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Tootsie
Summary: Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.
Release Date: December 17, 1982
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Runtime: 1 h 56 min
MPAA: PG
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 21,000,000
Domestic: $ 177,200,000
International: $ 271
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