Article: Sidney Poitier gets role of a lifetime; slated to play Nelson Mandela. (in made-for-television movie)(Brief Article)

Article: Winfrey Chooses Sidney Poitier Memoir
AP Online;  January 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... she had selected Sidney Poitier's "The Measure ... world leaders as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi ... not good enough for Sidney." Poitier, apparently, was ... and I was asking Sidney Poitier to tell some of the ...

Article: Sidney Poitier returns to 'The Simple Life' in film
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  May 9, 1999 ;     653 words ...LOS ANGELES - At 75, Sidney Poitier has reached the point where he limits his screen appearances ... strike me as most important." Poitier will next appear as Nelson Mandela in "One Man, One Vote," a Showtime movie about the end ...

Article: Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine star in Showtime ...
Jet;  February 17, 1997 ;     696 words ...Academy Award-winning actors Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine will star in the Showtime original picture ... February 16. Poitier will portray South African President Nelson Mandela, who spent 2, years in prison for his opposition against ...

Article: Sidney Poitier's Role Model; Portrayal of Mandela ...
The Washington Post;  February 13, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... after rising to stardom -- 11 by his count -- film legend Sidney Poitier did not act at all. It wasn't that he didn't want to ... of playing South African dissident-turned-president Nelson Mandela in the Showtime production "Mandela and de Klerk." The ...

Article: Actor Sidney Poitier, Named Among The 50 Greatest ...
Jet;  July 5, 1999 ;     591 words ...Film great Sidney Poitier recently was named among the American Film Institute's (AFI ... More recently Poitier portrayed former South African President Nelson Mandela in the film Mandela and deKlerk. This year Poitier was the executive ...

Article: A separate peace; Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine ...
The Boston Herald;  February 15, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Sidney Poitier still feels an involuntary shiver shoot down his spine when he recalls ... Richard Wesley and directed by Joseph Sargent -- stars Poitier as Nelson Mandela, Michael Caine as F.W. de Klerk and Tina Lifford as Winnie Mandela ...

Article: Reese, LaSalle, Fishburne, Woodard, Poitier among nominees for ...
Jet;  August 11, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... their roles in Miss Evers'Boys. Veteran actor Sidney Poitier won a nomination as best actor in a miniseries or ... portrayal of world famous South African President Nelson Mandela in Mandela and De Klerk on the Showtime cable network ...