Tootsie

Tootsie1982

Director: Sydney Pollack
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 116 minutes

One of the touchstone movies of the 1980s, Tootsie stars Dustin Hoffman as an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a dowdy, middle-aged woman to get a part on a hit soap opera. The scheme works, but while he/she keeps up the charade, Hoffman's… more »



George:
Where do you come off sending me your roommate's play for you to star in? I'm your agent, not your mother! I'm not supposed to find plays for you to star in - I'm supposed to field offers! And that's what I do!

Michael:
'Field offers?' Who told you that, the Agent Fairy? That was a significant piece of work - I could've been terrific in that part.

George:
Michael, nobody's gonna do that play.

Michael:
Why?

George:
Because it's a downer, that's why. Because nobody wants to produce a play about a couple that moved back to Love Canal.

Michael:
But that actually happened!

George:
Who gives a sh*t? Nobody wants to pay twenty dollars to watch people living next to chemical waste! They can see that in New Jersey!

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