Results tagged “Christopher Lee” from Birmingham Mail - Mega Movies

JUST back from a night at the Hippodrome watching High School Musical which I'll be reviewing in the Birmingham Mail tomorrow.

So sad to discover today that Sydney Pollack has died aged just 73.

And so soon after Anthony Minghella with whom he had worked on movies like The Talented Mr Ripley, Cold Mountain and Breaking and Entering as well as the TV feature The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

What a double loss that is.

If Sydney had a fault it was that he was a star as well as a producer and director, but few of his contemporaries could match him in any discipline never mind all three.

The director of Tootsie, The Interpreter and the multi Oscar-winning Out of Africa (including best picture and director) he looked so ageless again in this year's Oscar candidate Michael Clayton that his death comes as a real shock.

He can also currently be seen in Made of Honor.

I've met him once and have to say he was extraordinarily charming and everything you'd expect from one of Hollywood's finest.

He was one of these people who made you wonder how he fitted so much into his life.

Meanwhile, Christopher Lee is celebrating is 86 today. What a star he is!