Tootsie*

• 1982 ----- color ----- 116 min ----- laserdisc
• (Directed by Sydney Pollack; screenplay by Larry Gelbart, Elaine May, Murray Schisgal; with Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Geena Davis) So, this obnoxious, unemployable New York actor finally lands a job on a daytime soap opera; the catch: he disguises himself as a woman to get the part. Along the way he discovers that he's a much better person female than he ever was male. (Letterboxed) [Closed Captioned] [Funded by the Department of Comparative Literature) (Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)
• Topics: (Drama, Motion Pictures: Features, Psychology: Social, Television, Women Studies)