A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. Read More »
Tag Archives: Sydney Pollack
Havana (1990) Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin
Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. Read More »
The Scalphunters (1968) Sydney Pollack, Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave Read More »
Absence of Malice (1981) Sydney Pollack, Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban
Mike Gallagher is a Miami liquor wholesaler whose deceased father was a local mobster. Read More »
War Hunt (1962) Denis Sanders, John Saxon, Charles Aidman, Sydney Pollack
Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. Read More »
Bobby Deerfield (1977) Sydney Pollack, Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit Read More »
The Yakuza (1974) Sydney Pollack, Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George’s kidnapped daughter Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, Howard Hawks, Marilyn Monroe
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, King Vidor
King Vidor is unusual in the series “The Men Who Made the Movies” in that of all the directors, as a person. Read More »
Amazing Grace (2018) Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack, Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland
A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. Read More »
The Swimmer (1968) Frank Perry, Sydney Pollack, Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Drama
Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the Summer. He reappears at a friend’s pool. Read More »
Out of Africa (1985) Sydney Pollack, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Drama, Romance, Biography
Initially set on being a dairy farmer, the aristocratic Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) travels to Africa to join her husband, Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer) Read More »
Castle Keep (1969) Sydney Pollack, Burt Lancaster, Patrick O’Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Action, Comedy, Drama
This Property Is Condemned (1966) Sydney Pollack, Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Drama, Romance
A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town’s railway (town’s main income). Read More »
The Electric Horseman (1979) Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Comedy, Western, Drama
Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are going drug the horse in case its too frisky, he rides off into the desert…
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