Tag: Sydney Pollack

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...
Follow one of the following links for The Yakuza Scripts:

9583

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.
Follow one of the following links for They Shoot Horses Don't They? Scripts:

9739

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.
Follow one of the following links for Bobby Deerfield Scripts:

11918

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.
Follow one of the following links for Random Hearts Scripts:

7170

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...
Follow one of the following links for The Electric Horseman Scripts:

5695

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.
Follow one of the following links for Three Days of the Condor Scripts:

5686

Tootsie Script

Script by:Larry Gelbart (Screenplay), Don McGuire (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1982
IMDb:tt0084805

Plot:When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Follow one of the following links for Tootsie Scripts:

5404

Jeremiah Johnson Script

Script by:Vardis Fisher (Novel), John Milius (Screenplay), Edward Anhalt (Screenplay), David Rayfiel (Screenplay)
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Year:1972
IMDb:tt0068762

Plot:A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Follow one of the following links for Jeremiah Johnson Scripts:

5019