Dustin hoffman came up with the name of the film, which comes from the name of his mother's dog. Director's guest: Sydney Pollack plays Michael's agent George Field. Sydney pollack said that while preparing the "Directing" series, dustin hoffman refused to continue filming unless Pollack agreed to play his agent. Pollack refused first, and then Hoffman's agent, Michael Ovize, negotiated before Pollack agreed to consider it. He later agreed to play this role. The scene between Hoffman and Pollack actually hints at what they are arguing behind the scenes. Sydney Pollack originally invited dabney coleman to play dustin hoffman's agent. In a conversation between Hoffman and Pollack, Hoffman wanted to know what prompted his character to put on a skirt and pretend to be a woman. Pollack's answer is that if he doesn't do this, he will never have a job. Hoffman then replied that if Coleman told him that he would never have a job, he refused to wear a skirt because Coleman was just an actor colleague and Hoffman didn't trust him very much. Because Pollack was the director, Hoffman insisted that he could persuade Hoffman to wear a skirt. Pollack refused to play this role, so Hoffman sent him roses every day with a note: Please be my agent, love Dorothy. Finally, Pollack agreed to Hoffman's request. Bill murray agreed that his name would not appear in the credits of the film, so that after watching it, the audience would not expect it to be a "bill murray" movie Meatballs 1979) or a caddy milkshake (1980). Dorothy's character is not going to speak with a southern accent. After doing some research, dustin hoffman found that her voice, after being disguised as a woman's voice, is very close to the pronunciation of women in this area. The producer of "Mr. Deuce" specially hired a well-known cross-dressing actor Holly Woodlawn to guide the role played by actor dustin hoffman when preparing for the role in the early stage. Whenever dustin hoffman pretends to be a woman, the crew will definitely beat him rudely, thinking that he "looks much better as a woman". Screenwriter Larry Gelbart once revealed that he had never met other screenwriters during the filming of this film, and it was not until he finally received their awards that he reunited on the podium for the first time. Producer Dick Richards originally intended to direct the film, but later he turned to Sydney Pollack. Dustin hoffman first conceived the idea of Kramer vs Kramer (Kramer vs Kramer 1979). He felt that his roles in Kramer vs Kramer were like father and mother, so he began to think about how to play a man and a woman. So there were several scripts, several screenwriters, and later several directors, and finally the film was made. In the first scene, Michael Dorothy wakes up and puts on Dorothy's skirt. There is an alarm clock in the picture, and the person in the next picture is dustin hoffman's mother. In the film, Ellen Foley plays the assistant of the soap opera producer, with almost no lines. Her role used to have dialogue, but at that time, Foley was making a record and broke her voice, so she deleted the scene where she spoke. For dustin hoffman, the biggest challenge is to ensure that Dorothy's pronunciation is correct. According to his own account, he got help and guidance from Meryl Streep. Before that, he and Streep co-starred in the movie Kramer vs Kramer. Hoffman read Vivien Leigh's lines in A Streetcar Named Desire (195 1), and then she provided feedback. The line in the movie "I will be a better man with you than I used to be with a woman as a man." Do you understand what I mean? "In 2007, Premiere magazine selected" 100 as the most classic movie lines ",ranking 6 1, while another sentence" That's a crazy hospital "ranked 44th. Lens continuity: Julie throws Dorothy's flowers on the table twice. When Sandy came back, she was surprised to see Dorothy in her house. She took off her coat twice. Continuity: Dorothy ran to take a shower. Her wig was put on the kitchen table and never appeared again. Display error: At the beginning of the movie, Michael is auditioning for different variety shows. Obviously, the director in each play is the same person, and the voice is almost the same. Coherence: In the last scene of Julie and Michael, a taxi on Julie's left can be seen appearing and disappearing.