessica Lange : Julie Nichols Teri Garr : Sandy Dabney Coleman : Ron Carlisle Charles Durning : Les Nichols Bill Murray : Jeff Slater Sydney Pollack : George Fields George Gaynes : John Van Horn Geena Davis : April Page Doris Belack : Rita Marshall

Tootsie is an American travesty - comedy with Dustin Hoffman in 1982. The title is American , slightly sexist slang and means something like "sweetie," "darling" or " Darling ".

action

The actor Michael Dorsey gets no engagement because of his stubbornness. Then he got the idea to dress up as a woman. He is applying under the name Dorothy Michaels for the lead role of a TV - soap opera , gets the job and enjoys great success. At the same time, he falls in love with his colleague Julie, who plays in the series. But Julie and her father think he's a woman. So there are some cheerful complications. Dorsey has increasing problems managing the conflict between his role and his feelings for Julie. Julie's father, in turn, develops feelings for "Dorothy". In an unscheduled live broadcast of the hospital series, he comes out as a man in front of an audience of millions, which means that he loses his role, but gains the chance of a relationship with Julie.

Reviews

• Prisma Online : “Dustin Hoffman in a prime role. The rather undemanding " Charley's Aunt " version turns into great entertainment thanks to good presentations and a few bad swipes at American show biz. "
• Hamburger Abendblatt , Hamburg: "A tour de force of the highest comedic delicacy."
• Lexicon of international films : “Leading actor Dustin Hoffman and director Sydney Pollack turn the extremely conventional and unpretentious story, which relies primarily on the“ Charley's aunt ”effect, into an entertaining, tongue-in-cheek comedy about the absurdities of show business and about dealing with gender roles. "

Awards

• Tootsie was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 1983 in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actor ( Dustin Hoffman ), Best Supporting Actress ( Teri Garr ), Best Supporting Actress ( Jessica Lange ), Best Director ( Sydney Pollack ), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography , Best Sound, Best Editing and Best Song ( It Might Be You )
• Only Jessica Lange received the Oscar for best supporting actress
• At the Golden Globes , the film won the award in the category of best comedy / musical, Dustin Hoffman was named best actor in a comedy / musical, and Jessica Lange was named best supporting actress.

American Film Institute Rankings :

• 62nd place in the list of the 100 best films of all time (1998; 2007: 69th place)
• # 2 on the list of the 100 best comedies of all time

Library of Congress :

• In 1998 Tootsie was inducted into the National Film Registry .

background

For executive producer Charles Evans , the brother of film producer Robert Evans , Tootsie was the first film work.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LEO Dict: toots
2. ^ Prism Online
3. ^ Tootsie. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 3, 2017 .  

Web links

• Tootsie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Tootsie atrotten tomatoes(English)