THE VERDICT

Sidney Lumet

(Philadelphia, 1924-New York, 2011) was a director, producer, and screenwriter. After directing theatrical and television productions, he debuted in film with 12 Angry Men (1957), which marked the beginning of his collaboration with Henry Fonda and for which he won the Golden Bear in Berlin. One of the major American filmmakers of the 1960s and ‘70s, he directed movies with a clear theatrical and literary bent (Long Day’s Journey Into Night, 1962; Murder on the Orient Express, 1974), reflections on history and its drifts  (Fail-Safe, 1964), unflinching portraits of American society (The Hill, 1965), and then, in the 1970s, some of the most famous movies of that decade, from Serpico (1973) to Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Network (1976), all the way to the gloomy noir Prince of the City (1981). He worked with actors such as Sean Connery, Al Pacino, Fay Dunaway, Albert Finney, William Holden, Paul Newman (in the famous The Verdict, 1982), Jane Fonda (The Morning After), and Melanie Griffith (Guilty as Sin). In 2005, he was awarded an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.  

FILMOGRAFIA

12 Angry Men (La parola ai giurati, 1957), Stage Struck (Fascino del palcoscenico, 1958), That Kind of Woman (Quel tipo di donna, 1959), The Fugitive Kind (Pelle di serpente, 1960), Vue du Pont (Uno sguardo dal ponte, 1962), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Il lungo viaggio verso la notte, 1962), The Pawnbroker (L’uomo del banco dei pegni, 1964), Fail-Safe (A prova di errore, 1964), The Hill (La collina del disonore, 1965), The Group (Il gruppo, 1966), The Deadly Affair (Chiamata per il morto, 1966), Bye Bye Braverman (1968), The Sea Gull (Il gabbiano, 1968), The Appointment (La virtù sdraiata, 1969), Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (La poiana vola sul tetto, 1970), King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (King: una testimonianza filmata... da Montgomery a Memphis, coregia Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1970), The Anderson Tapes (Rapina record a New York, 1971), The Offence (Riflessi in uno specchio scuro, 1972), Child’s Play (Spirale d’odio, 1972), Serpico (id., 1973), Lovin’ Molly (1974), Murder on the Orient Express (Assassinio sull’Orient-Express, 1974), Dog Day Afternoon (Quel pomeriggio di un giorno da cani, 1975), Network (Quinto potere, 1976), Equus (id., 1977), The Wiz (I’m Magic, 1978), Just Tell Me What You Want (Dimmi quello che vuoi, 1980), Prince of the City (Il principe della città, 1981), Deathtrap (Trappola mortale, 1982), The Verdict (Il verdetto, 1982), Daniel (id., 1983), Garbo Talks (Cercando la Garbo, (1984), Power (Power - Potere, 1986), The Morning After (Il mattino dopo, 1986), Running on Empty (Vivere in fuga, 1988), Family Business (Sono affari di famiglia, 1989), Q&A (Terzo grado, 1990), A Stranger Among Us (Una estranea fra noi, 1992), Guilty as Sin (Una estranea fra noi, 1993), Night Falls on Manhattan (Prove apparenti, 1996), Critical Care (Se mi amate..., 1997), Gloria (id., 1999), Find Me Guilty (Prova a incastrarmi - Find Me Guilty, 2006), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (Onora il padre e la madre, 2007).