If anything, Sydney Pollack’s legacy isn’t his roster of great character acting roles, nor his reasonable slate of directorial work. It’s his work as a producer – the most thankless of roles in the business, often unfairly dismissed as “money men” when the best producers are the most passionate hands-on creators of them all. The Talented Mr. Ripley, Sense and Sensibility, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Searching For Bobby Fischer - every one with his hands on it.
But this is probably his greatest single work: a timeless comedy.
There are worse legacies, by far.
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Damn, this is the first I’ve heard. Another great one is lost. RIP.
I was too busy mourning Dick Martin of Laugh-In.
I knew what the clip would be from before I even looked.
RIP, Pollack and Martin.