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          Academy Award-winning director Pollack to present film

          
            
              
                
                Published: September 26, 2002
              

              
                Author: Erik Runyon
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          Acclaimed film director Sydney Pollack will present a screening of his 1985 Academy Award-winning motion picture, “Out of Africa,” at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 (Thursday) in the Hesburgh Library’s Carey Auditorium at the University of Notre Dame. Following the screening, Pollack will discuss the filmmaking process with members of the audience. The event is free and open to the public.p. An actor, director and producer, Pollack has won two Academy Awards? as both director and producer of “Out of Africa” ? and two Golden Globe awards ? for “Out of Africa” and “Tootsie.” Other notable films he has directed include “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” “The Way We Were,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Absence of Malice” and “The Firm.” He is chief executive officer of Mirage Productions, which has made films such as “Presumed Innocent,” “The Fabulous Baker Boys” and “Sense and Sensibility.”p. Pollack was raised in South Bend and is a member of Notre Dame’s advisory council for the performing arts. He received an honorary degree at Notre Dame’s 157th Commencement exercises in May.p. p. p.

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