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Sidney

You'd never have guessed his biggest successas a director would be a comedy

Sidney • 2022
You'd never have guessed his biggest success
as a director would be a comedy

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You'd never have guessed
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his biggest success as a director would be a comedy.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:37:54
Uploaded
Mar 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Harpo Productions,Network Entertainment,Hudlin Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.
The guy who leads us to Denzel and to Wesley, - Sidney 00:13
The guy who leads us to Denzel and to Wesley,
Well, that's where the money is… - Sidney 00:06
Well, that's where the money is…
Give me a smile. Okay. - Sidney 00:05
Give me a smile. Okay.
One thing I really admire about him - Sidney 00:19
One thing I really admire about him
You know, in life one ought not to wind up in one's last moments - Sidney 00:14
You know, in life one ought not to wind up in one's las...
And my career had been wonderful for a great number of years. - Sidney 00:06
And my career had been wonderful for a great number of years...
I don't say that it would've continued at the pace it was going. - Sidney 00:07
I don't say that it would've continued at the pace...
But if it had, it would've robbed me of the chance - Sidney 00:08
But if it had, it would've robbed me of the chance
I wanted to know what it would be like to direct a film, - Sidney 00:07
I wanted to know what it would be like to direct a film,
I wanted to know what it would be like to produce a film, - Sidney 00:06
I wanted to know what it would be like to produce a film,
I was born with a curiosity - Sidney 00:09
I was born with a curiosity
I hope, though, that that curiosity - Sidney 00:05
I hope, though, that that curiosity
The recipient of the 1992 Life Achievement Award, - Sidney 00:07
The recipient of the 1992 Life Achievement Award,
I always think of Sidney as this big-ass lighthouse - Sidney 00:09
I always think of Sidney as this big-ass lighthouse
I told him that all my formative years. - Sidney 00:07
I told him that all my formative years.
I was focusing on that light that he projected to me. - Sidney 00:06
I was focusing on that light that he projected to me.
Had no other beacon as bright as that, - Sidney 00:12
Had no other beacon as bright as that,
Forty-eight years ago, the winter of 1945, - Sidney 00:11
Forty-eight years ago, the winter of 1945,
This was the American Negro Theatre. - Sidney 00:05
This was the American Negro Theatre.
Sidney brought his A game, and so we could bring our A game. - Sidney 00:05
Sidney brought his A game, and so we could bring our A game.