Six Degrees of Bacon, Round 7
It's July 1st, and as I always do on the first of every month, I've flipped the page on my Classic Movie Posters calendar and we're playing another round of Six Degrees of Bacon with one of the stars.
This month's movie is the 1982 cross dressing comedy of errors "Tootsie" starring Dustin Hoffman as unemployed actor Michael Dorsey, who manages to pass himself off as a woman to get a part on a soap opera. Hilarity ensues. Also in the cast are Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr and Charles Durning.
I watched it this morning and I have to say with all the old hag parts Jessica Lange has played lately (Big Edie in "Grey Gardens," Joan Crawford in "Feud," various Evil Women on "American Horror Story"), it certainly was nice to see her in her younger days.
But hey, it's 35 years later and she's still working regularly in a business where youth and beauty are prerequisites for movie and television roles. As if we never get old. You go, Jessica.
My favorite part of the movie was when Michael meets with his agent George, played by director Sidney Pollack, who tells him he can't get him parts because no one wants to work with him. He cites all the trouble Michael caused when he refused to sit down when playing a tomato for a TV commercial.
"You were a tomato! A tomato doesn't have logic! It can't move!"
"I was a stand-up tomato! A juicy, sexy beefsteak tomato!"
OK, enough idle chat. Let's get started:
Dustin Hoffman was in "Midnight Cowboy" with Jon Voight
Who was in "Deliverance" with Burt Reynolds
Who was in "Boogie Nights" with John C. Reilly
Who was in "The Perfect Storm" with George Clooney
Who was in "Oceans 11" with Julia Roberts
Who was in "Flatliners" with KEVIN BACON!!!!!!
It goes without saying (but I'm saying it anyway) that you are welcome to add any different routes to Bacon. What better way to spend your Fourth of July holiday?
Judy Nichols is the author of several mysteries available on Amazon.
This month's movie is the 1982 cross dressing comedy of errors "Tootsie" starring Dustin Hoffman as unemployed actor Michael Dorsey, who manages to pass himself off as a woman to get a part on a soap opera. Hilarity ensues. Also in the cast are Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr and Charles Durning.
I watched it this morning and I have to say with all the old hag parts Jessica Lange has played lately (Big Edie in "Grey Gardens," Joan Crawford in "Feud," various Evil Women on "American Horror Story"), it certainly was nice to see her in her younger days.
But hey, it's 35 years later and she's still working regularly in a business where youth and beauty are prerequisites for movie and television roles. As if we never get old. You go, Jessica.
My favorite part of the movie was when Michael meets with his agent George, played by director Sidney Pollack, who tells him he can't get him parts because no one wants to work with him. He cites all the trouble Michael caused when he refused to sit down when playing a tomato for a TV commercial.
"You were a tomato! A tomato doesn't have logic! It can't move!"
"I was a stand-up tomato! A juicy, sexy beefsteak tomato!"
OK, enough idle chat. Let's get started:
Dustin Hoffman was in "Midnight Cowboy" with Jon Voight
Who was in "Deliverance" with Burt Reynolds
Who was in "Boogie Nights" with John C. Reilly
Who was in "The Perfect Storm" with George Clooney
Who was in "Oceans 11" with Julia Roberts
Who was in "Flatliners" with KEVIN BACON!!!!!!
It goes without saying (but I'm saying it anyway) that you are welcome to add any different routes to Bacon. What better way to spend your Fourth of July holiday?
Judy Nichols is the author of several mysteries available on Amazon.
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