All solved!
As guessed by Trevor J (comment #1) this was a memorial tribute to Sydney Pollack; Pollack acted in and/or directed every film below.
1. “I’m suddenly consumed with the overwhelming sensation that I’m covered in some sort of film. It’s in my hair, my face… it’s like a glaze… a coating, and… at first I thought, oh my god, I know what this is, this is some sort of amniotic – embryonic – fluid. I’m drenched in afterbirth, I’ve breached the chrysalis, I’ve been reborn.”
Michael Clayton
Solved by Trevor J (comment #1).
2. This movie received nine Academy Award nominations; the most for any film that did not receive a Best Picture nomination.
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Solved by Melville (comment #3).
3. In this movie about two men who become increasingly enraged with one another after a chance encounter, one of the main characters attends Alcoholics Anonymous. His AA sponsor discusses the connection between anger and addiction with him.
Changing Lanes
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #4).
4. “You had a leak? You call what’s goin’ on around here a leak? Boy, the last time there was a leak like this, Noah built hisself a boat.”
Absence of Malice
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #5).
5. One of the lead characters is a novelist who writes A Country Made of Ice Cream.
The Way We Were
Solved by Melville (comment #3).
6. Tim Robbins full frontal (I think this is the only such movie, and if I’m wrong, I’m sure someone will tell me and I’ll have to come up with another clue).
The Player
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #4) and maurinsky (comment #6) (3 minutes apart).
7. “It will happen this way. You may be walking. Maybe the first sunny day of the spring. And a car will slow beside you, and a door will open, and someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile. But he will leave open the door of the car and offer to give you a lift.”
Three Days of the Condor
Solved by Trevor J (comment #1).
I can’t believe you left out Tootsie, a favorite performance of his. of mine. or something.
But nice tribute.
I haven’t seen in since it was in the theaters; sometimes I pull the quotes or trivia or images from memory, and I just couldn’t dig up something that was suitable.
Besides; only seven movies. I also left out Out of Africa.
So so so so worth another look.
And true dat.
Sidney Pollack is one of those tallented artists whose work you respect and admire, but you don’t neccesarilly think about how much of his field his body of work encompasses until a retrospective, like the recent memorials, makes you look at their body of work.
Peace,
Pax (who is often a few days behind on his blog reading when trivia time comes around… darn work schedule!)