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Also Known As Sydney Irwin Pollack
Born July 1, 1934 • Lafayette • Indiana
Died May 26, 2008 (aged 73) • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1986)
Notable Works “Absence of Malice” • “Bobby Deerfield” • “Castle Keep” • “Havana” • “Jeremiah Johnson” • “Out of Africa” • “Random Hearts” • “Sabrina” • “The Electric Horseman” • “The Firm” • “The Interpreter” • “The Scalphunters” • “The Slender Thread” • “The Way We Were” • “The Yakuza” • “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” • “This Property Is Condemned” • “Three Days of the Condor” • “Tootsie”

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