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'12 Angry Men': Why Sidney Lumet's Claustrophobic Classic Still Matters

16 April 2012 4:59 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »

On paper, it's a tough sell: a black-and-white movie set in one room, with an all-male (and all-white) cast, with no action except for a heated war of words among a dozen guys. Indeed, "12 Angry Men" -- which opened 55 years ago last week (April 13, 1957) -- with its shoestring budget, was a financial flop, and while it was nominated for three Oscars (including Best Picture), it lost them all to the splashier, more colorful, wide-screen epic "The Bridge on the River Kwai." Yet today, "12 Angry Men" is considered a classic, not just for its riveting script and top-notch acting, but also for how it made a virtue of its stagy limitations. Adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1954 TV play (back when live drama was a TV staple), the movie expanded the hour-long story of a deliberating jury into 95 minutes, but it didn't expand the confines of the setting: a single, »

- Gary Susman

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The Films Of Sidney Lumet: A Retrospective

9 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »

It has been a year since Sidney Lumet passed away on April 9, 2011. Here is our retrospective on the legendary filmmaker to honor his memory. Originally published April 15, 2011.

Almost a week after the fact, we, like everyone that loves film, are still mourning the passing of the great American master Sidney Lumet, one of the true titans of cinema.

Lumet was never fancy. He never needed to be, as a master of blocking, economic camera movements and framing that empowered the emotion and or exact punctuation of a particular scene. First and foremost, as you’ve likely heard ad nauseum -- but hell, it’s true -- Lumet was a storyteller, and one that preferred his beloved New York to soundstages (though let's not romanticize it too much, he did his fair share of work on studio film sets too as most TV journeyman and early studio filmmakers did).

His directing career stretched well over 50 years, »

- Oliver Lyttelton

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DVD Review - Raid on Entebbe (1977)

23 March 2012 5:56 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Raid on Entebbe, 1977.

Directed by Irvin Kershner.

Starring Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Yaphet Kotto, Jack Warden, Horst Buchholz, John Saxon, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Loggia and James Woods.

Synopsis:

When a hijacked plane is diverted to Uganda's Entebbe Airport with over a hundred Israeli passengers on board, the Israeli government authorises a top-secret military raid to free the hostages.

Not to be confused with 1976's Victory at Entebbe - which also happens to feature a similarly impressive cast that includes Kirk Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor - Raid on Entebbe is a Golden Globe-winning TV movie from The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner that recounts the 1976 hijacking of an Air France plane travelling between Tel Aviv and Paris, and the subsequent counter-terrorist rescue mission carried out by members of the Israeli Defense Forces at Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

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- flickeringmyth

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