Latest Sydney Pollack News
Robert Redford Turned Down The Way We Were
Robert Redford initially turned down the chance to star opposite Barbra Streisand in classic movie 'The Way We Were'.The 1973 romantic drama was a box office success and went on to win two Academy Awards,...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 October 2023
Chicago Film Festival Bosses Latest To Pull Aretha Franklin Film From Line-up
Bosses at the Telluride Film Festival were forced to pull the planned premiere of Amazing Grace when the singer's lawyers filed a last-minute motion in a U.S. District Court in Colorado late on...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 08 September 2015
Aretha Franklin Seeks To Halt Documentary Screening
Director Sydney Pollack filmed the singer in concert at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles back in 1972, as she recorded her live album Amazing Grace, but he struggled to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 04 September 2015
Forty-three-year-old Aretha Franklin Documentary To Premiere At Toronto International Film Festival
The moviemaker planned to give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the project, recorded at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles back in 1972, but he struggled to sync the sound...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 August 2015
Tom Cruise Given Flying Lessons By Sydney Pollack
Tom Cruise learned to fly planes after he was gifted with a course of lessons by late moviemaker Sydney Pollack.The pair became great friends after working together on 1993 film The Firm and Cruise reveals...
By WENN on 16 May 2012
Streep Stuffed Bra To Land Out Of Africa Role
MERYL STREEP had to prove she was sexy to director SYDNEY POLLACK before she landed a role in Oscar-winning film OUT OF AFRICA - so she stuffed her bra.The award-winning actress was in her mid-30's...
By WENN on 28 July 2009
Oscar Glory For Best Actress Kate Winslet
British star Kate Winslet has won the best actress Oscar for Holocaust drama The Reader.Nominated for an Academy award for the sixth time, the 33-year-old finally claimed a statuette at the Kodak Theatre in Los...
By Contributor on 23 February 2009
Pollack: 'Movies Justify My Existence'
Movie mogul SYDNEY POLLACK fears he will never retire - because he couldn't justify his existence if he stopped making films. The 70-year-old director says that although the gruelling film-making process makes him frustrated...
By WENN on 18 April 2005
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