Tag: Sydney Pollack

Absence Of Malice Script

Script by:Kurt Luedtke (Writer)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1981
IMDb:tt0081974

Plot:Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his supposed crime was committed but it involves an innocent party. When she tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
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The Way We Were Script

Script by:Arthur Laurents (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1973
IMDb:tt0070903

Plot:Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
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The Interpreter Script

Script by:Scott Frank (Author), Steven Zaillian (Author), Charles Randolph (Author), Martin Stellman (Story), Brian Ward (Story)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:2005
IMDb:tt0373926

Plot:After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
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This Property Is Condemned Script

Script by:Francis Ford Coppola (Screenplay), Fred Coe (Screenplay), Edith R. Sommer (Screenplay), Tennessee Williams (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1966
IMDb:tt0061089

Plot:A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town's railway (town's main income). Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr. Alva and Owen then try to escape Alva's mother's (Hazel) clutches and the town's revenge.
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The Yakuza Script

Script by:Paul Schrader (Screenplay), Leonard Schrader (Story), Robert Towne (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1974
IMDb:tt0073918

Plot:Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...
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They Shoot Horses Don’t They? Script

Script by:Horace McCoy (Novel), James Poe (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1969
IMDb:tt0065088

Plot:In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
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Bobby Deerfield Script

Script by:Alvin Sargent (Screenplay), Erich Maria Remarque (Novel)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1977
IMDb:tt0075774

Plot:Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
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Random Hearts Script

Script by:Warren Adler (Novel), Darryl Ponicsan (Adaptation), Kurt Luedtke (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1999
IMDb:tt0156934

Plot:After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and realize that the two were having an affair and they must figure out all the details.
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The Electric Horseman Script

Script by:Robert Garland (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1979
IMDb:tt0079100

Plot:Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are going drug the horse in case its too frisky, he rides off into the desert...
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Three Days of the Condor Script

Script by:James Grady (Novel), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay), David Rayfiel (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1975
IMDb:tt0073802

Plot:A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
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