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Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)

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    How Tom Cruise and Sean Penn Got Their Big Breaks

    How Tom Cruise and Sean Penn Got Their Big Breaks

    6:16 pm PST 12/17/2011
    • Bill Higgins
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    The Hollywood Reporter looks back at some of the most glamorous and memorable moments from its eight decades of storied history, including how "Taps" influenced the actors' careers. Read More

  2. THR, Esq.
    Appeals Court Ends Four Decades of Lawsuits Over Bank Robber Who Inspired 'Dog Day Afternoon'

    Appeals Court Ends Four Decades of Lawsuits Over Bank Robber Who Inspired 'Dog Day Afternoon'

    9:33 am PST 12/5/2011
    • Eriq Gardner
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    The 1975 Oscar-nominated film caused the bank robber who inspired the Sidney Lumet film to seek out a percentage of Warner Bros. royalties. Read More

  3. Matt Damon, John Leguizamo, Late Sidney Lumet Honored With 'Made in NY' Awards

    8:54 pm PDT 6/6/2011
    • Georg Szalai
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    Leguizamo jokes about Rep. Anthony Weiner, while Mayor Michael Bloomberg quips about his seven-second scene in 'The Adjustment Bureau' during the sixth annual awards event that also honored NBCUniversal's Lauren Zalaznick. Read More

  4. Sidney Lumet Tribute: THR’s Todd McCarthy Remembers the ‘Dynamic’ Director

    Sidney Lumet Tribute: THR’s Todd McCarthy Remembers the ‘Dynamic’ Director

    7:42 am PDT 4/13/2011
    • Todd McCarthy
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    The "Serpico" helmer, who died Saturday at 86, “was a man of his time, of his city, anxious to engage with urgent issues, contemporary people, knotty conflicts and difficult moral struggles.” Read More

  5. Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)

    Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)

    9:01 am PDT 4/11/2011
    • Emily Blank
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    Look back on the famed director's career. View gallery

  6. Steven Spielberg Remembers Sidney Lumet

    Steven Spielberg Remembers Sidney Lumet

    6:03 am PDT 4/11/2011
    • Lindsay Powers
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    Lumet "was one of the greatest directors in the long history of film," he tells THR in a statement. Read More

  7. Sidney Lumet Made New York City Star of His Films

    Sidney Lumet Made New York City Star of His Films

    3:21 pm PDT 4/9/2011
    • Kirk Honeycutt
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    New York itself was the most intriguing, domineering character in a spectacularly good collection of movies he made, THR film critic Kirk Honeycutt writes. Read More

  8. 6 Things to Know About Director Sidney Lumet

    6 Things to Know About Director Sidney Lumet

    1:56 pm PDT 4/9/2011
    • Philiana Ng
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    With a career spanning more than 50 years, the filmmaker has made a stamp in the movies, but here are a few things you might not have known. Read More

  9. Director Sidney Lumet Dies at 86

    Director Sidney Lumet Dies at 86

    8:32 am PDT 4/9/2011
    • Gregg Kilday
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    UPDATED: He had helmed "12 Angry Men," "Serpico" and "Dog Day Afternoon"; he was 86. Read More

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