Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at age 73
LOS ANGELES - Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa, has died. He was 73...
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I saw that this morning, RIP Sydney and thanks for Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, The Yakuza and other.
I always liked him as an actor. His directorial efforts are probably great but I really haven't seen any...mostly because they're straight dramas. RIP.
Quote from: Oldskool138 on May 29, 2008, 06:43:36 AM
I always liked him as an actor. His directorial efforts are probably great but I really haven't seen any...mostly because they're straight dramas. RIP.
I agree, I enjoyed seeing
SYDNEY on the screen. Y'never saw
TOOTSIE? Aside from his wonderful uncredited appearance, he directed that one, too. :teddyr: