{"id":17079,"date":"2011-04-10T13:55:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T03:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=17079"},"modified":"2011-04-10T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T03:25:28","slug":"vale-sidney-lumet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2011\/04\/10\/vale-sidney-lumet\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Sidney Lumet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sidney Lumet - 1924-2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Legendary Hollywood director Sidney Lumet has passed away. Lumet himself may not be a household name to non-cinema fans, but most people have heard of his work. He was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for the films 12 Angry Men, Dig Day Afternoon, Network<\/em> and The Verdict<\/em>. Network<\/em> is best remembered for Peter Finch’s iconic catch-cry “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it any more!”, which has since been parodied countless times ever since.<\/p>\n

Before taking on a film career, Lumet directed a number of productions off-Broadway, as well as a number of TV projects, before astonishing Hollywood with the massively successful 12 Angry Men<\/em> (1957), a film which has since been remade with limited acclaim. His work with Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men<\/em> would follow over into their next film together, Stage Struck<\/em> (1958), before Lumet directed Sophia Loren in That Kind of Woman<\/em> the following year. His fourth film, 1959’s The Fugitive Kind<\/em> saw him casting Marlon Brando, while his sixth film, 1962’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night<\/em>, saw him directing Katherine Hepburn. In the next few decades of work, he made film with talent as diverse as Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Shariff, Al Pacino (in both Serpico<\/em> and Dog Day Afternoon<\/em>), Albert Finney in the now-iconic Murder On The Orient Express<\/em>, Richard Burton (in Eqqus<\/em>), Michael Caine, Timothy Hutton, Anne Bancroft, Richard Gere (in Power<\/em>), Andy Garcia and Richard Dreyfuss. Among the films he directed were The Wiz<\/em> (featuring Diana Ross), A Stranger Among Us<\/em> (with Melanie Griffiths), Running On Empty<\/em> (wtih River Phoenix and Judd Hirsch), Q&A, Strip Search<\/em>, and his final film in 2007’s Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Dog Day Afternoon<\/em>, for which Lumet was nominated for a Best Director Oscar, ended up recieveing an Oscar for writing, while Murder On The Orient Express<\/em> won Ingrid Bergman an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. However, it was Network<\/em> which bagged a slew of Oscars at the time, with Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight picking up acting gongs, and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky also getting a nod for his work on the script.<\/p>\n

Mr Lumet passed away in New York on April 9th, from lymphoma. He was 86.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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