Description
"A perceptive and provocative work."
--Los Angeles Times
"A stunning job of research, observation and reporting."
--Larry Gelbart, co-writer of Tootsie and writer on TV's "M*A*S*H*"
"This fluid, marvelously detailed book goes a long way toward explaining why Tootsie has already achieved a reputation as a classic film comedy."
--People
Making Tootsie is back, three decades after the creation of the blockbuster Hollywood motion picture that the American Film Institute rated as #2 on its list of the 100 Best Comedies of All Time (second only to Some Like it Hot). Playwright, author, and Ms. magazine contributing writer Susan Dworkin was granted unprecedented access to the film set, the cast, and the crew during the filming and through post-production of the 1982 classic, and her riveting, detailed chronicle offers a fascinating window into the art of movie making--as well as painting indelible portraits of the two main men who made Tootsie happen: director Sidney Pollack and star Dustin Hoffman. No movie buff, film historian, student, or fan will want to miss Making Tootsie.
Author: Susan Dworkin
Publisher: Newmarket Press
Published: 08/28/2012
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.56w x 0.53d
ISBN13: 9781557049667
ISBN10: 1557049661
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Performing Arts | Film | Direction & Production
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
About the Author
Susan Dworkin's documentary "She's Nobody's Baby" won the coveted Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. "Making Tootsie" was her first book. Her later books included "The Viking in the Wheat Field," "Miss America, 1945: The Bess Myerson Story," "The Nazi Officer's Wife," "Double De Palma" and the novels "Stolen Goods" and "Desperately Seeking Susan." She lives in New York City.