Trailer for Tootsie
Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate) is not only an unemployed actor but he is seen as unemployable for being difficult to work with. So in order to get work and fund the play that his flatmate Jeff (Bill Murray - Stripes) is writing Michael decides to dress as a woman and call himself Dorothy Michaels leading him to getting a role on a popular daytime drama. So good is Michael as Dorothy that not only does his character become a huge sensation but he also starts getting male attention from co-star John Van Horn (George Gaynes) and Les (Charles Durning - The Sting), the father of actress Julie Nichols (Jessica Lange - Bonneville). But this makes matters very complicated especially as Michael fancies Julie but can't do anything as she only knows him as Dorothy. ... Read Review