Tootsie
Released Date
December 17, 1982
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Rating
PG
Budget
$21,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$177,200,000 + $0 = $177,200,000
$177,200,000 + $0 = $177,200,000
About Tootsie
Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
About
Classic comedy where an actor pretends to be a woman in order to get a role in a soap opera. The film earned 10 Academy Award nominations with Jessica Lange winning the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Trivia
The film was ranked as the #2 American comedy of all-time by American Film Institute on their 2000 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs.