Original Tootsie Movie Poster Movie Posters

Tootsie movie posters are among the most collectible campaign materials of the early-1980s Hollywood comedy — the theatrical campaigns for Sydney Pollack's 1982 Columbia production deployed Dustin Hoffman's cross-dressing performance as Dorothy Michaels with bold graphic directness. The one-sheet's dual-image concept — Hoffman as both himself and Dorothy — communicated the film's premise with elegant economy and became one of the decade's most immediately recognisable poster designs. Find original Tootsie theatrical paper from the Columbia release. The US one-sheet is the primary collector target — its split-personality composition used the decade's graphic conventions to convey gender-swapping comedy without a single word of explanation. Lobby card sets document the film's key comedic setpieces and Hoffman's dual-role performance with the visual detail that allows close study of the period's production design and costume work. The film's enormous box-office success made it one of the year's biggest commercial productions, driving substantial initial print runs. Fine flat copies of the original theatrical one-sheet are now scarce — intensive display use across the film's long theatrical run, combined with decades of storage attrition, means genuinely fine examples are difficult to locate through standard dealer and auction channels. The film's reputation as one of the finest screen comedies ensures sustained and competitive collector demand. Browse alongside our Dustin Hoffman and comedy collections. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals.