{"id":11514,"date":"2011-04-09T20:27:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T19:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=11514"},"modified":"2011-04-09T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T19:32:13","slug":"sidney-lumet-1924-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/04\/09\/sidney-lumet-1924-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director Sidney Lumet<\/strong> has died in New York at the age of 86.<\/p>\n

He was best known for films such as 12 Angry Men<\/a> (1957), Dog Day Afternoon<\/a> (1975), Network<\/a> (1976) and The Verdict<\/a> (1982), all of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director.<\/p>\n

With over 50 films to his credit he was easily one of the most prolific directors of his era and some of his more overlooked works are well worth seeking out, especially Fail-Safe<\/a> (1964),<\/p>\n

He began directing for live television in 1950 and broke through in to features with the classic court-room drama Twelve Angry Men (1957), which starred Henry Fonda as a member of a jury deliberating over a case.<\/p>\n

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During the 1960s his output included the Cold War drama Fail-Safe<\/a> (1964), military drama The Hill<\/a> (1965),\u00a0The Pawnbroker<\/a> (1965), and Bye Bye Braverman<\/a> (1969).<\/p>\n