Director and actor Sydney Pollack dies

[irmongoose]

US film director and producer Sydney Pollack has died of cancer, aged 73.
He won producing and directing Oscars for the epic romance Out of Africa, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, in 1985.
He also directed Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, and The Way We Were, in which Redford partnered Barbra Streisand.
He died on Monday, surrounded by family members, at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles. He had been diagnosed with cancer 10 months ago.

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Another great loss for the film world.



irmongoose

 

[iJohnHenry]

"How do you feel about Cleveland."

(When Tootsie asks the director [Sydney] how far away from the camera "he" should stand.)

EDIT: Whoops, wrong credit. Here is the dialogue, just click "more".

 

[MacHipster]

He was only diagnosed with cancer 9 months ago. It's crazy how fast it works. He looked younger than 73 to me.

 

[Keebler]

it's too bad. i thought he had a great approach from the acting bits I saw him in and of course, his movies.....they've left a mark.