Cast: Sydney Pollack

Direction Woody Allen

Cast Woody Allen · Mia Farrow · Sydney Pollack · Juliette Lewis

Synopsis The announcement that Jack (Sydney Pollack) and Sally (Judy Davis), two of their best friends, are separating, sparks off a crisis between Gabe (Woody Allen) and his wife, Judy (Mia Farrow) similarly gradually realising that their marriage isn’t precisely at...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Sydney Pollack · Bill Irwin · Norman Lloyd · David Thomson

Synopsis American film historian and author Richard Schickel directs the documentary Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin. Schickel offers an exploration into Chaplin's life, from his childhood in London until his death in 1977. The film also contains insight...

Direction Jan Harlan

Cast Tom Cruise · Woody Allen · Stanley Kubrick · Shelley Duvall

Synopsis Narrated by Tom Cruise, "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures" goes through each one of his movies and talks to various participants about their memories of working with Kubrick. For those who know very little about Kubrick, the documentary is...

Direction Ted Demme · Richard LaGravenese

Cast Martin Scorsese · Francis Ford Coppola · Robert Altman · Peter Bogdanovich

Synopsis The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution, rage and liberation. Every standard by which we set our...

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Dustin Hoffman · Jessica Lange · Geena Davis · Charles Durning

Synopsis When theatrical mastermind Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) finds himself blacklisted by just about every producer in the acting business, he decides to thwart the entertainment industry by disguising himself as an older woman and auditioning for a daytime soap opera....

Direction Robert Altman

Cast Tim Robbins · Greta Scacchi · Dina Merrill · Whoopi Goldberg

Synopsis Robert Altman's adaptation of Michael Tolkin's novel gives the notorious director a chance to address perhaps his greatest nemesis: the Hollywood studio system. Disguised as a thriller, the film assembles virtually every famous actor in Hollywood to create an exhilarating...

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Tom Cruise · Nicole Kidman · Sydney Pollack · Marie Richardson

Synopsis A doctor (Tom Cruise) becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter after his wife (Nicole Kidman) admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met and chastising him for dishonesty in not admitting to his own fantasies. This sets...

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Orson Welles · Jeanne Moreau · Peter Brook · Costa-Gavras

Synopsis Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star, a Hollywood director (for some a Hollywood...

Direction Carlos Benpar

Cast Marta Belmonte · Arthur Penn · Liv Ullmann · Richard Fleischer

Direction Charles Kiselyak

Cast Dustin Hoffman · Murray Schisgal · Larry Gelbart · Sydney Pollack

Direction Buzz Kulik

Cast Brian Aherne · Pippa Scott · Sydney Pollack · Dave Willock

Synopsis Booth Templeton is a renowned stage actor who has reached a stage in his personal life where he has idealized his past. In particular he has fond memories of his first wife, Laura. After a stressful encounter at the theater,...

Direction Gary Leva

Cast Steven Spielberg · Bernard Williams · Paul Duncan · John Baxter

Synopsis In this documentary, we follow Stanely Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years. At the time of its release, A Clockwork Orange...

Direction Gary Leva

Cast Stanley Kubrick · Jack Nicholson · William Friedkin · John Baxter

Synopsis A concise look at some of the more bizarre visual aspects of The Shining. Through interviews with collaborators, current filmmakers and authors, we'll examine how Kubrick used his unique brand of visual storytelling to convey madness, evil, and the power...

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Frank O. Gehry · Sydney Pollack · Michael Eisner · Bob Geldof

Synopsis This is a love letter from one artist to another. Sydney Pollack, who knew little about architecture except what he himself admired, was invited by his friend, the renowned architect Frank Gehry, to make a documentary about Gehry's life and...

Direction Gary Leva

Cast Jack Nicholson · William Friedkin · Sydney Pollack · John Baxter

Synopsis In 1966, Stanley Kubrick mused to a friend about his desire to make "the world's scariest movie." In 1980, he did it. This documentary tells the story behind the making of Kubrick's rich tale of psychological horror and supernatural evil....

Direction Tony Gilroy

Cast George Clooney · Tom Wilkinson · Tilda Swinton · Sydney Pollack

Synopsis Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firm’s co-founder Marty Bach, Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops, takes care of...

Direction Danièle Thompson

Cast Cécile De France · Albert Dupontel · Valerie Lemercier · Sydney Pollack

Synopsis Catherine’s a hit on TV; she’s famous, popular, adored. And yet, all she dreams of is to be in art-house movies and appreciated by the intellectual set. Tonight, she’s performing in her 100th episode; during the day she’s rehearsing a...

Direction Gary Leva

Cast John Baxter · John Calley · Arthur C. Clarke · Rob Coleman

Synopsis In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick showed us what the future might look like. How true was his vision? This documentary employs interviews with filmmakers, screenwriters and authors - including Arthur C. Clarke - to delve deep into the...

Direction Gary Leva

Cast John Baxter · Ben Burtt · John Calley · Jay Cocks

Synopsis Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it. Through interviews with directors such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack - as well as special effects professionals and...

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Nicole Kidman · Sean Penn · Catherine Keener · Sydney Pollack

Synopsis In this suspense thriller Ms. Kidman plays a United Nations interpreter who overhears a death threat against an African head of state about to address the General Assembly, and Mr. Penn plays a federal agent assigned to protect her while...