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May 26, 2008 · Sydney Pollack, who won an Academy Award as best director for "Out of Africa," died Monday of cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was 73. By Duane Byrge, The Associated Press.
May 22, 2023 · Sydney Pollack: A Subliminal Existentialist is an engrossing if slight exploration of a mammoth but still underappreciated filmmaker. When I write “slight,” it isn’t to be critical. I was just reminded that he did make other films besides the ten in the book. There could have been more details on those, such as Castle Keep (1969), The ...
Yakuza, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Get Rid Of Thinking Director and producer Sydney Pollack introduces the celebrated Japanese actor Ken Takakura, in only his second Hollywood picture and his first substantial role, as Kendo martial arts guru and underworld figure Tanaka Ken, visited in Kyoto by American private eye and WWII vet Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum), to whom he owes a profound family ...
Jul 4, 2020 · Sydney Pollack was one of the most diversely talented filmmakers to ever work in Hollywood. After appearing in several TV shows in the late 50s as an actor, Pollack moved behind the camera where he would amass more than 40 directorial credits from 1965 to 2005. Pollack also served as a producer on nearly as many films since making The Yakuza in ...
Apr 9, 2019 · To film it, Warner hired the director Sydney Pollack, a rising star still riding the success of his 1969 movie “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” Pollack was between projects and had ...
May 26, 2008 · Sydney Pollack, who won an Academy Award as best director for "Out of Africa," died Monday of cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades. He was 73. By Duane Byrge, The Associated Press.
May 27, 2008 · Pollack is survived by his wife and his two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel. Pollack’s son, Steven, died in a 1993 plane crash in Santa Monica. Take a look back at the films of Sydney Pollack: Tootsie
