Sydney Pollack in Rome to promote his final film, the documentary Sketches of Frank GehryPhotograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFPCaterina Boratto in a still from Pollack's unorthodox 1969 second world war tale Castle KeepPhotograph: Colombia Filmways/KobalRobert Redford, Sydney Pollack and their wives arrive for the 1972 international film festival in Cannes, FrancePhotograph: AP Photo/Levy/AP
Robert Redford, left, with Sydney Pollack, second from left, talk with pianist Arthur Rubinstein and his wife, Nela, at the 1972 Cannes international film festival on the French rivieraPhotograph: AP Photo/Levy/APRobert Redford in Pollack's 1979 comedy The Electric HorsemanPhotograph: Colombia/ Universal/KobalPollack on the set of his Oscar-nominated 1981 romantic drama Absence of Malice, which starred Paul Newman and Sally FieldPhotograph: Reuters/Columbia Pictures/ReutersPollack with Dustin Hoffman on the set of 1982's Oscar-winning comedy Tootsie, in which the latter plays a desperate actor who cross-dresses to win a partPhotograph: Colombia/KobalMeryl Streep and Robert Redford in Pollack's Oscar-winning 1985 film Out Of AfricaPhotograph: Allstar/Cinetext/UNIVERSAL/AllstarMeryl Streep in 1985's Out of Africa. The film won Sydney Pollack two Oscars, one for best direction and one for best filmPhotograph: Universal / Kobal Collection/KobalTom Cruise in a still from Pollack's The Firm, a 1993 legal thriller based on the John Grisham novel, which was a critical and box office hitPhotograph: Kobal Collection/KobalGeorge Clooney and Sydney Pollack in a still from last year's Oscar nominated legal drama Michael ClaytonPhotograph: Kobal Collection/Kobal
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