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DVD Tootsie
One of the touchstone movies of the 1980s, Tootsie stars Dustin Hoffman as an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a dowdy, middle-aged woman to get a part on a hit soap opera. The scheme works, but while he/she keeps up the charade, Hoffman's character comes to see life through the eyes of the opposite sex. The script by Larry Gelbart (with Murray Schisgal) is a winner, and director Sydney Pollack brings taut proficiency to the comedy and sensitivity to the relationship nuances that emerge from Hoffman's drag act. Great supporting work from Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, and pre-stardom Geena Davis. But the film finally belongs to Hoffman, who seems to connect with the character at a very deep and abiding level. --Tom Keogh
This is the funnist movie. A man cannot get a job on a soap so he dresses as a women, tries again & get hired. He even has a man want to date him as the woman
Tootsie Roll Still Tastes Great
In 1982, when "Tootsie" was released, audiences flocked to see it. As I watch it now on DVD, the film still holds up exceptionally well. Surprisingly, the jokes, the relationships, and the theme of the movie don't seem dated at all. That's probably why "Tootsie" is the number two comedy of all-time according to the AFI ("Some Like It Hot" being number one, with a theme not too coincidentally similar to Tootsie's).
Dustin Hoffman turns in one of his best performances as a womanizing, self-centered actor who learns what it's like to be the opposite sex. After all these years, this movie still makes me laugh out loud.
My only complaint with the DVD is that there are not many features on it. There was a lot of notoriety surrounding the production of the film, and it seems that there were a countless number of screenwriters who were hired to polish the script. It would be interesting to hear some interviews with Dustin Hoffman, director Sydney Pollack, and screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal, who admitted never having even met one another until after the film was released. Perhaps in the special edition.
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I could watch this DVD amost everynight and still laugh.I think its because I watch the soaps,and the ending has you dying laughing.Everything is in the film,Great Acting,fantastic soundtrack,and one of the greatest comedies of all time.
With a nod to Preston Sturges's classic dark comedy Unfaithfully Yours (about a man who fantasizes about murdering his possibly philandering wife), this 1980 cotton-candy-feminist-vendetta film concerns a monstrous boss (Dabney Coleman) whose more capable underlings dream of ways of punishing him. That much of the film is particularly fun, but the rest of it descends into silliness when the women stumble onto a real-life opportunity to teach him a lesson. Fonda, the biggest star in the film at the time, takes a back seat to Parton's and Tomlin's showier roles. Written and directed by the late Colin Higgins (who made a lot of people happy in the '70s with his script for the beloved Harold and Maude). --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jane Fonda - Lily Tomlin - Dolly Parton Director(s): Colin Higgins DVD Release Date: Released the 17 April 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Few films have defined a generation as The Graduate did. The alienation, the nonconformity, the intergenerational romance, the blissful Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack--they all served to lob a cultural grenade smack into the middle of 1967 America, ultimately making the film the third most profitable up to that time. Seen from a later perspective, its radical chicness has dimmed a bit, yet it's still a joy to see Dustin Hoffman's bemused Benjamin and Anne Bancroft's deliciously decadent, sardonic Mrs. Robinson. The script by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham is still offbeat and dryly funny, and Mike Nichols, who won an Oscar for his direction, has just the right, light touch. --Anne HurleyMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Anne Bancroft - Dustin Hoffman Director(s): Mike Nichols DVD Release Date: Released the 19 June 2001 This item is currently not available.
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Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor, and Screenplay, Kramer vs. Kramer remains as powerfully moving today as it was when released in 1979, simply because its drama will remain relevant for couples of any generation. Adapted by director Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, this is perhaps the finest, most evenly balanced film ever made about the failure of marriage and the tumultuous shift of parental roles. It begins when Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) bluntly informs her husband Ted (Dustin Hoffman) that she's leaving him, just as his advertising career is advancing and demanding most of his waking hours. Self-involvement is just one of the film's underlying themes, along with the search for identity that prompts Joanna to leave Ted with their... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Dustin Hoffman - Meryl Streep Director(s): Robert Benton DVD Release Date: Released the 28 August 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honors for best picture, director, screenplay, and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant whose late father has left him $3 million in a trust. This gets the attention of his materialistic younger brother, a hot-shot LA car dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise) who wasn't even aware of Raymond's existence until he read his estranged father's will. Charlie picks up Raymond and takes him on a cross-country journey that becomes a voyage of discovery for Charlie, and, perhaps, for Raymond, too. Rain Man will either captivate you or irritate you (Raymond's sputtering of repetitious phrases is enough to drive anyone crazy), but it is obviously a... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Tom Cruise - Dustin Hoffman Director(s): Barry Levinson DVD Release Date: Released the 03 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Maybe "nobody's perfect," as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like It Hot is one of them. In Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), inadvertently witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. In order to escape the wrath of gangland chief Spats Colombo (George Raft), the boys, in drag, join an all-woman band headed for Florida. They vie for the attention of the lead singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), a much-disappointed songbird who warbles "I'm Through with Love" but remains vulnerable to yet another unreliable saxophone player. (When Curtis courts her without his dress, he adopts the voice of Cary Grant--a spot-on impersonation.) The script by director Billy... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 22 May 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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