Absence of Malice 1981  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Wilford Brimley, Luther Adler, Barry Primus, Josef Sommer, John Harkins
If you're looking for a good story, this is it. Over-eager news reporting and its victimization of innocents are exposed as a young reporter (Sally Field) has not yet learned the power of the press to harm as well as help. Tragedy results when pressure is put on an innocent warehouse owner (Paul Newman). Newman received an Oscar nomination (Best Actor) as did Melinda Dillon (Best Supporting Actress).
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Bobby Deerfield 1977  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn, Romolo Valli, Stephan Meldegg, Jaime Sanchez, Mickey Knox, Guido Alberti, Norm Nielsen, Dorothy James, Monique Lejeune, Van Doude, Gerard Hernandez
Racecar driver Bobby Deerfield (Al Pacino) is living with his French lover Lydia (Anny Duperey) when he meets and falls in love with Killian (Marthe Keller) who is a patient at a hospital in Switzerland. Up until now, Bobby has lived an emotionless life, but now he has found love. It turns out that Killian is dying of leukemia, and Bobby, who has problems dealing with the situation, turns to Lydia for comfort.
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Castle Keep 1969  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk, Tony Bill, Bruce Dern, Scott Wilson, Al Freeman Jr., Michael Conrad
During World War II, both German and American soldiers vie for a 10th-century castle in the Ardennes forest.
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 Changing Lanes 2002 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, Tina Sloan, Kim Staunton, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins, Dylan Baker, Akil Walker, Cole Hawkins, Ileen Getz, Jennifer Dundas, Matt Malloy
Road rage escalates to new heights between a Wall Street lawyer, Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), and recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) who is fighting a bitter custody battle with his estranged wife Valerie (Kim Staunton). When their cars sideswipe on FDR Drive in Manhattan, the accident sets off a chain of events that becomes more and more dangerous.
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin 2003 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Richard Schickel
Cast: Sydney Pollack
This well-directed documentary provides an illuminating account of Chaplin's life and public image as one of filmdom's great icons.
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 A Civil Action 1998  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, James Gandolfini, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Sydney Pollack
This story details Jan Schlichtmann's (Travolta) legal case against two corporations that leaked toxins into Boston's water supply. The fact that the focus is on the lawyer's efforts to win the case while downplaying the victims and their families seems out of kilter. Robert Duvall received a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
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Death Becomes Her 1992 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Sydney Pollack, Michael Caine, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Nancy Fish, Mary Ellen Trainor
Years ago, after Madeline (Meryl Streep) stole Helen's (Goldie Hawn) plastic surgeon fiance Ernest (Bruce Willis), Helen ended up in a mental institution. Now, Helen has recovered from her breakdown and is determined to kill Madeline and get Ernest back. But, both women have been taking potions to prevent aging that has left them immortal, and their violent attacks on each other only leave them with injuries. As a result, both become dependent on the plastic surgery services of Ernest. The special effects in this film are worth the price of admission.
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The Electric Horseman 1979 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Valerie Perrine, Nicolas Coster, Allan Arbus, Wilford Brimley, Will Hare, James Sikking
Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) is a has-been rodeo star who promotes cereal for the large corporation: Ampco. When he discovers that the corporation is abusing a beloved horse, he rescues the horse in Las Vegas and heads for the desert. Television reporter Hallie Martin (Jane Fonda) follows the horse and Sonny looking for a story and falls for Sonny.
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Eyes Wide Shut 1999  R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Marie Richardson, Rade Serbedzija, Todd Field, Vinessa Shaw, Alan Cumming, Leelee Sobieski, Fay Masterson
One evening, Dr. William Harford's (Tom Cruise) wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), confessed that she once fantasized about a young naval officer and had almost been unfaithful to their marriage vows. That revelation shatters Bill's belief in the stability of their marriage, and he leaves their home to visit one of his patients. Instead of returning home, Bill wanders the streets into a sexual underworld where he is hit head-on with sexual and moral discoveries.
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The Firm 1993 R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) moves his schoolteacher wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn) to Memphis after his graduation from Harvard Law School. His choice of the prestigious, but small, law firm in Memphis turns out to be an unwise choice as Mitch begins to suspect that the firm is involved in murder and the mob. Based on John Grisham's novel.
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Havana 1990 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin, Raul Julia, Tomas Milian, Daniel Davis, Tony Plana, Richard Farnsworth, Mark Rydell, Richard Portnow
This film is not much more than a poor rehash of "Casablanca" with Jack Weil (Robert Redford) falling in love with the wife (Lena Olin) of a Cuban revolutionary (Raul Julia).
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Husbands and Wives 1992 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson, Lysette Anthony, Ron Rifkin, Blythe Danner, Cristi Conaway
This is another brilliant Woody Allen comedy/drama about four individuals whose marriages are undergoing stress; they become interested in each others' mates.
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 The Interpreter 2005 PG-13, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, George Harris, Hugo Speer, Michael Wright, Clyde Kusatsu, Eric Keenleyside, Maz Jobrani, Harry O'Reilly, Yusuf Gatewood, Byron Utley
U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) reports that she overheard plans for an assassination and that she has become the killers' target. Silvia is put under the protection of U.S. Secret Service agent Tobin Keller (Sean Penn) who, in turn, becomes suspicious that Silvia is involved in the conspiracy, and she finds herself in the middle of the investigation.
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 Jeremiah Johnson 1972 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Charles Tyner, Stefan Gierasch, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Paul Benedict, Josh Albee, Joaquin Martinez, Richard Angarola, Delle Bolton, Jack Colvin, Tanya Tucker
Escaping the Mexican War, Jeremiah (Robert Redford) heads to the Rocky Mountains where he meets Bear Claw (Will Geer) and, with Bear Claw's tutoring, becomes a man of nature who lives off the land and wins the friendship of the Crow Indians. But, after the Crow kill his family, Jeremiah becomes an Indian killer, and his life changes forever. This movie causes the viewer to take a fresh look at one's surroundings and appreciate nature.
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Made of Honor 2008 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kadeem Hardison, Kathleen Quinlan, Chris Messina, Sydney Pollack, Richmond Arquette, Busy Phillips, Whitney Cummings, Emily Nelson, Selma Stern, James Sikking, Kevin Sussman, Beau Garrett
While in college, Tom (Patrick Dempsey) met Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), and, while romance is not in the picture, they became best friends. Now, ten years later, they are still enjoying their companionship and spending Sundays together. When Hannah travels to Scotland, Tom realizes how much she means to him and plans to tell her when she returns. But when Hannah comes home, she is engaged to Scotsman Colin (Kevin McKidd) and asks Tom to be her MOH ("Maid" of Honor). What will Tom do? His solution: agree to be Hannah's MOH and then use his insider status to sabotage the wedding plans.
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Michael Clayton 2007 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Gilroy
Cast: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Sean Cullen, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Ken Howard, Denis O'Hare, Robert Prescott, Austin Williams, Merritt Wever, David Lansbury, Bill Raymond, David Zayas
Corporate lawyer Michael Clayton (George Clooney) routinely gets damage control assignments from his Manhattan law firm, and when the firm's lead attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) suffers a mental breakdown during a deposition, Clayton steps in to meet the largest challenge of his career. It appears that Eden has uncovered the fact that the company, U/North, he was representing was guilty of putting a carcinogenic pesticide on the market and claiming innocence. Meanwhile, U/North's chief counsel Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) steps in and offers a solution to relieve her employer from paying out billions. Will Clayton take the money and run, or will he stand firm in what he knows is right? The film received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Swinton); six other nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Clooney), Supporting Actor (Wilkinson), Supporting Actress (Swinton), and Director.
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Out of Africa 1985  PG, 161 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden, Leslie Phillips, Suzanna Hamilton, Joseph Thiaka, Stephen Kinyanjui, Mike Bugara, Shane Rimmer, Job Seda
As the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, this film deserves its accolades. Meryl Streep plays Kenya resident Karen who is married to Baron Bor Blixen-Flexe (Klaus Maria Brandauer), but her husband has been cheating on her and is often away on business leaving Karen alone on their plantation. Karen falls in love with British hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) who is too independent for marriage, which suits Karen because she prefers a no-strings relationship. Denys and Karen go on safari together in the badlands of Africa and gain a new respect for African culture. Sydney Pollack won an Academy Award for Best Director. In all, the film won seven Academy Awards and had four other nominations, including Best Actress (Streep) and Supporting Actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer).
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 Random Hearts 1999 R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles S. Dutton, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, Sydney Pollack, Richard Jenkins, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Susanna Thompson, Peter Coyote, Dylan Baker, Lynne Thigpen, Bill Cobbs, Kate Mara, Susan Floyd
Washington, D.C., Internal Affairs Sergeant Dutch Van Den Broeck (Harrison Ford) learns that his wife has just been killed in a plane crash, and, to make matters worse, she was flying to Miami with her lover. Dutch tracks down the lover's widow, Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott Thomas), who turns out to be running for reelection in New Hampshire. Kay does not want news of the affair to reach the press or her daughter. But Dutch is obsessed with finding out all the details of the adulterous affair.
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Sabrina 1995 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand, Lauren Holly, John Wood, Angie Dickinson, Richard Crenna, Miriam Colon, Dana Ivey
In this remake of Billy Wilder's 1954 fable, Julia Ormond takes on the role of Sabrina, the chauffeur's daughter who is infatuated with rich playboy David (Greg Kinnear). Her father sends her to work in Paris, and years later when Sabrina returns, Linus (Harrison Ford) tries to keep his brother, David, away from her. The question is "why?" Is it because Linus sees her as a threat, or is he really in love with Sabrina?
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The Scalphunters 1968 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Armando Silvestre, Dabney Coleman, Nick Cravat, Paul Picerni, Jack Williams, Chuck Roberson
Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) acquires a slave, Joseph (Ossie Davis), who proves to be much smarter than Joe. Together, they track down a group of scalp hunters led by Jim Howie (Telly Savalas) and his mistress, Kate (Shelley Winters).
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The Slender Thread 1965 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner, Dabney Coleman, Robert F. Hoy, John Benson, Paul Newlan, Jason Wingreen
This film is Sydney Pollack's directorial debut. The story is about Inga Dyson (Anne Bancroft) who overdoses on drugs. When she calls a suicide hotline, a young volunteer (Sidney Poitier), tries to save her life.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Dern, Michael Conrad, Al Lewis, Severn Darden, Robert Fields, Allyn Ann McLerie, Jacquelyn Hyde, Felice Orlandi, Art Metrano
A six-day marathon dance during the Great Depression brings out several desperate characters–including Gloria and Robert (Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin)–who want to win. Gig Young is excellent as the Master of Ceremonies and was awarded an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. There were also eight nominations, including Best Actress (Jane Fonda), Supporting Actress (Susannah York), and Director.
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This Property Is Condemned 1966 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Robert Blake, Dabney Coleman, Jon Provost, Alan Baxter, Mary Badham, John Harding
Owen Legate (Robert Redford) comes to a small Southern railroad town to lay-off workers and falls in love with Alva Starr (Natalie Wood). Great service to Tennessee Williams' play is not done here.
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 Three Days of the Condor 1975 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell, Walter McGinn, Michael Kane, Tina Chen, Carlin Glynn, Don McHenry, Michael B. Miller, Jess Osuna, Helen Stenborg, Patrick Gorman
CIA agent Turner (Robert Redford) returns to his office and finds his co-workers brutally murdered. He kidnaps and forces a stranger, Kathy Hale (Faye Dunaway), to hide him in her apartment while he investigates the situation. After doubting Turner at first, Kathy becomes his only ally and begins to care for him. Turner does uncover the facts behind the murders but must now decide how to handle the information that implicates the CIA.
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 Tootsie 1982  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Lynne Thigpen, Doris Belack, Ellen Foley, Debra Mooney, Peter Gatto, Ronald L. Schwary
An out-of-work actor Michael Dorsey's (Dustin Hoffman) agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack) cannot find work for his client. Then, Michael disguises himself as a woman named "Miss Dorothy Michaels," and he is able to land an acting job on a soap opera. The show that Michael works on becomes a hit, and he reaches celebrity status in the guise of a woman. But, complications ensue when Michael's relationship with his girlfriend Sandy (Teri Garr) fails, and Michael falls for his co-star Julie (Jessica Lange) who believes that Michael/Dorothy is a woman and, in turn, tries to fix Michael up with her widowed father, Les (Charles Durning). An Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Jessica Lange. The film also received nine Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Garr), and Director. 1 User Review
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War Hunt 1962 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Denis Sanders
Cast: John Saxon, Robert Redford, Charles Aidman, Sydney Pollack, Gavin MacLeod, Tom Skerritt, Tommy Matsuda, Anthony Ray, William Challee, Nancy Hsueh
During the Korean War, an American soldier displays opposing personality traits; he ignores government orders by performing his own violent sniper attacks AND makes friends with an orphaned Korean boy.
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 The Way We Were 1973 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Murray Hamilton, Patrick O'Neal, Viveca Lindfors, Allyn Ann McLerie, Herb Edelman, Sally Kirkland, Diana Ewing, Don Keefer, George Gaynes, Eric Boles, Marcia Mae Jones
This story follows the lives of activist Katie (Barbra Streisand) and writer Hubbell (Robert Redford) through their days in college, subsequent marriage, and inevitable divorce as each one has diverse political views. The title song won an Academy Award, as did the Musical Score by Marvin Hamlish. Streisand was nominated for Best Actress.
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The Yakuza 1975 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith, Herb Edelman, Richard Jordan, James Shigeta, Keiko Kishi, Eiji Okada, William Ross, Denis Akiyama, Kyosuke Mashida, Christina Kokubo, Eiji Go, Lee Chirillo, Akiyama
Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) is a detective who answers the call of his friend, George Tanner (Brian Keith). Tanner's daughter has been kidnapped in Japan by the gangsters, Yakuza, who are the Japanese Mafia. In order to save George's daughter, Harry knows that he must show great power and seeks out his old nemesis Tanaka (Ken Takakura) to aid him in the rescue efforts that, before all is said and done, involve uncovering an espionage plot.
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1. Absence of Malice (1981)
2. Bobby Deerfield (1977)
3. Castle Keep (1969)
4. Changing Lanes (2002)
5. Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
6. A Civil Action (1998)
7. Death Becomes Her (1992)
8. The Electric Horseman (1979)
9. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
10. The Firm (1993)
11. Havana (1990)
12. Husbands and Wives (1992)
13. The Interpreter (2005)
14. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
15. Made of Honor (2008)
16. Michael Clayton (2007)
17. Out of Africa (1985)
18. Random Hearts (1999)
19. Sabrina (1995)
20. The Scalphunters (1968)
21. The Slender Thread (1965)
22. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
23. This Property Is Condemned (1966)
24. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
25. Tootsie (1982)
26. War Hunt (1962)
27. The Way We Were (1973)
28. The Yakuza (1975)
aka: Brotherhood of the Yakuza
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