Tootsie (1982)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Escritores:

Don McGuire (story) and
Larry Gelbart (story) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 diciembre 1982 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Desperate, he took a female role and became a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves.

Plot:

An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Unemployed Actor | Soap Opera | Television | Actress

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 21 wins & 22 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Funny AND intelligent.

Reparto

Dustin Hoffman	...	Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange	...	Julie Nichols
Teri Garr	...	Sandy Lester
Dabney Coleman	...	Ron Carlisle
Charles Durning	...	Leslie 'Les' Nichols
Bill Murray	...	Jeff Slater
Sydney Pollack	...	George Fields
George Gaynes	...	John Van Horn
Geena Davis	...	April Page
Doris Belack	...	Rita Marshall
Ellen Foley	...	Jacqui
Peter Gatto	...	Rick
Lynne Thigpen	...	Jo
Ronald L. Schwary	...	Phil Weintraub
Debra Mooney	...	Mrs. Mallory
Amy Lawrence	...	Amy
Kenny Sinclair	...	Boy
Susan Merson	...	Page
Michael Ryan	...	Middle-Aged Man
Robert D. Wilson	...	Stagehand
James Carruthers	...	Middle-Aged Man
Estelle Getty	...	Middle-Aged Woman
Christine Ebersole	...	Linda
Bernie Pollack	...	Actor #1
Sam Stoneburner	...	Actor #2
Marjorie Lovett	...	Salesgirl
Willy Switkes	...	Man at Cab
Gregory Camillucci	...	Maitre D'
Barbara Spiegel	...	Billie
Tony Craig	...	Joel Spector
Walter Cline	...	Bartender
Suzanne von Schaack	...	Party Girl
Anne Shropshire	...	Mrs. Crawley, Amy's Nanny
Pamela Lincoln	...	Secretary
Mary Donnet	...	Receptionist
Bernie Passeltiner	...	Mac
Mallory Jones	...	Girl #1
Patti Cohane	...	Girl #2
Murray Schisgal	...	Party Guest
Greg Gorman	...	Photographer
Anne Prager	...	Acting Student
John Carpenter	...	Actor #1
Bob Levine	...	Actor #2
Richard Whiting	...	Priest
Jim Jansen	...	Stage Manager #2
Susan Egbert	...	Diane
Kas Self	...	Acting Student
Tom Mardirosian	...	Stage Manager #1
Richard Wirth	...	Mel, Technical Director
Gavin Reed	...	Director
Annie Korzen	...	Autograph Hound
Ibbits Warriner	...	Autograph Hound
Lois De Banzie	...	Autograph Hound (as Lois de Banzie)
Stephen Prutting	...	Autograph Hound (as Stephen C. Prutting)
Carole Holland	...	Autograph Hound
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Tobin Bell	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Phillip Borsos	...	(uncredited)
Cassandra Danz	...	Hoffman Look-Alike at TV Audition (uncredited)
Tony Devon	...	Michael's Boss (uncredited)
Jim Dratfield	...	Acting Student (uncredited)
Paul E. Guskin	...	Pavel, Waiter in Russian Tea Room (uncredited)
Marg Helgenberger	...	Suzanne (uncredited)
John Kapelos	...	Actor at Party (uncredited)
Gene Shalit	...	Himself (uncredited)
Andy Warhol	...	Himself (uncredited)
Joyce Worsley	...	Shocked Bystander as Dorothy Grabs a Cab (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Sydney Pollack

Créditos del guión
Don McGuire		(story) and
Larry Gelbart		(story)
Murray Schisgal		(screenplay) and
Larry Gelbart		(screenplay)
Robert Garland		uncredited
Barry Levinson		uncredited
Elaine May		uncredited

Producida por
Charles Evans	....	executive producer
Sydney Pollack	....	producer
Dick Richards	....	producer
Ronald L. Schwary	....	producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Dave Grusin

Fotografía por
Owen Roizman		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Fredric Steinkamp
William Steinkamp

Casting
Toni Howard
Lynn Stalmaster

Diseño de producción por
Peter S. Larkin		(as Peter Larkin)

Decorados
Thomas C. Tonery		(as Tom Tonery)

Diseño de vestuario por
Ruth Morley

Departamento de maquillaje
Joseph Coscia	....	hair stylist (as Joe Coscia)
C. Romania Ford	....	makeup artist (as C. Romaina Ford)
Tony Marrero	....	hair stylist
George Masters	....	makeup designer: Dustin Hoffman
Dorothy J. Pearl	....	makeup artist: Jessica Lange (as Dorothy Pearl)
Dorothy J. Pearl	....	makeup designer: Dustin Hoffman (as Dorothy Pearl)
Toni-Ann Walker	....	hair stylist: Jessica Lange (as Toni Walker)
Allen Weisinger	....	makeup artist: Dustin Hoffman

Dirección de producción
Gerald R. Molen	....	unit production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Ann Egbert	....	dga trainee
David McGiffert	....	assistant director
Joseph P. Reidy	....	second assistant director (as Joseph Reidy)

Departamento de Arte
William Lucek	....	scenic artist
Jimmy Raitt	....	property master

Departamento de sonido
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Les Fresholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Les Lazarowitz	....	sound mixer
Tod A. Maitland	....	boom operator (as Tod Maitland)
Tom McCarthy Jr.	....	sound effects
Arthur Piantadosi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Don S. Walden	....	sound effects (as Don Walden)
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Michael Green	....	first assistant camera
Brian Hamill	....	unit still photographer
Mike Miller	....	key grip (as Michael Miller)
Richard Quinlan	....	gaffer (as Dick Quinlan)
Scott Rathner	....	second assistant camera
Bob Rose	....	key grip
Steve Stafford	....	camera operator
William H. Steiner	....	camera operator (as Bill Steiner)
Garrett Brown	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Raymond Fortune	....	electrician (uncredited)
Kenji Takama	....	camera intern (uncredited)

Departamento de reparto
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting

Departamento de vestuario
Jennifer Nichols	....	costumer: women
Franke Piazza	....	costumer: men
Bernie Pollack	....	costume supervisor

Departamento de Edición
Don Brochu	....	assistant editor
Jill Savitt	....	assistant editor
Nancy Weizer	....	assistant editor
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	editor: montage (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Else Blangsted	....	music editor

Departamento de Transporte
Harold 'Whitey' McEvoy	....	transportation captain (as Whitey McEvoy)

Otros miembros del equipo
Renee Bodner	....	script supervisor
Carey Bozanich	....	production assistant
Sally Brim	....	production assistant
Stephanie Brooks	....	production assistant
Crin Connolly	....	assistant: Sydney Pollack
Justin Cooke	....	production assistant
Jonathan Filley	....	location manager
Lee Gottsegen	....	assistant: Dustin Hoffman
Ann Guerin	....	unit publicist
Harriette Kanew	....	assistant production office coordinator
Tony Lani	....	production assistant
Peter Lombardi	....	assistant auditor (as Pete Lombardi)
Bruce Patterson	....	production office coordinator
Ken Ryan	....	auditor
David Sardi	....	production assistant
Karl F. Steinkamp	....	production assistant (as Karl Steinkamp)
Ezra Swerdlow	....	location manager
Gary Vermillion	....	production assistant
Tommy Burns	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Alan Jacques	....	projectionist (uncredited)
Tom Schurke	....	video playback engineer (uncredited)
Holly Woodlawn	....	technical advisor (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (as Columbia Pictures) (presents)
• Mirage Enterprises (as Mirage/Punch Production)
• Punch Productions (as Mirage/Punch Production)
• Delphi Films (as Columbia - Delphi Productions)

Distribuidores

• Columbia Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1985) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Italy) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar Italia
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Criterion Collection, The (1992) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Egmont Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Egmont Film (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Esselte Video (????) (Finland) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1990) (Finland) (TV)
• Nelonen (1998) (Finland) (TV)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (video)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (1990) (Germany) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2008) (Finland) (DVD) (2 disc edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1983) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Films (1983) (Finland) (theatrical)

Otras Compañías

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Effective Sound Unlimited  sound effects
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals

También conocida como:

Would I Lie to You? (USA) (working title)
Tootsie (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

116 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | UK:15 (video rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | USA:PG (re-rating on appeal) | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | USA:R (original rating) | South Korea:Todo | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:14 | Sweden:Btl

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hurley Mountain Inn, Hurley, New York, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Well known transvestite actor Holly Woodlawn was hired by the producers of Tootsie to coach actor Dustin Hoffman in his role as 'Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels' in the intricate art of being a man acting as a woman in films as he prepared for this role.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Dorothy and Julie are practicing their lines, her baby is sitting near her facing Dorothy in one shot, camera goes to Dorothy and then snaps back and the baby is facing in the other direction.

Citas:

Michael Dorsey: You know, I could lay a big line on you and we could do a lot of role-playing, but the simple truth is, is that I find you very interesting and I'd really like to make love to you.

Conexiones de Película:

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Banda de Sonido:

It Might Be You

Funny AND intelligent.

There is so much more to this film than Dustin Hoffman running around in a dress trying to act like a woman. Tootsie is one of the most intelligent comedies I've ever seen. It is perfectly cast, well-layered, and full of surprises.

Dustin Hoffman plays Michael Dorsey. He seems to know everything about acting except how to stay employed as an actor. In an early montage we see him auditioning for numerous plays where he is either too old, too young, too short, simply not the right guy for the part, or in some cases impossible to work with. We also see him trying to teach his craft to some young wannabe actors, and working at a restaurant to pay the bills. After a hilarious argument with his agent, he is simply told "No one will hire you!" The very next shot has Hoffman in drag walking down the street to an audition for a soap opera part his friend (Terri Garr) was unable to land. So intent is the chauvinistic director (Coleman) on casting a woman that looks tough enough for the part of a hospital administrator, Hoffman is denied without so much as a reading. He responds with a hilarious tirade that opens the door to his television career. Hoffman lands the part, and is soon winning over fans all over the country.

While Hoffman finds it wonderful to be working regularly, his personal life is understandably put to the test. He alienates Garr, is constantly made fun of by his roommate (Murray) and falls in love with one of his co-stars (Lange) who of course cannot learn his secret or he's out of a job. Things are further complicated when two older men fall in love with him. It would be pointless to try and describe some of the awkward situations he finds himself in. You must see the movie to experience them for yourself.

The film is so well-cast it's incredible. There are so many fine actors at work here that it almost becomes a contest of who can steal the scene first. Murray gets his share with his improvised lines. His lamenting of the state of his plays during a party scene will have you howling. The icing on the cake was director Sydney Pollack agreeing to play Hoffman's agent. They only have a few scenes together, but they are the film's best.

Tootsie is head and shoulders above other films I've seen that deal with men in women's clothing. Mrs. Doubtfire for example was all slapstick without much heart. In the end it tried to redeem itself in that department and just got way too sappy. Tootsie also wisely holds back in the feminism department. Although Hoffman's Dorothy Michaels is clearly a woman who inspires others to stand up for themselves, he is advised to tone it down by Pollack in one scene. Hoffman feels his Dorothy character should be doing specials and giving advice and whatnot, but Pollack reminds him, "You have NOTHING to say to women, Michael." In other words, you're lucky you've gotten away with the stunt up to this point, now you should be looking for a way to get out.

Overall Tootsie is wonderful experience. It made a fortune when released, and is still very relevant today. Don't miss it! 10 of 10 stars from the Hound.