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> From: NYTimes.com News Alert <[email protected]> > Date: April 9, 2011 10:07:05 AM CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: News Alert: Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies > at 86 > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Breaking News Alert > The New York Times > Sat, April 09, 2011 -- 11:06 AM ET > ----- > > Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86 > > Sidney Lumet, a director who preferred the streets of New > York to the back lots of Hollywood and whose stories of > conscience -- "12 Angry Men," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon," > "The Verdict," "Network" -- became modern American film > classics, died Saturday morning at his home in Manhattan. He > was 86. > > His stepdaughter, Leslie Gimbel, said the cause was lymphoma. > > "While the goal of all movies is to entertain," Mr. Lumet > once wrote, "the kind of film in which I believe goes one > step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet > or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and > sets the mental juices flowing." > > Social issues set his own mental juices flowing, and his best > films not only probed the consequences of prejudice, > corruption and betrayal but also celebrated individual acts > of courage. > > Read More: > http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na > > > About This E-Mail > You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking news > alerts from NYTimes.com. > > To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines > or other newsletters, go to: > http://www.nytimes.com/email > > NYTimes.com > 620 Eighth Ave. > New York, NY 10018 > > Copyright 2011 The New York Times Company > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
