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Title: Tootsie (1982)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels | |
| Jessica Lange | ... | Julie | |
| Teri Garr | ... | Sandy | |
| Dabney Coleman | ... | Ron | |
| Charles Durning | ... | Les | |
| Bill Murray | ... | Jeff | |
| Sydney Pollack | ... | George Fields | |
| George Gaynes | ... | John Van Horn | |
| Geena Davis | ... | April | |
| Doris Belack | ... | Rita | |
| Ellen Foley | ... | Jacqui | |
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Peter Gatto | ... | Rick |
| Lynne Thigpen | ... | Jo | |
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Ronald L. Schwary | ... | Phil Weintraub |
| Debra Mooney | ... | Mrs. Mallory | |
Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection. Written by Bryan Kuniyoshi
It's strange how seeing a man dressed up as a woman always seems to be funny and popular with the audiences. Milton Berle helped make television with skits like this on his early 1950s show. It works here, too, with Dustin Hoffman applying the makeup and playing the role to the hilt.
Helping Hoffman is Jessica Lange in, by far, her most attractive role. I'm not particularly a fan of hers but she looked spectacular in here, almost like Marilyn Monroe.
This was a popular film because the humor was good and the two leads did a nice job, and people like a good romance story, too. Hoffman, like him or not, is a fabulous, able to play so many diverse roles. He's an amazing actor.
Sometimes overlooked is the big-name supporting cast which includes Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Chares Durning and Geena Davis. The latter was making her screen debut in here!
This isn't as "cute" as it was 25 years ago but it sure was a justifiable bit hit back in the early '80s.