Sidney Lumet

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

A Few Good Men (1992): 1 line

1. lineage (lineage) · through The Verdict (1982), which they directed: The Verdict ⇒ A Few Good Men (the host's read). You cannot have A Few Good Men without The Verdict; everything on the courtroom checklist comes from it.

   “you really, really cannot have a few good men without having the verdict”

   The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:07:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

The Firm (1993): 1 line

1. lineage (lineage) · through The Verdict (1982), which they directed: The Verdict ⇒ The Firm (the host's read). The Verdict is foundational for the Grisham underdog stories.

   “foundational for a lot of the Grisham stories”

   The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (20) everyone in directing

• director, Night Falls on Manhattan (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
• director, Prince of the City (The Rewatchables, ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
• director, Serpico (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
• director, Dog Day Afternoon (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
• director, Running on Empty (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
• director, Network (The Rewatchables, ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
• director, Running on Empty (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
• director, 12 Angry Men (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
• director, Dog Day Afternoon (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
• director, Find Me Guilty (The Big Picture, ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings)
• director, The Verdict (The Big Picture, Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture)
• director, 12 Angry Men (The Big Picture, Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture)
• director, Find Me Guilty (The Big Picture, Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture)
• director, Network (Blank Check — Patreon, The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free))
• director, Daniel (Blank Check — Patreon, The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free))
• director, Network (Blank Check — Patreon, A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free))
• director, Fail-Safe (Blank Check — Patreon, Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free))
• director, Network (Blank Check — Patreon, Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free))
• director, (rehearsal-heavy directors) (Blank Check — Patreon, You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free))
• director, Prince of the City (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))

Other (3) everyone in other

• director compared to Weir, n/a (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fearless with Timothy Simons)
• author of 'Making Movies' (letterbox joke), The Killer (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))
• director Brando approached, hypothetical, One-Eyed Jacks (Blank Check — Patreon, Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

1. career (career): Sidney Lumet → Running on Empty. Lumet, director of 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon, got the script in 1987.

   “In 1987, phoner script found its way to Sydney Lament, the director of such classics as 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon.”

   The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:14:15 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
2. career (career): Sidney Lumet → 12 Angry Men. Lumet directed 12 Angry Men, which was left off; he is honored later via The Verdict.

   “we are acknowledging the work of the great Sunil Lumet later in the show”

   The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:13:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

craft (1)

1. craft (craft): Nora Ephron → Sidney Lumet. Ephron rehearsed her casts in a taped-out black-box theater, a method the speaker links to Sidney Lumet.

   “Did extensive rehearsals for all of her movies in a way that the only other person I know who did this in the last 30 or 40 years was Sidney Lametz”

   Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:39:31 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

theme (1)

1. theme (comparison): Peter Weir → Sidney Lumet. A director whose style matches the material, like Lumet.

   “I think of him a little similar to Sidney Lamette.”

   Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:30:03 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

1. unmapped (advice-book joke): Sidney Lumet → The Killer. The Letterboxd joke: the killer's advice is a Sidney Lumet Making Movies.

   “It's fucking Sidney Lumette's making movies.”

   Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 1:24:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
2. unmapped (technique): Sidney Lumet → Daniel. Lumet's choice on Daniel was to never show the sky until the end.

   “never show the sky.”

   Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:02:29 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

1. what-if (what-if swap): Sidney Lumet → Stanley Kubrick. Speaker finds it fascinating to imagine Lumet directing Strangelove and Kubrick directing Fail-Safe.

   “it's really, really fascinating to imagine a world in which these 2 guys like flipped these movies.”

   Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:51:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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