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    Pollack directed the top actors of four Hollywood generations, including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Faye Dunaway, Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster. "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" said Cruise, who met Pollack in 1982 and starred in Pollack's The Firm in 1993. Full Article at Houston Chronicle
    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
    Tom Cruise – Tom Cruise SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 18 months ago
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Sydney Pollack made his mark on movies
  1. He was a Renaissance man and a great friend. I will miss him dearly.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 18 months ago
  2. Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better ... A tip of the hat to a class act. He'll be missed terribly.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 18 months ago

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