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Sidney Lumet in a tuxedo holds his Honorary Academy Award and smiles backstage at the 77th Annual Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background. Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb as jurors in a tense scene from the film 12 Angry Men, with Cobb raising his fist as other jurors watch in a crowded jury room. Henry Fonda as the U.S. President sits at a desk, reaching toward a device, in a scene from the 1964 film Fail Safe directed by Sidney Lumet. Six men in military uniforms stand in a line in a sunlit courtyard with bundles of clothing at their feet; Sean Connery is second from the right as Joe Roberts in The Hill (1965). Murder on the Orient Express Director Sidney Lumet gestures while filming Dog Day Afternoon, with actor Al Pacino standing behind him and a camera operator at left. Peter Finch, in a suit and striped tie, stands beside Faye Dunaway, who is smiling and wearing a white blouse, in an office scene from the film Network (1976). History of Hollywood Henry Fonda as Juror 8 in 12 Angry Men stands in a courtroom wearing a light suit and dark tie, holding a switchblade knife upright. Lobby card for the 1978 film The Wiz showing Michael Jackson as Scarecrow, Diana Ross as Dorothy, Ted Ross as Lion, and Nipsey Russell as Tinman posing in costume against a stylized city skyline.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Television Academy Foundation - The Interviews - Sidney Lumet. Oct 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 21, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 05, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Sidney Lumet. Feb 02, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Sidney Lumet: A Director Who Gave Actors His All. Aug 15, 2025
Added cross-reference to The Wiz and Top Questions. Aug 13, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Meridian - Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City. Apr 07, 2025
Media added. Feb 18, 2025
Added cross-references. Dec 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Television Academy Foundation - The Interviews - Sidney Lumet. Nov 08, 2024
Add new Web site: BFI - “I am not optimistic at all about American society”: Sidney Lumet on Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Aug 23, 2024
Link added. May 20, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 22, 2024
Cross-references added. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Sidney Lumet. Oct 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Sidney Lumet. Aug 29, 2023
Links added. Feb 23, 2023
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Sidney Lumet. Oct 31, 2021
Replaced photograph. Jul 09, 2019
Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Sidney Lumet. Apr 17, 2017
Changed "sex-change" to "gender-reassignment." Jul 17, 2015
Added photographs. Jun 03, 2015
Article thoroughly revised. Jun 03, 2014
Added photograph. Jul 31, 2012
Changed "Twelve Angry Men" to "12 Angry Men" and added notable television series. Jun 03, 2011
Added his teaching job at the High School of Performing Arts. Apr 11, 2011
He died on April 9, 2011. Apr 09, 2011
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Sidney Lumet (1924-2011). Aug 18, 2010
Article revised and updated. Oct 30, 2007
Article revised. Mar 17, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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