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Sydney Pollack
Director 1934 - 2008

Sydney Pollack

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his forty-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

20 titles
Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

Sydney Pollack, Alan Elliott 2018 1h 27m 6.0

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.

The Interpreter

The Interpreter

Sydney Pollack 2005 2h 8m 6.4

A thriller about an interpreter who has overheard an assassination attempt in the UK. An American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate as Silvia Broome, the interpreter, is in danger of being killed by the assassins.

Random Hearts

Random Hearts

Sydney Pollack 1999 2h 13m 4.5
Sabrina

Sabrina

Sydney Pollack 1995 2h 7m 6.5

Un conte de fées moderne où une jeune fille timide et effacée, fille du chauffeur d'une famille richissime, va non seulement séduire le cadet de la famille mais aussi l'aîné, pourtant farouchement hostile à la gente féminine.

The Firm

The Firm

Sydney Pollack 1993 2h 34m 6.7

The first filmed novel from best selling author John Grisham would become a worldwide success. Director Sydney Pollack made it happen with help from a high class cast in this thriller of a film.

Havana

Havana

Sydney Pollack 1990 2h 24m 6.0

During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.

Out of Africa

Out of Africa

Sydney Pollack 1985 2h 41m 6.9

Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.

Tootsie

Tootsie

Sydney Pollack 1982 1h 56m 7.6

Desperate, he took a female role and became a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves.

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

Sydney Pollack 1981 1h 56m 6.3

Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... And everything they said was accurate... But none of it was true. The D.A., Feds and the police set her up to write the story that explodes his world. Now he's going to write the book on getting even.

The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman

Sydney Pollack 1979 2h 2m 6.0
Bobby Deerfield

Bobby Deerfield

Sydney Pollack 1977 2h 4m

Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.

Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

Sydney Pollack 1975 1h 57m 7.8

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

The Yakuza

The Yakuza

Sydney Pollack 1974 1h 52m 8.7

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.

The Way We Were

The Way We Were

Sydney Pollack 1973 1h 58m 7.3
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

Sydney Pollack 1972 1h 48m 8.1
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Sydney Pollack 1969 2h 8.2

The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.

Castle Keep

Castle Keep

Sydney Pollack 1969 1h 45m 7.3

During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

Sydney Pollack 1968 1h 42m 6.7

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

Sydney Pollack 1966 1h 50m 7.6

A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town's railway (town's main income). Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr. Alva and Owen then try to escape Alva's mother's (Hazel) clutches and the town's revenge.

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

Sydney Pollack 1965 1h 38m 7.0

A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller.

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