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Which actor is a better director? Round 5: Richard Attenbourough vs. Sydney Pollack


Chelsea FC's former president:
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Young Winston (1972)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Magic (1978)
Gandhi (1982)
A Chorus Line (1985)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Chaplin (1992)
Shadowlands (1993)
In Love and War (1996)
Grey Owl (1999)
Closing the Ring (2007)

The dude who needed Tom Cruise's help in Eyes Wide Shut:
The Slender Thread (1965)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
The Scalphunters (1968)
Castle Keep (1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Yakuza (1974)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
The Electric Horseman (1979)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Tootsie (1982)
Out of Africa (1985)
Havana (1990)
The Firm (1993)
Sabrina (1995)
Random Hearts (1999)
The Interpreter (2005)
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)

Previous rounds:
Ben Affleck vs. George Clooney
Clint Eastwood vs. Ron Howard
Warren Beatty vs. Robert Redford
Mel Gibson vs. Kevin Costner

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Yikes, I really don't like either of them! I guess since The Firm is okay for one of those typical 90s conspiracy thrillers, I go with Pollack. Attenborough is the better actor, though.

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They've both done a bunch of movies that were just okay. I'm not rushing to play any of their films.

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Pollack. It isn't close.

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Eh, I've not seen enough of their films.

But Three Days of the Condor is an EXCELLENT thriller so I guess I'll give to Pollack

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6 for Pollack and only 2 for Attenbourough for me. Can't say I love either of them.

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For me it's, TWO for Attenborough & THREE for Pollack

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POLLACK GETS THE POINT SIMPLY FOR HAVING HELMED JEREMIAH JOHNSON.

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I knew someone would single this movie out.

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