Tootsie
1982, PG, 116 min.
Directed by Sydney Pollack, Starring Sydney Pollack, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis, Bill Murray.

The great Sydney Pollack can be appreciated here as both the director and a cast member in this superlative comedy of the Eighties, in which Hoffman plays a fussy, underemployed actor who finds work only when he disguises himself (superbly) as a woman and is cast on a daytime soap opera. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, with Jessica Lange earning a Best Supporting Actress win.

This article appears in June 20 • 2008.

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