Thanks for uploading. They were the John Ford/John Wayne of their generation. Redford gave most of his best performances in Sydney Pollack films. Not surprising since Pollack was one of the best directors of actors in the history of cinema.

I wish someone would upload that Playhouse 90 episode where Redford played a German. That was proof that he could do an accent well. A British accent for Out of Africa wouldn't have been tough for him if only Pollack had trusted him to do it.

My favorites of their films together are Jeremiah Johnson and Three Days of the Condor, for which I wish they had made a sequel together or another like it. If Pollack had directed Spy Game, I'm sure it would have been a truly good film.

"A British accent for Out of Africa wouldn't have been tough for him if only Pollack had trusted him to do it." According to the 2011 Redford biography by Michael Feeney Callan, Pollack wasn't the culprit. "During the first days of filming at Mbogani, Blixen's first home near the Ngong Hills, Pollack took Redford aside. Redford recalls him saying, 'Bob, I've just had a call from Frank Price [Universal's studio head], who says you won't be accepted as an Englishman, that it will confuse audiences. So we have to drop it.' Redford pleaded his case, but was overruled. 'From that point on, I began to struggle with the part,' says Redford. 'It's basic psychology. You have your approach. It works. You're on your way. And then the rug is pulled from under you. It damaged the process.'"

I would love to ask Sidney Pollack one question about his oeuvre: Havana: what happened, Sidney? The movie has a big hole at its center. The crucial transition from the second to third act, which is the emotional linchpin of the movie, is vacant. What happened? The casting of the movie is brilliant. The screenplay, except for the crucial scene in the finca, seems excellent. So, again, what happened?

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