Sydney Pollack, Film Director, Dies at 73

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  RIP - the man was prolific, and talented.

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NYT | Sydney Pollack, Film Director, Dies at 73
Published 5/27/2008 by eug (eugene@indiewire.com) at indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors
... The New York Times reports, "Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay as director, producer and sometime actor whose star-laden movies like 'The Way We Were', 'Tootsie' and 'Out of Africa' were among the most successful of the 1970s and ’80s, died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 73. The cause was cancer, said a representative of the family." ...

NYT: Sydney Pollack, Film Director, Dies at 73
Published 5/27/2008 by brian (bbrooks@indiewire.com) at indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors
... Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay as director, producer and sometime actor whose star-laden movies like "The Way We Were," "Tootsie" and "Out of Africa" were among the most successful of the 1970s and '80s, died on Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 73. Michael Cielpy herereports ...

Why not Bil Keane?
Published 5/27/2008 at Radosh.net
It's a little soon, but he earned it.

Sydney Pollack Dies
Published 5/27/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
After staying alive a short time during a terrible illness, the great Mr. Pollack gives in.  From the New York Times: Self-critical and never quite at ease with Hollywood, Mr. Pollack voiced a constant yearning for creative prerogatives more common on the stage. Yet he dived into the fray.

Sydney Pollack, Dead at 73
Published 5/27/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack has died at the age of 73, reportedly due to cancer. Pollack’s death comes just two months after that of his producing partner Anthony Minghella, who, though almost 20 years Pollack’s junior, also suffered from cancer. Here’s the NY Times obit; see a clip from my favorite film directed by Pollack, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, above.

R.I.P., Sydney Pollack, Dead at 73
Published 5/27/2008 by Eric D. Snider at Cinematical
... died of stomach cancer on Monday at the age of 73. The New York Times has a fairly astute and comprehensive obituary that details his achievements behind the camera, which include The Way We Were, Absence of Malice, Tootsie, and The Firm. He was nominated for three directing Oscars, winning for Out of Africa, and directed a dozen different actors in Oscar-nominated performances. ...

Film Director Sydney Pollack Dies at 73
Published 5/27/2008 by Jen Chung at Gothamist
... and studying acting under Sanford Meisner. He acted, but, according to the NY Times obituary, Burt Lancaster told him to direct, so he did, getting his start by directing television. ...