(The picture above is of Tom Cruise and Sydney Pollack from 2000 at the 2nd Annual D.G.A. Honors.)
Director Sydney Pollack died Monday afternoon at age 73 from cancer. He was diagnosed about 9 months ago and was surrounded by his family at his home in LA when he passed.
Pollack has directed many A-listers, including Tom Cruise in “The Firm“. Tom has responded to the news of Pollack’s death saying that he was a “generous, patient and unpretentious man”.
Tom said that at the time he met Pollack, he had seen every single one of his movies and said that Pollack was very generous at that time with him.
“Years later, having lived through some short post schedules myself, I realized just how generous. He spent over six hours, with the patience of (biblical) Job, answering all my questions.”
“Throughout the years,unpretentious and never condescending, he shared with me what he loved about family, storytelling, food, flying and a great bottle of vino,” Cruise said. “He was a Renaissance man and a great friend. I will miss him dearly.”
Pollack also directed Nicole Kidman in “The Interpreter“.
There is an excellent article about Sydney Pollack here, that I would recommend reading. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family as they deal with this great loss. He was a great man and will be missed.
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