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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men is a 1957 film which tells the story of one lone juror who holds out against the other eleven members of the jury; he is not convinced that the defendant, a young Hispanic man, is guilty of murder. It stars Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and E.G. Marshall. It is highly regarded from both a critical and popular standpoint; Roger Ebert lists it as one of his "Great Movies", and it has consistenly ranked in the top 30 on the IMDB Top 250 List.

The movie begins with a judge addressing the jury at the conclusion of the prosecution and defense arguments. The judge tells the twelve men to determine whether the accused boy is guilty of murder. The jury then moves to the jury room, where they take a preliminary vote. The first vote is 11-1 and the 11 jurors are angry at Henry Fonda's character for being the lone holdout. He says that it is morally wrong (and illegal) to condemn a man to death while even one juror has a reasonable doubt. Gradually, Fonda convinces every man on the jury that the defendant's guilt was not conclusively proved to convict him.

The movie was directed by Sidney Lumet and adapted by Reginald Rose from his 1954 teleplay originally broadcast on CBS. Boris Kaufman was the cinematographer.

The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

None of the characters in the film are given a name; they are all identified by juror numbers, until the very end when Fonda meets up with Joseph Sweeney's character. Fonda's character's name is Davis, Sweeney's is McCardle.

The film was shot in 19 days on a budget of $349,000. It starts with wider lenses above eye level; by the end of the film nearly everyone is shown in closeup using a long lens from a low angle. (Wider lenses give the appearance of greater distance between objects; longer lenses give the appearance of "shortening" distance, while at the same time decreasing depth of field.) Lumet states that his intention was to cause a nearly palpable claustrophobia; and by most accounts he succeeded.

The film was parodied on BBC television in an episode of Hancock's Half Hour, starring Tony Hancock and Sid James.

The screenplay had first been produced on television, on the program Studio One, in 1954. A complete kinescope of that performance was discovered, after previously being thought lost, in 2003.

12 Angry Men was remade for television in 1997, starring George C. Scott, James Gandolfini, Tony Danza, and Jack Lemmon. In this remake, the judge is female, and three of the jurors are African-American; the action and dialogue of the film are otherwise virtually identical to the original.

12 Angry Men is sometimes studied as literature. Some of the screenplays have been published and Rose wrote several stage adaptations of the story. In 1964 Leo Genn appeared in it on the London stage. Other theatrical adaptations in which female actors are cast as jurors are called 12 Angry Jurors or 12 Angry Women.

References

Making Movies, by Sidney Lumet. (c) 1995, ISBN 0-679-75660-4

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Other theatrical adaptations in which female actors are cast as jurors are called 12 Angry Jurors or 12 Angry Women. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Marlon Brando) and Best Director. In 1964 Leo Genn appeared in it on the London stage. Many years after, when the general modesty had changed and the censorship commission had been abolished, the film reappeared (because Bertolucci had kept a clandestine copy) and was projected in a slightly censored version. Some of the screenplays have been published and Rose wrote several stage adaptations of the story. An Italian court revoked Bertolucci's civil rights for five years plus it gave him a four-month suspended prison sentence. 12 Angry Men is sometimes studied as literature. The film caused a deep scandal in Italy for a sodomy scene; the film was sequestered by censorship and officially all the copies were destroyed.

In this remake, the judge is female, and three of the jurors are African-American; the action and dialogue of the film are otherwise virtually identical to the original. It was directed by Bertolucci and cinematography by Vittorio Storaro. Scott, James Gandolfini, Tony Danza, and Jack Lemmon. The movie was written by Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, and Agnès Varda (additional dialogue). 12 Angry Men was remade for television in 1997, starring George C. It stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, and Jean-Pierre Léaud. A complete kinescope of that performance was discovered, after previously being thought lost, in 2003. Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi, French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 film which tells the story of an American widower who is drawn into a sexual relationship with a soon-to-be-married Parisian woman.

The screenplay had first been produced on television, on the program Studio One, in 1954. The film was parodied on BBC television in an episode of Hancock's Half Hour, starring Tony Hancock and Sid James. (Wider lenses give the appearance of greater distance between objects; longer lenses give the appearance of "shortening" distance, while at the same time decreasing depth of field.) Lumet states that his intention was to cause a nearly palpable claustrophobia; and by most accounts he succeeded. It starts with wider lenses above eye level; by the end of the film nearly everyone is shown in closeup using a long lens from a low angle.

The film was shot in 19 days on a budget of $349,000. Fonda's character's name is Davis, Sweeney's is McCardle. None of the characters in the film are given a name; they are all identified by juror numbers, until the very end when Fonda meets up with Joseph Sweeney's character. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Boris Kaufman was the cinematographer. The movie was directed by Sidney Lumet and adapted by Reginald Rose from his 1954 teleplay originally broadcast on CBS. Gradually, Fonda convinces every man on the jury that the defendant's guilt was not conclusively proved to convict him. He says that it is morally wrong (and illegal) to condemn a man to death while even one juror has a reasonable doubt.

The first vote is 11-1 and the 11 jurors are angry at Henry Fonda's character for being the lone holdout. The jury then moves to the jury room, where they take a preliminary vote. The judge tells the twelve men to determine whether the accused boy is guilty of murder. The movie begins with a judge addressing the jury at the conclusion of the prosecution and defense arguments.

It is highly regarded from both a critical and popular standpoint; Roger Ebert lists it as one of his "Great Movies", and it has consistenly ranked in the top 30 on the IMDB Top 250 List. Marshall. Cobb, Ed Begley and E.G. It stars Henry Fonda, Lee J.