Dustin Hoffman is the heart ofTootsie, and its a role that was made for him.
The Criterion Collection presents the film on Blu-ray in widescreen (2.35:1) and in English LPCM 1.0.
The film has been taken care of over the years, and looks fabulous in a new 4K transfer.
New for this release are two new interviews.
Dustin Hoffman (19 min.)
talks about the film - and covers much of his career - in a delightful retrospective.
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This movie was very important to him, and hes a great raconteur.
Criterion also spoke toEveryone Loves RaymondcreatorPhil Rosenthal(16 min.)
who loves the film and talks about the movies greatness.
), though it appears everyone knows the footage would never be used in its entirety.
There are two making ofs included, one from 1982 (34 min.)
), which gets most of the main cast to talk about the making of the movie.
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There are two Screen and Wardrobe Test pieces (7 min.
), with footage of original director Ashby, nine deleted scenes (11 min.
), which were all wisely scraped, and three trailers.
Terry GilliamsTime Banditsannounced that Gilliam was a force to be reckoned with behind the camera.
Craig Warnockstars as Kevin, a young boy who is fascinated by history and whose parents are boorish louts.
Its a movie of funky charms.
New for this release is the piece Creating the Worlds ofTime Bandits (24 min.)
where the director talks about his career.
Also included is a Shelley Duvall interview done on theTom Snydershow (9 min.).
A still gallery and the films theatrical trailer round out the supplements.
He was sexually molested by his father and he realized he liked it.
Which gave me an in as Ive never had a defining sexual fetish.
Or is it a situation where that because it was your first experience that its all you know?
Previous editions had few supplements so the new additions are welcome.
Director Cavani made some short documentaries for RAI, and so she introduces (5 min.)
Women of the Resistance (50 min.)
which talks to the women of the Italian resistance and what they did to help and fight.
Theres also an interview with the director specifically about the film (9 min.)
where she talks a lot about the controversy surrounding the film.
