Pete Hammond Remembers Sidney Lumet (Deadline Hollywood)

Sidney Lumet wrote the book on making movies. Literally. His fascinating and wise 1995 career memoir/handbook _Making Movies_ is unlike any other film book I know. He meticulously takes you through the process in a way even the greatest pros can learn from. It?s a must- reference to have but even greater is the remarkably fine filmography he has left behind. Although his movie career actually stretches back to 1939, Hollywood?s greatest year, when as a teen actor he made his film debut in  _?One Third of a Nation?_ , his real beginnings were  throughout the 50?s as a leading director in TV?s Golden Age and most significantly in 1957 with his feature directorial debut, _12 Angry Men. _This penultimate courtroom drama knocked it out of the park. It ?explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite? the ads said and it did establishing Lumet?s gritty New York-based style and winning Oscar nominations for Screenplay Adaptation ,  Best Picture and Director (David Lean and _The Bridge On The River Kwai _won), the first of only four nominations in that category for Lumet. That?s  an underwhelming number when you consider the rich variety of  movies for which he ...
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