Time, that counted down the best movies chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by both ABC and People Weekly Magazine. Tootsie was selected as the 5 Best Comedy. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 1998: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – #62 2000: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #2 2007: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – #69 National Film Registry — Inducted in 1998. Home media The film was first released on CED Videodisc in 1983, on VHS and Betamax videocassettes by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video in 1985, and on DVD in 2001. These releases were distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video. The film was also released by The Criterion Collection in a LaserDisc edition in 1992. A special 25th Anniversary edition DVD, released by Sony Pictures, arrived in 2008. In the high-definition era, the film was released on the visually superior Blu-ray Disc format in 2013, albeit at this point in time it was only distributed in selected international territories such as Germany and Japan. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of The Criterion Collection on December 16, 2014. Musical adaptation A stage musical of the movie premiered at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago from September 11 to October 14, 2018 before opening on Broadway in the spring of 2019. The musical has music and lyrics by David Yazbek; Robert Horn wrote the book; Denis Jones choreographed and Scott Ellis directed. Santino Fontana starred as Michael Dorsey. He was joined by Lilli Cooper as Julie Nichols, Sarah Stiles as Sandy Lester, John Behlmann as Max Van Horn, Andy Grotelueschen as Jeff Slater, Julie Halston as Rita Mallory, Tony winner Michael McGrath as Stan Fields and Tony nominee Reg Rogers as Ron Carlisle. See also Cross-dressing in film and television List of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States Notes References External links Tootsie essay by Brian Scott Mednick at National Film Registry Tootsie essay by Daniel Eagan in Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 , pages 780–781 The 25th Anniversary Tootsie by Billy Mernit Tootsie: One Great Dame, an essay by Michael Sragow at the Criterion Collection 1982 films 1982 comedy-drama films 1982 romantic comedy films 1982 romantic drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films 1980s romantic comedy-drama films 1980s feminist