Tootsie
What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $177M
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When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
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Box Office & Release
Tootsie returned 8.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $21M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $177M
- Release date
- Dec 17, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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