Tootsie (1982)
1h 56min
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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.
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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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Directed by: Sydney Pollack, Owen Roizman, David McGiffert
Written by: Elaine May
Produced by: Charles Evans, Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
Composed by: Dave Grusin
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