Arts And Entertainment

Sidney Lumet arrives at the painter Adler Studio Benefit Gala honoring Martin Sheen, Liz adventurer and Roy Scheider at Cipriani in New royalty on March 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh) 

NEW YORK, Apr 9 (UPI) -- Sidney Lumet, who prefabricated classics such as "12 Angry Men" and "Network" during a 50-year leading career, died Saturday in his New royalty home. He was 88.

Leslie Gimbel, Lumet's stepdaughter, told The New royalty Times he suffered from lymphoma.

Lumet was born in metropolis in 1924 but came to New York, where he would ordered some of his best-known films, as a baby. His father acted in the Yiddish building and the son prefabricated his entry at 4 and appeared on Broadway at 11 in the endeavor "Dead End."

He started leading off-Broadway and for television, where his impact included a edition of "12 Angry Men," which he remade for the bounteous concealment in 1957 as his prototypal feature film. He went on to make a string of critical and incase duty successes, including "Serpico," "Prince of the City," "Dog Day Afternoon," every fact-based movies ordered in New York, and "The Verdict."

"While the goal of every movies is to entertain, the category of flick in which I believe goes one travel further," Lumet said. "It compels the spectator to examine one characteristic or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices flowing."

Lumet's terminal movie, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," was released in 2007 when he was 83.

He was nominated four nowadays as a administrator for Academy Awards. In 2005 he was awarded a special accolade for period achievement.

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