Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sydney Lumet returns to courtroom drama

Director Sidney Lumet returns to courtroom drama with his latest film "Find Me Guilty." Lumet, 81, a former child actor, received three Oscar nominations with his 1957 directorial debut, "Twelve Angry Men," The Los Angeles Times noted.
|
|
 
  
Published: March. 13, 2006 at 10:00 PM

LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI) -- Director Sidney Lumet returns to courtroom drama with his latest film "Find Me Guilty."

Lumet, 81, a former child actor, received three Oscar nominations with his 1957 directorial debut, "Twelve Angry Men," The Los Angeles Times noted.

His next Oscar nomination came in 1981 for in the adapted screenplay category for "Prince of the City" and he was nominated as a director again the next year for "The Verdict."

"Find Me Guilty," opening in U.S. theaters Friday, stars Vin Diesel in the story of the 1987 trial of 20 members of the Lucchese crime family.

Topics: Sidney Lumet, Vin Diesel
© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
SeaWorld's new Manta Rollercoaster stalled on its second day of operation; SeaWorld said not to...
For first time in 14 years, ugly assed baby meerkat born at Tulsa zoo. w/vid
Meanwhile in North Carolina... Witth bonus irony for the town name
Happy 75th birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge, the most beautiful bridge in the world
Photoshop this frog jumping coach
China criticizes the U.S. on its "dismal" human rights record, citing police brutality, arresting...