Behind the Scenes of Tootsie 1982 with Director Sydney Pollack part 1

I was lucky to be friends with Sydney Pollack when I worked as his production assistant on Three Days of the Condor. We met up again when he came to New York to shoot Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lang.

He let me come on the set and shoot some behind the scenes footage along with a lengthy taped interview at my apartment for my local cable show The Director's Series hosted by John A. Gallagher.

This is some of the uncut footage I shot of one of the closing scenes of the film. I have to find the master tapes to improve the auto, but take note that it was the first time Sydney and Director of Photography Owen Roizman used video playback in making a film.

You might say its rare to see a director walking along side the camera while the scene is being shot, and not in a control room. The video revolution was just getting started at that time.

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