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DUSTIN HOFFMAN

Columbia, 1982

PRINCIPAL CAST Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning
DIRECTOR Sydney Pollack
PRODUCERS Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
SCREENWRITERS Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal

A brilliant performance by Dustin Hoffman elevates a man-in-drag comedy to serious cinema. When out-of-work actor Michael Dorsey dresses as a woman to audition for a regular part on a daytime soap, and he lands the job and makes it big, a web of mistaken identity is woven that touches hot-button issues regarding gender roles. Like the best romantic comedies of the 40s, Sydney Pollack's TOOTSIE is a farce with underlying social commentary. A huge box office hit, ranked #2 on AFI's list of funniest American films of all time, the comedy got 10 Academy Award nominations and a win for Jessica Lange as Best Supporting Actress as the sensitive actress Hoffman falls in love with—while her lonely father lusts after Hoffman.

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AFI HONORS for TOOTSIE

Dustin Hoffman is the recipient of the 1999 AFI Life Achievement Award.

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