title: Lewis Black
Bye Bye Braverman
Thomas Berger (novelist)
Jake Cannavale
12 (2007 film)
Just Tell Me What You Want
A Stranger Among Us
Alan King
E. G. Marshall
Strip Search (film)
sentences: Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic, and actor.
 He is known for his angry demeanour and belligerent comedic style, in which he often simulates having a mental breakdown.
 His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, or any other cultural trends.
 He hosted the Comedy Central series "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" and made regular appearances on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" delivering his "Back in Black" commentary segment.
 When not on the road performing, he resides in Manhattan.
 He also maintains a residence in Chapel Hill, N.C. He is also a spokesman for the Aruba Tourism Authority, appearing in television ads that first aired in late 2009 and 2010, as well as the voice of Anger in 2015's Pixar film, "Inside Out".
 He was voted 51st of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time by Comedy Central in 2004; he was voted 5th in Comedy Central's Stand Up Showdown in 2008 and 11th in 2010.
Bye Bye Braverman is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet.
 The screenplay by Herbert Sargent was adapted from the 1964 novel "To an Early Grave" by Wallace Markfield.
Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist.
 Probably best known for his picaresque novel "Little Big Man" and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure.
 Berger's biting wit led many reviewers to refer to him as a satirist or "comic" novelist, descriptions he preferred to reject.
 His admirers often bemoaned that his talent and achievement were under-appreciated, in view of his versatility across many forms of fiction, his precise use of language, and his probing intelligence.
Jake Lumet Cannavale (born May 1, 1995) is an American musician and theatre and television actor.
 He appeared on Broadway in 2015 in the comedy "Fish in the Dark" by Larry David.
 He has also appeared on television's "Nurse Jackie".
 He is the son of actor Bobby Cannavale and screenwriter Jenny Lumet.
 He is the grandson of film director Sidney Lumet and a great-grandson of singer/actress Lena Horne.
12 is a 2007 crime film by Russian director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov.
 Mikhalkov was awarded the Special Lion at the 64th Venice International Film Festival for his work on the film, which also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
 It is an adaptation of Reginald Rose's play "Twelve Angry Men" and a remake of Sidney Lumet's film "12 Angry Men".
Just Tell Me What You Want is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet.
 It stars Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller and Alan King, and was also Myrna Loy's final film.
A Stranger Among Us is a 1992 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Melanie Griffith.
 It tells the story of an undercover police officer's experiences in a Hasidic community.
 It was entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
 It is often cited as one of Lumet's two failures of the 1990s, the other being "Guilty as Sin" (1993).
 Despite the poor reviews suffered by both these films, Lumet received the 1993 D. W. Griffith Award of the Directors Guild of America.
 The film was also the first credited role for actor James Gandolfini.
Alan King (born Irwin Alan Kniberg; December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants.
 King became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist.
 He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television shows.
 King wrote several books, produced films, and appeared in plays.
 In later years, he helped many philanthropic causes.
E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz, June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on "The Defenders" in the 1960s and as neurosurgeon David Craig on "" in the 1970s.
 Among his film roles he is perhaps best known as the unflappable, conscientious "Juror #4" in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama "12 Angry Men" (1957).
 He also played the President of the United States in "Superman II" (1980) and "" (2006).
Strip Search is a drama film made for the HBO network, first aired on April 27, 2004.
 The film explores the status of individual liberties in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the approval of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 The film was directed by Sidney Lumet and written by "Oz" creator Tom Fontana.
 It stars Glenn Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ken Leung, Bruno Lastra and Dean Winters.
 The film was first screened at the Monaco Film Premiere with Lumet in person presenting it, in the presence of Fontana.

Question: Question: Just Tell Me What You Want is a 1980 American comedy film, directed by Sidney Lumet, stars include in it, is which American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants, and became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist? 

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 Bye Bye Braverman is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet.
 The screenplay by Herbert Sargent was adapted from the 1964 novel "To an Early Grave" by Wallace Markfield. 

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 Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist.
 Probably best known for his picaresque novel "Little Big Man" and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure.
 Berger's biting wit led many reviewers to refer to him as a satirist or "comic" novelist, descriptions he preferred to reject.
 His admirers often bemoaned that his talent and achievement were under-appreciated, in view of his versatility across many forms of fiction, his precise use of language, and his probing intelligence. 

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 Jake Lumet Cannavale (born May 1, 1995) is an American musician and theatre and television actor.
 He appeared on Broadway in 2015 in the comedy "Fish in the Dark" by Larry David.
 He has also appeared on television's "Nurse Jackie".
 He is the son of actor Bobby Cannavale and screenwriter Jenny Lumet.
 He is the grandson of film director Sidney Lumet and a great-grandson of singer/actress Lena Horne. 

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 12 is a 2007 crime film by Russian director and actor Nikita Mikhalkov.
 Mikhalkov was awarded the Special Lion at the 64th Venice International Film Festival for his work on the film, which also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
 It is an adaptation of Reginald Rose's play "Twelve Angry Men" and a remake of Sidney Lumet's film "12 Angry Men". 

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 Just Tell Me What You Want is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet.
 It stars Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller and Alan King, and was also Myrna Loy's final film. 

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 Alan King (born Irwin Alan Kniberg; December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants.
 King became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist.
 He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television shows.
 King wrote several books, produced films, and appeared in plays.
 In later years, he helped many philanthropic causes. 

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 E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz, June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on "The Defenders" in the 1960s and as neurosurgeon David Craig on "" in the 1970s.
 Among his film roles he is perhaps best known as the unflappable, conscientious "Juror #4" in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama "12 Angry Men" (1957).
 He also played the President of the United States in "Superman II" (1980) and "" (2006). 

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 Strip Search is a drama film made for the HBO network, first aired on April 27, 2004.
 The film explores the status of individual liberties in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the approval of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 The film was directed by Sidney Lumet and written by "Oz" creator Tom Fontana.
 It stars Glenn Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ken Leung, Bruno Lastra and Dean Winters.
 The film was first screened at the Monaco Film Premiere with Lumet in person presenting it, in the presence of Fontana. 

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Answer: Alan King