Mine happens to be when Tootsie is staying over at Julie's father's house and in bed with her..dressed in a long nightie, curlers, face powder..the lot!!! There is a flicker of horror on Julie's face as she turns to see Tootsie.
Just go with the flow like a twig on the shoulders of a mighty stream.
A tie between every scence with Bill Murray and the "that's a corn cob" moment.
Wallace: "It's YOU!"
(Spoken to Feathers McGraw after he removes the red glove disguise.)
The revelation scene...great reactions (especially from Geena Davis), funny lines (the most underrated part is the produce stuttering along with Dorothy), a can't miss setup, and the "Boy, imagine if this was really happening" factor of it all.
shareMy favorite scene is: "I'd like to make her look a little more attractive, how far can you pull back"? The cameraman says "How about Cleveland"...
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The one I never see mentioned but it just cracks me up:
Dorothy is going on and on in that monologue and nobody knows what to do. At one point she says, "you know what I mean, don't you, Dr. Brewster?" to which John VanHorn says, "I never laid a hand on her!" Funny enough on its own, but then Dorothy replies, "Oh yes you did!" and VanHorn looks SO confused! Hysterical!
You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi
I agree, all of the Bill Murray scenes, I think all of his lines were improvised which makes it all the more hilarious to me. And I couldn't stop laughing at the "Does Jeff know?" line at the end of the revelation scene.
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Oh, there are so many good scenes. I especially liked Michael confronting his agent after he found out Terry Bishop was doing Iceman Cometh. What was great about the scene was neither person was wrong, they both had good points, like Michael busting his rear to do a good job and George saying a director doesn't have time to discuss whether Tolstoy should die when he's walking, etc. The latter also saying that the director's rehearsal time is limited and can't nitpick here. Very, very, very true. Also, when Michael gives Sandy the candy (nice rhyme here) and he has to explain the card. "Les is a friend of mine. He can't eat candy, he's diabetic."
shareGlad you mention the Pollack scene.
I just want to chime in and point out that ALL the Hoffman/Pollack scenes are dynamite: I'm tempted to say that Pollack steals them! Maybe he does.
Anyway, if you watch each of those scenes (four of them; right?), they just sparkle with wit and emotion, and there's at least one crystalline moment in each.
For example, you just KNOW that the "Eleanor Roosevelt story" exchange, with Pollack turning away and laughing, was ad lib, and that Pollack's laughter was genuine, not staged!
When Pollack hears that Hoffman was given a diamond engagement ring, and he turns to Hoffman with earnest interest, interlacing his fingers in front of him in the universal "I'm all ears!" gesture, he steals that scene.
"When Pollack hears that Hoffman was given a diamond engagement ring, and he turns to Hoffman with earnest interest, interlacing his fingers in front of him in the universal "I'm all ears!" gesture, he steals that scene."
I think that exchange tickled me the most of any in the film. Hoffman set it up when he says, with a slight lilt in his voice and a glint in his eye "You know he gave me a ring? He gave me a diamond ring." And Pollack, after interlacing his fingers asks with a bit of excited anticipation "What did you say?" Perfect!
So many, where to begin?
One of my favorites is the Dorothy/Michael/Julie moment, when she basically says how much she loves Dorothy and wouldn't it be so great if Dorothy were a man?! (Okay, not those exact words, but that's the gist) The scene is poignant and perfect, and then Michael forgets he's Dorothy briefly, and then it's just hilarious.
Every scene with Bill Murray.
The revelation scene is just one of the funniest scenes in a movie ever, and I love, love, love the line, "Does Jeff know?"
I also absolutely adore the final scene; what a great way to end the movie: "I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man."
Mildred! He's at it again. http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=8093247
When Dustin Hoffman visits his agent (Sydney Pollack) at 2am and pleads with him to get him off the soap, the interaction and timing in this scene is pure genius. Hoffman is trying to explain to Pollack that his ex girlfriend (Teri Garr) thinks that he's gay, Pollack replies 'try sleeping with her', Hoffman 'I have but but she still thinks I'm gay', Pollack 'not so good Michael'. Hoffman then goes on to tell Pollack that Julie (Jessica Lange) thinks that Dorothy is a lesbian and that this guy Les has asked him (Dorothy)to marry him, Pollack replies 'but Dorothy is a lesbian', Hoffman 'Dorothy isn't a Lesbian, but Julie thinks that she is' Pollack I know that but does Les know'? Hoffman 'he asked me to marry him and he gave me a diamond ring' Pollack 'did he! what did you say? Hoffman 'I told him that I would think about it' Hoffman 'you gotta get me out of this, I'm in big trouble man!' Absolutely brilliant! There are not many films that can make me cry with laughter but this scene had me screaming with laughter and I had tears pouring down my face, it made my day.
shareWhen Dorthy get to babysit for Julie then Julie comes home and they talk about realtionships god Jessica Lange is so damn perfect in that scene. Im so happy she won the Oscar for this role and she deserved it for Frances to that year..damn you Meryl Streep!!!
shareI love most of the scenes in the movie...so many! All of the Southwest General scenes are pretty hysterical, and I love his first audition and the confrontation with the director. Absolutely love when the Doctor from the soap shows up at Tootsie's apartment and puts the make on her..."...then how can you be a 'has-been'?" "Oh Dorothy, I love the way you never let me get away with anything!" Every player in this movie has at least one moment to shine. It's an actor's movie, in every sense.
shareSydney Pollack was a great Director and a fine character actor - he'll be missed.. his easy-going charm made plain scenes sparkle.. in A Civil Action, he plays a Grace executive named Al Eustus (a real person) - his exchange with John Travolta is electric "Don't do it, Jan - don't go for broke on this one.. it's not worth it.."
In this one, his pleading with Hoffman: "I will not get sucked into this discussion.... Michael--nobody will hire you!" - is terrific. we find out what we suspected earlier as the opening moments of the film unfold: Michael Dorsey IS Dustin Hoffman, a real p.i. the butt...
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I loved all the scenes mentioned in this thread but a big favorite of mine is when *Dorothy* is getting dressed for his/her dinner *date* with Julie and Bill Murray is helping him/her pick his/her outfits. Watching those two men do such a girlish realistic scene had me cracking up.....that scene could only have been written by a woman!
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I haven't read all these yet but hands down my favorite scene in the movie (and possibly ever) is btw Hoffman and Sydney Pollack:
"You're a tomato, a tomato doesn't have logic!"
"What are you doing sending me your friends play? I'm you're agent not your mother."
"My job is to field offers./Who told you that the agent fairy?"
And of course, the final part when Sydney says "No. One. Will. Hire. You." Dustin: "Oh yeah?" - cut to the next scene of Dustin strolling up 3rd Avenue as Dorothy Michaels. Classic.
And from what I have heard and read these clashes were not all that far off from the real life clashes Hoffman and Pollack had while making the film: Hoffman as the prototypical Method actor perfectionist, and Pollack frustrated with Hoffman's questioning of EVERY SINGLE DETAIL and being a complete utter pain in the a**, even if he was ultimately right. The writers, Pollack, and Hoffman himself were very shrewd to play on Hoffman's reputation, because it made all of those scenes resonate that much more.
Mine is when Dorothy auditions for the part of Emily Kimberley and gets pissed when Ron Calisle tells her she is wrong without letting her read. The whole scene including the audition is great.
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"You SLUT !!!"
Teri Garrs' reaction to "I'm in love with another woman". Priceless
shareI agree with the posters who are praising Pollacks scenes. He steals the show! "Les asked me to marry him!!!!" Pollack - "Did you say yes?" LMAO. Class.
"Kunta Kinte... yabba dabba dabba doo"
How has no one mentioned the scene where Dorothy tells Ron off when he tells her she's not right for the part?! I always rewind this one at least three times. Dorothy is such a force of nature!
shareAbsolutely the scene where Dorothy leaves the cab and stumbles upon a stalking Dr Brewster with the ensuing scene of him singing and Dorothy frantically yelling out the window for him to come up before he wakes the whole neighborhood. Then with Dorothy up on the coach trying to get away from him like Peppie Le Pew and Jeff walking in and confronting them both; "You Slut". OMG. This movie is amazing. I can watch it again and again.
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