Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay as director, producer and sometime actor whose star-laden movies like "The Way We Were," "Tootsie" and "Out of Africa" were among the most successful of the 1970s and '80s, died on Monday evening at his home in Los Angeles. He was 73.
Sydney Pollack（西德尼·波拉克，又译薛尼·波勒）在中国的名气可能要大很多。他是高手云集的好莱坞导演和制片人中的领袖级人物，由他执导并制片的爱情史诗片《走出非洲》勇夺1985年七项奥斯卡奖。1995年，李安应邀执导由简·奥斯汀名著改编的电影《理智与情感》，铸造了他在好莱坞发展道路上的一道里程碑，而这部片子的制片人之一正是波洛克；当然，也包括了李安从《推手》到《色戒》的长期合作者James Schamus（夏慕斯）。《财经》杂志在“逝者”专栏中，对这位大导演的一生作了一个回顾。
2007 是好莱坞比较平静的一年，出线角逐2008年奥斯卡奖的电影几乎都是小制作：There will be blood, No country for old men, Atonement （我一个美国朋友Peter把这三部的名字串成There will be no country for atonement，并以此为题写了一篇饶有趣味的影评），还有Michael Clayton。
Karen Crowder: So he's a partner?
Maude: No. He's listed as "special counsel." Says he specializes in wills and trusts.
Karen Crowder: He goes from criminal prosecution to wills and trusts? He's been there seventeen years and he's not a partner? This is the guy they send? Who is this guy?
