{"product_id":"making-tootsie-inside-the-classic-film-with-dustin-hoffman-and-sydney-pollack-isbn-9781557049667","title":"Making Tootsie: Inside the Classic Film with Dustin Hoffman and Sydney Pollack","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A perceptive and provocative work.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A stunning job of research, observation and reporting.”\u003cbr\u003e—Larry Gelbart, co-writer of \u003cem\u003eTootsie\u003c\/em\u003e and writer on TV’s “M*A*S*H*”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This fluid, marvelously detailed book goes a long way toward explaining why \u003cem\u003eTootsie\u003c\/em\u003e has already achieved a reputation as a classic film comedy.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Tootsie\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eSome Like it Hot\u003c\/em\u003e). 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 \u003cem\u003eTootsie\u003c\/em\u003e happen: director Sidney Pollack and star Dustin Hoffman. No movie buff, film historian, student, or fan will want to miss \u003cem\u003eMaking Tootsie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn 1982, two superbly talented and driven men—director Sydney Pollack and actor Dustin Hoffman—collaborated to create what became an enduring classic: a movie about a serious, out-of-work actor who takes on the challenge of playing a woman in a TV soap opera and becomes a better man for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoffman had already dedicated four years to the comedy. Pollack was hot off of \u003cem\u003eAbsence of Malice\u003c\/em\u003e when he chose the project, which had lost two earlier directors, had no final guiding script at the start of production, and was the butt of many Hollywood bad jokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the only journalist Pollack and Columbia Pictures permitted on the set and in the editing room, Susan Dworkin, a playwright, award-winning documentary writer, and \u003cem\u003eMs.\u003c\/em\u003e magazine contributing editor, conducted in-depth interviews not only with its director and star but also with the costume designer, the film editors, costars Teri Garr, Bill Murray, and Dabney Coleman, and many others. In \u003cem\u003eMaking ‘Tootsie,’\u003c\/em\u003e Dworkin captures their voices while describing how the movie became an award-winning box office sensation and the classic motion picture that the American Film Institute rates as number two on its list of the 100 Funniest American Movies of All Time.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“I once said that wanted to be a screenwriter was like wanting to be a co-pilot.  Ms. Dworkin captures that perfectly…Making Tootsie has a sense of making a movie that very few books have.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Gregory Dunne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A must for all film buffs [includes] revealing interviews with Hoffman and Pollack as well as a fascinating section on make-up and costumes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Bosworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This fluid, marvelously detailed book goes a long way toward explaining why Tootsie has already achieved a reputation as a classic film comedy…Making Tootsie is more than a pleasing photo-filled souvenir of a popular hit.  Books about the making of movies are plentiful; honest ones are rare.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e” A perceptive and provocative work…Dworkin cuts through the filmmaking process’ technical lingo and yet manages to maintain a respect for the dynamics that result in a successful film.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A stunning job of research, observation and reporting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry Gelbart, co-writer of Tootsie and writer on the M*A*S*H* TV series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Newmarket Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888109777125,"sku":"NP9781557049667","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781557049667.jpg?v=1730228174","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/making-tootsie-inside-the-classic-film-with-dustin-hoffman-and-sydney-pollack-isbn-9781557049667","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}