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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