www.indiewire.com:
"Tom Pollock was not your ordinary studio chief. Trained as a lawyer, Pollock chaired Universal Pictures for nine years (1986 to 1996) and went on to partner with Ivan Reitman's Montecito Picture Company, chair the Board of Trustees at the American Film Institute, and teach at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Pollock steered Universal through a rich and storied period, and took risks that many studio chiefs would not."
"In 1988, Pollock received death threats and hired bodyguards after Scorsese's adaptation of the Nikos Kazantzakis novel "The Last Temptation of Christ" sparked protests and the bombing of a French cinema that injured 13 people. Even after that nerve-wracking experience, Pollock stood up for Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" when exhibitors were fearful that the film would spark riots. The film opened without incident."
Schindler's List
Babe
Apollo 13
Field Of Dreams
Born on the Fourth of July
Scent of A Woman
In The Name of The Father
