Principal cast
Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman and Charles Durning
Film 62 of 498 on the Screen Path
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.
About the film
Tootsie at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1982 film at stop 62 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Owen Roizman (director of photography), Fredric Steinkamp (editor), William Steinkamp (editor), Dave Grusin (original music composer) and Larry Gelbart (screenplay)
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Release
- 1982-12-17
- Runtime
- 116 minutes
- Genres
- Comedy and Romance
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
Contains spoilers03
Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
50 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Dustin HoffmanCharacter: Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
- Jessica LangeCharacter: Julie Nichols
- Teri GarrCharacter: Sandy Lester
- Dabney ColemanCharacter: Ron Carlisle
- Charles DurningCharacter: Les Nichols
- Bill MurrayCharacter: Jeff Slater
- Sydney PollackCharacter: George Fields
- George GaynesCharacter: John Van Horn
- Geena DavisCharacter: April
- Doris BelackCharacter: Rita
- Ellen FoleyCharacter: Jacqui
- Peter GattoCharacter: Rick
Full crew
Full crew
- Sydney PollackCredits: Producer, Director
- Larry GelbartCredits: Screenplay, Story
- Fredric SteinkampCredits: Editor
- Charles EvansCredits: Executive Producer
- William SteinkampCredits: Editor
- Dick RichardsCredits: Producer
- Owen RoizmanCredits: Director of Photography
- Barry LevinsonCredits: Additional Writing
- Robert KaufmanCredits: Additional Writing
- Robert GarlandCredits: Additional Writing
- Elaine MayCredits: Additional Writing
- Lynn StalmasterCredits: Casting
- Dave GrusinCredits: Original Music Composer
- Peter S. LarkinCredits: Production Design
- Ruth MorleyCredits: Costume Design
- Thomas C. ToneryCredits: Set Decoration
- Gerald R. MolenCredits: Unit Production Manager
- Renee BodnerCredits: Script Supervisor
- Murray SchisgalCredits: Screenplay
- David McGiffertCredits: Assistant Director
- Joseph P. ReidyCredits: Assistant Director
- Sylvia FayCredits: Casting
- Ronald L. SchwaryCredits: Producer
- Don BrochuCredits: Assistant Editor
- Bernie PollackCredits: Costume Supervisor
- Else BlangstedCredits: Music Editor
- Patrick HoganCredits: Driver
- Jill SavittCredits: Assistant Editor
- George MastersCredits: Makeup Artist
- Wayne FitzgeraldCredits: Title Designer
- Brian HamillCredits: Still Photographer
- Les FresholtzCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Tod A. MaitlandCredits: Boom Operator
- Arthur PiantadosiCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Nancy WeizerCredits: Assistant Editor
- Les LazarowitzCredits: Sound Mixer
- Jimmy RaittCredits: Property Master
- Don McGuireCredits: Story
- Rick AlexanderCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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