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    Tootsie - (A TCM Featurette)

    "Sydney Pollack, host of The Essentials, gets to introduce his own movie, Tootsie (1982)."

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Tootsie - Sydney Pollack Introduction
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack Introduction
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack Introduction
"Sydney Pollack, host of The Essentials, gets to introduce his own movie, Tootsie (1982).">
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Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Said Good Day, Sir!
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Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Can I Call You...
Michael (Dustin Hoffman), standing up erstwhile girlfriend...
Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Can I Call You Dotty?
Michael (Dustin Hoffman), standing up erstwhile girlfriend Sandy (Teri Garr), and known to his fellow soap opera cast members only as "Dorothy," arrives to run lines and share dinner with new friend Julie (Jessica Lange) who, it turns out, has a child, in Tootsie, 1982. >
Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Michael Dorsey
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Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Michael Dorsey
After the extended opening in which Michael (Dustin Hoffman) has no luck getting any parts, we join the actor and his playwright roommate Jeff (Bill Murray) working at the restaurant, heading home, meeting Sandy (Teri Garr) among others, in Sydney Pollack's Tootsie, 1982.>
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Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) No One Will Hire...
Angry that he wasn't sent to audition for the Eugene O'Neill...
Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) No One Will Hire You
Angry that he wasn't sent to audition for the Eugene O'Neill play, Michael (Dustin Hoffman) rushes to see his agent George (director Sydney Pollack), with whom he tangles about his career, a famous scene from Tootsie, 1982.>
Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Said Good Day,...
Moments after we see Michael (Dustin Hoffman) in drag for...
Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) I Said Good Day, Sir!
Moments after Michael's (Dustin Hoffman) first appearance in drag, he auditions for the soap, meeting director Ron (Dabney Coleman), producer Rita (Doris Belack, herself a daytime-drama veteran) and actress Julie (Jessica Lange), ending with a famous line, in Sydney Pollack's Tootsie, 1982.>
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Tootsie (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Play Hard To Get
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