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Which screenplay did Sidney Lumet write for Q&A?

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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, 2005.

Sidney Lumet did not write an original screenplay for the 1990 film Q&A; rather, he wrote the screenplay as an adaptation of the novel by Edwin Torres.1