Making Tootsie: A Film Study With Dustin Hoffman and Sydney Pollack [Paperback]

Susan Dworkin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1983

This classic film study revived in a new edition to coincide with Columbia's 20th Anniversary "Classic" DVD launch—the only behind-the-scenes study of the making of the smash comedy. Dustin Hoffman dedicated four years to this comedy in which he plays a man playing a real woman. Sydney Pollack was hot off Absence of Malice when he chose this project, which had lost two earlier directors and was the butt of many Hollywood bad jokes. Why did they do it and how, and who helped them and how? Making Tootsie, originally published in 1983 to outstanding reviews, offers an intimate view into the acting and filmmaking process, as well as some insight into the release of comedy, the pull of relevance, and the force of creative power. 50 b&w photos.

• Tootsie has been named #2 of the 100 Best Comedies of the Twentieth Century by The American Film Institute (#1 was Some Like It Hot).
• Winner of 1983 Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress by Jessica Lange; nominated for 9 other Academy Awards®, including Best Film.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

A must for all film buffs. -- Patricia Bosworth

A solid piece of journalism, compact and lean. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A stunning job of research, observation and reporting. -- Larry Gelbart, co-scriptwriter of Toosie

A superb book...Worth a semester of film school. -- David Brown, producer of Jaws and Chocolat

An important study in a class with Lillian Ross's Picture and John Gregory Dunne's The Studio. -- Digby Diehl --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Susan Dworkin was the only writer who was daily on the set during most of the filming of Tootsie. She is the author of the novels Stolen Goods and The Book of Candy, the memoir The Nazi Officer's Wife with Edith Hahn Beer (Morrow), the social history Miss America, 1945 (Newmarket), and the Peabody Award-winning TV documentary She's Nobody's Baby: American Women in the 20th Century. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket Pr; 1 edition (March 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937858196
• ISBN-13: 978-0937858196
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,062,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The first job Susan Dworkin had out of college was at the US Department of Agriculture. For a New York City girl,it was a real mind blower. She went on to write books about courage (The Nazi Officer's Wife, now an international best seller) and celebrity (Making Tootsie, Double De Palma), novels about passion (Stolen Goods) and politics (The Book of Candy). Last year, she returned to her first love down on the farm with The Viking in the Wheat Field, (Walker), an exciting, user-friendly guide to agricultural politics and the future of food.

Few authors have ranged over such a wide variety of subjects. At Ms.Magazine, where she was a contributing editor, she interviewed Whoopi Goldberg. Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr and Danny Glover long before they were famous. Her fiercely funny, political plays -- All Day Suckers, The Old Mezzo, The Farm Bill, The Miami Dig, The Book of Candy (based on her novel), The Public Good and The Forgotten Lover -- have been produced in New York and regional theaters.

Audiobook fans will find the many award-winning titles Susan produced and directed on Audible. They include George Guidall's recordings of The Assistant by Bernard Malamud and the classic As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg, and the delightful coming-of-age novel by Edna Ferber, Fanny Herself, a favorite among young women, read by Suzanne Toren.

"Basiclly I'm a social historian," she says. "Which means I love to talk and travel and hear what my readers are thinking." So get in touch and keep up with her appearances via her websites: www.susandworkin.com and www. thevikinginthewheatfield.com.