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.
1982 1 hour 56 minutesWhat do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.
1982 1 hour 56 minutes
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.
17th December 1982
43 years ago
1 hour 56 minutes
Finishes at 7:47am
$21,000,000 ($72,662,100 today)
Revenue $177,200,000
Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 31 nominations total
7.4/10
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