美国名人演员导演摄影制片人西德尼·波拉克.docx

美国名人演员导演摄影制片人西德尼波拉克SydneyPollack,1934-2008:HeDirected,ProducedandActedinManyPopularHollywoodMoviesplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:22repeatByDanaDemange2008-7-19VOICEONE:mBarbaraKlein.VOICETWO:AndI'mSteveEmberwithPeopleinAmericainVOASpecialEnglish.TodaywetellaboutmoviedirectorandproducerSydneyPollack.HemademanypopularmovieswithsomeofthebiggeststarsinHollywood.Theaward-winningmovieshedirectedinthenineteenseventiesandeightiesinclude"TheWayWeWere","Tootsie"and"OutofAfrica."(MUSIC)VOICEONE:SydneyPollackinNewYorkCity,2006SydneyPollackalsoactedinmanyfilms,including"Tootsie,"releasedinnineteeneighty-two.Inthemovie,DustinHOffmanplaysanactor,MichaelDorsey.Hehastroublegettingactingjobsbecauseheisverydifficulttoworkwith.Hegoestoseehisagent,GeorgeFields,whosejobistogethimactingjobs.SydneyPollockplaystheagent.(SOUND)FieIdsihNobodywillhireyou."Dorsey:"AreyousayingthatnobodyinNewYorkwillworkwithme?"Fields:,Nozthat'stoolimiting.NobodyinHollywoodwillworkwithyoueither.Ican'tevensendyouupforacommercial.Youplayedatomatoforthirtysecondsandtheywenthalfadayoverschedulebecauseyouwouldn'tsitdown."Dorsey:"Yeszitwasn'tlogical."Fields:"Youwereatomato!Atomatodoesn'thavelogic!Atomatocan'tmove!Dorsey:"That'swhatIsaid!Soifhecan'tmove,how'shegonnasitdown,George?VOICEONE:1.ateeMichaelDorseyproveshisagentwrong.Hedressesuplikeawomanandgetsajobactingonapopulardaytimetelevisionseries.VOICETWO:"Tootsie"wasahugesuccess.Butfilmingitwasnoteasy.HoffmanandPollackarguedaboutthemovie.Pollackwantedtobringattentiontotheloveaffairbetweenthetwomaincharacters.Hoffmanwantedtomakeafunnierversionofthestory.Themoviecostmoremoneyandtookmoretimetomakethanitwassupposedto.Butintheend,"Tootsie"receivedtenAcademyAwardnominations,includingBestPicture.ItearnedoveronehundredandseventymilliondollarsintheUnitedStates.VOICEONE:SydneyPollackreceivedanEmmyawardin1966foroutstandingdirectorialachievementSydneyPollackmademovieswithbigstars,highproductionvaluesandoftenpoliticalormoralsubjects.Hismovieswerepopularwiththegeneralpublicwhilealsoremainingsharplyintelligent.Hesaidthathismovieswerenotaboutspecialeffectsandhightechnologyactionscenes.Hesaidhismovieswerecharacterdrivenstoriesdefinedbytheperformancesoftheactors.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:SydneyIrwinPollackwasborninnineteenthirty-fourinLafayettexIndiana.HisparentswereRussian-AmericanswhometincollegeinIndiana.Inhighschool,Sydneydiscoveredhisloveoftheater.HelatermovedtoNewYorkCitytostudyattheNeighborhoodPlayhouseSchooloftheTheater.Pollackstudiedtherefortwoyears,thencontinuedworkingasanassistanttotheheadoftheschool'sactingdepartment.Innineteenfifty-eight,hemarriedClaireGriswold.VOICEONE:SydneyPollackactedinmanyplaysduringthisearlypartofhiscareer.OnepersonhemetduringtheseyearswastheactorBurtLancaster.LancastersuggestedthatPollacktrydirectinginsteadofacting.Pollacklatersaidthathistimeasanactingteacherhelpedhimagreatdealindevelopinghismethodasadirector.VOICETWO:Duringthenineteensixties,SydneyPollackbegandirectingshowsontelevisionlike"BenCasey"and"NakedCity."Hisfirstfull-lengthmovie,"TheSlenderThread,"cameoutinnineteensixty-five,followedayearlaterby"ThisPropertyisCondemned."Thesewerenotsuccessful.Then,innineteensixty-nine,Pollackdirected"TheyShootHorses,Don'tThey?"ThismovietellsanintensestoryaboutagroupofpeopleinadancecompetitionduringtheGreatDepressioninthenineteenthirties.JaneFondaandMichaelSarrazingivepowerfulperformancesastwostrugglingcontestants.ThefilmreceivednineAcademyAwardnominations,includingoneforPollack.VOICEONE:RobertRedfordstarredinmanyofPollack'smovies.Thetwobecamefriendsintheearlynineteensixties.Theyworkedtogetheronsevenmovies.Oneisawestern,"JeremiahJohnson."Anotheris"TheWayWeWere"whichstarstheactressandsingerBarbraStreisand.In"ThreeDaysoftheCondor"RobertRedfordplaysaworkerattheCentralIntelligenceAgencywhobecomescaughtinadeadlypoliticalplot.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:SydneyPollack'sbestmovieisprobably"OutofAfrica"whichwasreleasedinnineteeneighty-five.ThisbeautifullyfilmedmoviewasbasedonabookbytheDanishwriterKarenBlixenaboutherlife.ShewrotethebookunderthenameIsakDinesen.ShemovedtoKenyainnineteenfourteentobuylandandoperateacoffee-growingfarm.Pollack'smovieversionbroughttolifethegreatlovestorybetweenBaronessBlixenandthebig-gamehunterDenysFinchHatton.Twoofthebiggeststarsofthenineteeneighties,MerylStreepandRobertRedford,playthelovers.Heretheymeetforthefirsttime.KarenBlixenislookingatthewildlifeonherlandwhenherhorserunsaway.Sheseesalionwalkingtowardsher.(SOUND)FinchHatton:"Iwouldn'trun.Ifyoudo,she'llthinkyou'resomethinggoodtoeat."Blixen:"Doyouhaveagun?"FinchHatton:"Shewon'tlikethesmellofyou."Blixen:"Shootit."FinchHatton:"She'shadbreakfast."Blixen:"Pleaseshoother."FinchHatton:"Let'sgiveheramoment."Blixen:"OhmyGod,shoother!"(Thelionwalksaway.)Blixen:"Howmuchcloserdidyouexpecthertolethercome?"FinchHatton:"Abit.Shewantedtoseeifyouwouldrun.That'showtheydecide-alotlikepeoplethatway."Blixen:"Shealmosthadmeforlunch!"FinchHatton:"Itwasn'th