---
title: 'Tootsie (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sydney Pollack'
released: '1982-12-17'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tootsie-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084805/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tootsie (1982)

1982 · 112 min · Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Tootsie is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal and a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, and Charles Durning. In the film, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman), a talented actor with a reputation for being professionally difficult, runs into romantic trouble after adopting a female persona to land a job.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sydney Pollack](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-pollack)
- **Producer:** [Sydney Pollack](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-pollack), [Larry Gelbart](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-gelbart), [Dick Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-richards), [Don McGuire](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-mcguire), [Charles Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-evans)
- **Screenplay:** [Barry Levinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-levinson), [Elaine May](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-may), [Murray Schisgal](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-schisgal), [Larry Gelbart](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-gelbart), [Robert Garland](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-garland)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dave Grusin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-grusin)

## Cast

- [Charles Durning](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-durning)
- [Lynne Thigpen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-thigpen)
- [Sydney Pollack](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-pollack)
- [Marjorie Lovett](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-lovett)
- [Phillip Borsos](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillip-borsos)
- [Andy Warhol](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-warhol)
- [Dustin Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dustin-hoffman)
- [George Gaynes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-gaynes)
- [Geena Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/geena-davis)
- [Estelle Getty](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-getty)
- [Bill Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-murray)
- [Tom Mardirosian](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mardirosian)
- [Ellen Foley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-foley)
- [Teri Garr](https://cinepixo.com/people/teri-garr)
- [Christine Ebersole](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-ebersole)

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