Sidney Lumet

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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).

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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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Sidney Lumet: Media

American director

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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.

Sidney Lumet

American director Sidney Lumet after receiving an Academy Award for lifetime achievement,...

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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.

12 Angry Men

Henry Fonda (foreground, left) and Lee J. Cobb (right) in 12 Angry Men (1957),...

© United Artists Corporation

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.

Fail Safe

Henry Fonda in Fail Safe (1964), directed by Sidney Lumet.

© 1964 Columbia Pictures Corporation

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).

The Hill

Sean Connery (second from right) in The Hill (1965), directed by Sidney...

© 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Ingrid Bergman in Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

Copyright © 1974 Paramount Pictures Corporation; all rights reserved

Director Sidney Lumet gestures while filming Dog Day Afternoon, with actor Al Pacino standing behind him and a camera operator at left.

Dog Day Afternoon

Sidney Lumet (center) and Al Pacino (right) during the filming of Dog Day Afternoon...

© 1975 Warner Brothers, Inc. with Artists Entertainment Complex

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).

Network

Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway in Network (1976), directed by Sidney Lumet.

© 1976 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. with United Artists Corporation

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.

Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men

Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

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.

Lobby card for The Wiz

(From left) Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Diana Ross as Dorothy, Ted Ross as...

© 1978 Universal Pictures/Motown Productions

Diana Ross as Dorothy, Michael Jackson as Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as Tinman, and Ted Ross as Lion stand together in costume on a yellow-tiled set for The Wiz.

Main cast of The Wiz

(From left) Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as the Tinman, Diana...

© 1978 Universal Pictures/Motown Productions

Quincy Jones as the Emerald City Gold Pianist in The Wiz, surrounded by dancers in gold costumes on a large gold piano in a brightly lit urban setting.

Emerald City's gold pianist

Quincy Jones as the Emerald City gold pianist in a publicity still from the 1978...

© 1978 Universal Pictures/Motown Productions

Dancers in green costumes perform in front of a large gold OZ sculpture during the Emerald City dance sequence from the 1978 film The Wiz.

Emerald City dance sequence

The “Emerald City Ballet” scene, one of the most visually extravagant and memorable...

© 1978 Universal Pictures/Motown Productions

Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow in The Wiz, wearing a patchwork costume with striped sleeves and straw details, arms outstretched as if hanging from a post.

Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow

The Wiz featured Michael Jackson in his first film role, as the Scarecrow....

© 1978 Universal Pictures/Motown Productions

Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, wearing a dark suit and holding a book, sits in a patterned train seat in the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express.

Murder on the Orient Express

Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film Murder on the Orient Express,...

© 1974 EMI Film Distributors/G.W. Films Limited

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