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Tootsie, a review by Tom

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Title: Tootsie
Links: IMDb | Wikipedia

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Year:	1982 / United States
Director:	Sydney Pollack
Writing:	Don McGuire (Story By), Larry Gelbart (Story By), Larry Gelbart (Screenwriter), Murray Schisgal (Screenwriter)
Rating:	15
Length:	112 Min.
Video:	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio:	English: Dolby Digital 5.0, French: Dolby Digital 1, German: Dolby Digital 1, Italian: Dolby Digital 1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 1
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey
Dustin Hoffman as Dorothy Michaels
Jessica Lange as Julie
Teri Garr as Sandy
Dabney Coleman as Ron

Plot:
Desperate, he took a female role and beame a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves.Awards:

Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Actor	Dustin Hoffman
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Cinematography	Owen Roizman
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Director	Sydney Pollack
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Film Editing	Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Music, Song	"It Might Be You": Dave Grusin (Music); Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (Lyrics)
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Picture	Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards (Producers)
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Sound	Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander, Les Lazarowitz
Academy Award	1982	Won	Best Supporting Actress	Jessica Lange
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Teri Garr
Academy Award	1982	Nominated	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal (Screenplay); Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart (Story)
AFI	1982	Won	100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
AFI	1982	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI	1982	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI	1982	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Songs (2004)	"Song": It Might Be You
American Cinema Editors Awards	1983	Nominated	Best Edited Feature Film	Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
BAFTA	1983	Won	Actor	Dustin Hoffman
BAFTA	1983	Nominated	Actress	Jessica Lange
BAFTA	1983	Nominated	Adapted Screenplay	Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
BAFTA	1983	Nominated	Costume Design	Ruth Morley
BAFTA	1983	Nominated	Direction	Sydney Pollack
BAFTA	1983	Nominated	Film	Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
BAFTA	1983	Won	Make-Up Artist	Dorothy J. Pearl, George Masters, C. Romania Ford, Allen Weisinger
BAFTA	1983	Nominated	Original Song Written For A Film	"Tootsie": Dave Grusin, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
BAFTA	1983	Nominated	Supporting Actress	Teri Garr
	1982	Nominated	Meilleur Film Etranger	Sydney Pollack
Directors Guild of America	1983	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Sydney Pollack
Golden Globe	1982	Won	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy	Dustin Hoffman
Golden Globe	1982	Won	Actress in a Supporting Role	Jessica Lange
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Director	Sydney Pollack
Golden Globe	1982	Won	Picture - Musical or Comedy	Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Screenplay	Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
Grammy Awards	1984	Nominated	Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special	Dave Grusin
Writers Guild of America Awards	1983	Won	Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen	Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal

Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

This one was recommended to me here (I think by Jon). Of course I knew about this movie, but I never considered watching it because I wasn't really keen on watching Dustin Hoffman in drag. But after the recommendation and reading the synopsis I found that this movie could be interesting to me after all. Dustin Hoffman did a great job as Dorothy. Whenever he was on screen as Dorothy, it was real fun to watch. Also I was surprised to see Bill Murray. I didn't know beforehand that he was in this picture.
I am also glad that Dustin Hoffman convinced the director Sydney Pollack to play the role of the agent. These two were great together.
Teri Garr reminded me a lot of Phoebe from Friends. It's a stroke of genius of the producers of Friends to cast her as Phoebe's mother, I think.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 9th, 2010)

The Number 23, a review by RossRoy

Original Title: The Number 23 Year: 2007 Country: United States Director: Joel Schumacher Rating: 14 Length: 101 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles:

What they say
Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen star in the year's most "mind-bending" (Pete Hammond, 'Maxim') psychological thriller directed by Joel Schumacher.

The nightmare begins when Walter (Carrey), a mild-mannered dogcatcher, begins reading a tattered, used book called 'The Number 23'. Obsessed by the countless similarities between the degenerate main character and himself, Walter plunges headlong into the same dark, seductive world. When the book's main character commits an unspeakable act, Walter is terrified that he's destined to follow the same twisted path.

My Thoughts
I quite enjoyed that one. I think it is a nice little thriller. And as with many other thrillers, there's the obligatory twist at the ending, which I sort of saw coming, and yet I was still surprised by it. I also felt the urge to watch it again to try and catch the little clues that are scattered throughout the movie. I think it deserves a watch, it may not win any awards, but it's good. I loved Jim Carey in the leading role. I find I like him much more in his dramatic work than his comedy, i.e. Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and now The Number 23. Virginia Madsen is just as beautiful as ever.



(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on April 13th, 2008)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Friends
You can never have enough Friends. With this DELUXE 4-DISC SET OF THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE, you have more: each episode contains NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN MOMENTS every fan of Friends will savor. And for all loyal patrons of Central Perk, we've brewed up a fresh pot brimming with BONUS FEATURES. Revisit that first year in which Rachel (JENNIFER ANISTON), Monica (COURTENEY COX ARQUETTE), Phoebe (LISA KUDROW), Joey (MATT LeBLANC), Chandler (MATTHEW PERRY) and Ross (DAVID SCHWIMMER) first charmed audiences worldwide. You'll be in fabulous company.

The Pilot


My Thoughts:
Friends became one of my all-time favorite sitcoms. It is a series I bought as the seasons were released (or shortly after). This pilot episode is a very good introduction to the cast... and had lots of laughs. I must say I never cared much for the Joey character in the beginning... though he did grow on me. Lets see... favorite characters... Male: Chandler Female: Toss up between Monica and Rachel. If I had to choose... I would probably go with Rachel. This pilot is a great introduction to all the characters. And from the start there is a lot of laughs. Especially half the stuff that comes out of Chandler's mouth! 

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on January 26th, 2010)