12 angry men
A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room.
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Rose, Reginald > Film adaptations. Trials (Murder) > United States > Drama. Jurors > United States > Drama. Jury > United States > Drama. Abused children > United States > Drama. Parricide > United States > Drama. Capital punishment > United States > Drama. |
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Legal drama (Literature) Motion pictures. Legal films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama. |
- ISBN: 9781604655094
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Physical Description
videodisc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (in container). - Edition Two-DVD special ed.
- Publisher [New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
- Copyright ©2011
Content descriptions
General Note: | Wide screen (1.66:1). Based on the television drama of the same title by Reginald Rose. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. Special features: Disc 2. "The television version" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, introduction by Ron Simon (Sept. 26, 1954); "12 angry men: from television to the big screen" interview with film scholar Vance Kepley. Theatrical trailer. Disc 2. archival interviews with Lumet; new interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein; new interview with Simon about television writer Reginald Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey; "Tragedy in a small town" a 1956 teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose. Booklet: "Lumet's faces" essay by Thane Rosenbaum. GMD: videodisc. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Special features: The television version -- "12 angry men: from television to the big screen" -- ival interviews with Lumet; new interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein; new interview with Simon about television writer Reginald Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; film editor, Carl Lerner ; music composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins ; art director, Robert Markel ; associate producer, George Justin. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber. |
System Details Note: | DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
Language Note: | English dialogue with optional English captions. |
Awards Note: | National Film Registry selection, 2007. |