Today's Star Of The Day: Sidney Poitier
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The official twitter account of the Sidney Poitier New American Film School in the ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
“Dad, you’re my father. I’m your son. I love you. I always have and I always will. But you think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.”
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
#SidneyPoitier #RoyGlenn
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Sidney Poitier in Blackboard Jungle
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Sidney Poitier and Morgan Freeman in 1990.
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#Babylon actor Telvin Griffin took inspiration from Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte for his role: "I noticed how difficult it was for them at the time period, but I watched how they handled it with class." bit.ly/3BDxM7g
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Sidney Poitier’s Stir Crazy, starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, premiered in theaters 42 years ago, December 12, 1980. #80s #80smovies
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“They call me Mister Tibbs!”
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
The AFI’s list of top movie quotes has this as the 16th most popular movie quote of all time.
#SidneyPoitier #RodSteiger
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Wait Sidney Poitier died? 💀💀💀
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Some of the stars we lost in 2022: Sidney Poitier, Meat Loaf, William Hurt and James Caan.
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Bob Saget, Nichelle Nichols, Ray Liotta, Anne Heche, Aaron Carter and Loretta Lynn are just a few of the recognizable celebrities we lost this year.
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Behind the scenes on IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967).
While enemies on screen, SIDNEY POITIER and ROD STEIGER were great friends in real life.
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Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. A fine film indeed.
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“I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.” - Sidney Poitier. It’s a new week! How will you be better this week?
#happymonday #newweek
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BLACKBOARD JUNGLE – Richard Brooks, 1955
#cinematography: Russell Harlan
w/ Sidney Poitier & Glenn Ford
“Go Down, Moses”
When Israel was in Egypt land
Let my people go!
Oppressed so hard, they could not stand
Let my people go!
#WorldChoralDay 🎶
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Some of the stars we lost in 2022: Sidney Poitier, Meat Loaf, William Hurt and James Caan.
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“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” starring Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Katharine Houghton premiered in theaters 55 years ago today, December 12, 1967.
The film received 10 Academy Award nominations w/2 wins(Hepburn for Best Actress).
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"Now I have some instructions for you..."
This week, Dec. 11, dir. Stanley Kramer's GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, and Katharine Houghton, premiered in NYC, '67.
"...start your motor... Don't speak, Hilary, just... go."
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Day 20 - A Raisin in the Sun (1961) A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. Starring Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, and Ruby Dee.
#classicfilms #familyfilms
