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

Dworkin, Susan

ISBN 10: 0937858196 / ISBN 13: 9780937858196

Published by Newmarket Pr, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1983

About this Item

A very nice copy of this uncommon title surprisingly difficult to find signed by the author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Tootsie: A Film Study With Dustin Hoffman and Sydney Pollack
• Publisher: Newmarket Pr, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937858196
• ISBN 13: 9780937858196
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed and Inscribed By the Author
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Describes the experiences of the actor, Dustin Hoffman, and the director, Sydney Pollack, during the production of the motion picture, Tootsie

Review

"Superb...worth a semester of film school." --David Brown, producer of "Jaws""

"Rarely do we have that complex creative process revealed to us with such sensitivity and insight...Susan Dworkin's "Making Tootsie" is an important study, in a class with Lillian Ross's Picture and John Gregory Dunne's "The Studio". Everyone who seriously cares about movies has to read it." --Digby Diehl, "Los Angeles Herald Examiner"

"Informative, crisply written and worthwhile...an intelligent account of the production of the hit movie (and) a remarkably full portrait of Hoffman the actor." --"Washington Post Book World"

""Making Tootsie" has a sense of making a movie that very few books have." --John Gregory Dunne

""Tootsie" has already achieved a reputation as a classic film comedy. Dworkin's fluid, marvelously detailed book goes a long way toward explaining why." --"People"
" 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."--Los Angeles Times

"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."--People

"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."--John Gregory Dunne

"A stunning job of research, observation and reporting."--Larry Gelbart, co-writer of Tootsie and writer on the M*A*S*H* TV series

"A must for all film buffs [includes] revealing interviews with Hoffman and Pollack as well as a fascinating section on make-up and costumes."--Patricia Bosworth

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. --People"

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. --Los Angeles Times"

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. --John Gregory Dunne"

A must for all film buffs [includes] revealing interviews with Hoffman and Pollack as well as a fascinating section on make-up and costumes. --Patricia Bosworth"