Jeremiah Johnson
It’s hard to imagine a Hollywood actor who better fits the accepted definition of a leading man, then that of a star, for decades. But there is the other Redford: the demanding director, the visionary, festival founder, and humanist. We pay equal tribute to both.
Former soldier Jeremiah Johnson flees the violence of civilization to live on his own in the Rocky Mountains. Having to figure out how to survive in a hostile environment he knows nothing about, he struggles until he learns how to trap. He soon finds himself in conflict with the Native Americans who inhabit the Rockies...
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack was an American actor, film director, and producer. He discovered theater in school thanks to a teacher who sparked his curiosity for acting. He went on to study drama in New York and joined the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse, where he studied under Sanford Meisner, who had a decisive influence on his career. In 1965, he directed his first feature film, The Slender Thread, starring Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft. The 1970s were particularly prolific for him: he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), his western Jeremiah Johnson (1972) was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and he directed Three Days of the Condor (1975), starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway. He went on to direct some of his most iconic films: the comedy Tootsie (1982), the romantic epic Out of Africa (1985), which won seven Academy Awards, and the legal drama The Firm (1993). In the 1990s, Pollack made a notable return to his roots as an actor. He appeared in Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1992) and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999). He also appeared in Tony Gilroy's drama Michael Clayton (2007), his last notable role.
