This screening includes TOOTSIE
- Date and time:
- Sat, Nov 2, 4 pm; Free but Ticketed
- Genres:
An unemployed actor masquerades as a woman to win a soap-opera role in this classic comedy that was nominated for nine Academy Awards.
About Tootsie
A talented but hot-headed actor, Michael Dorsey resorts to a drastic measure to land a role: assuming the persona of Dorothy Michaels. Under the masterful hand of director Sydney Pollack, this seemingly clichéd premise turns into a hilarious, timeless comedy. Dustin Hoffman delivers a tour-de-force performance, inhabiting not one, but two distinct lives as Michael and Dorothy. Seamlessly blending humor, social insight, and a sprinkle of romance, Tootsie is a real cinematic rollercoaster full of laughs and heartfelt moments. [116 min; comedy, drama; English]
"[Tootsie] has what the best screwball comedies had: a can-you-top-this? quality." — Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
"Tootsie's finely balanced writing is one of the film's greatest strengths, being consistently funny without ever turning the central premise into a gag." — Christopher Machell, CineVue
"A wonderful movie, full of warmth and good humor balanced with both farcical silliness and level-headed recognition of certain social truths about the sexes we often want to ignore." — James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
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