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12 Angry Men
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Sideny Lumet's unparalleled trial drama starring Henry Fonda. 12 Angry Men, by Sideny Lumet (Network), may be the most radical big-screen courtroom drama in cinema history. A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system as riveting as it is spare, the iconic adaptation of Reginald Roses teleplay stars Henry Fonda (Young Mr. Lincoln) as the initially dissenting foreman on a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. What results is a saga of epic proportions that plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room. Lumets electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature-film debuts. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Frank Schaffners 1955 television version, with an introduction by Ron Simon, director of the Paley Centre for Media Studies 12 Angry Men: From Television to the Big Screen, a video essay by film scholar Vance Kapley comparing the Sidney Lumet and Schaffner versions 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 in which he discusses cinematographer Boris Kaufman Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Package Dimensions : 17 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm; 120 Grams
- Media Format : Digital, Special Edition
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : Criterion
- ASIN : B06WWBDQR2
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 6,876 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- 5,357 in Movies (Movies & TV)
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Great acting and food for thought, something not often found in films these days.

1. The film works so perfectly because it breaks all the rules of such courtroom dramas. In 1957 it must have been truly revolutionary viewing, explaining why four Oscar nominations including Best Picture followed. The claustrophobia of the jury room including its washroom under NY summer heat as the only set locations over 97% of the film are used to great effect.
2. The piece succeeds dramatically not just because it is well scripted (from a predecessor teleplay) but as the title "Twelve Angry Men" infers, from its power of great ensemble and emotional range playing by all the cast and not just a few leads. I would single out Joseph Sweeney as the retired but knowledgable observer and E. G. Marshall as the cool headed logical analyst alongside the already famous or soon to be famous cast in proving that the film works so well because it does not let Henry Fonda or Lee J. Cobb and Ed Begley have all the running time and lines.
3. Finally, given limited sets the creative use of camera positions especially the closing in on faces with different lens at key points shows how keeping it simple can also be very effective.
In answer to why this film does not make more top film lists, I suspect its too theatric style staging leaves many feeling it is not their view of what great cinema is about. It is also interesting that when director Sidney Lumet returned to shoot another courtroom drama later in life ("The Verdict" from 1982 which included Jack Warden again in the cast), he adopted the completely opposite approach to lesser effect as per my Amazon review (http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R4ZZN5KBIMHOW/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0090NAFOO&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283926&store=dvd)

Despite the good script and superb acting by the leading players, one gete the overall feeling that this film may have done immense misjustice to 'real' court-room events where the accused was actually guilty of homicide; and in that sense it is a disturbing film in putting across the "wrong message" that if a juror feels there is a 'easonable cause for doubt' as to the accused's innocene they should acquit him/ her of a heinous crime!!!