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 stars Greta Scacchi, Colin Firth, John Gielgud, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Ryecart, Denholm Elliott and Ben Kingsley. In 1964 Leo Genn appeared in it on the London stage. It was adapted by Blanche Hanalis and directed by Desmond Davis. Some of the screenplays have been published and Rose wrote several stage adaptations of the story. In 1984 a version of Camille was produced for television. 12 Angry Men is sometimes studied as literature. It stars Carla Fracci.

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 adapted by Jean Aurenche, Enrico Medioli and Vladimir Pozner, and directed by Mauro Bolognini. Scott, James Gandolfini, Tony Danza, and Jack Lemmon. A 1980 version, La Dame aux camélias, in French, was produced. 12 Angry Men was remade for television in 1997, starring George C. It stars Danièle Gaubert and Nino Castelnuovo. A complete kinescope of that performance was discovered, after previously being thought lost, in 2003. It was adapted by Michael DeForrest and directed by Radley Metzger.

The screenplay had first been produced on television, on the program Studio One, in 1954. In 1969, a drug-laced Italian language version called Camille 2000 was produced. The film was parodied on BBC television in an episode of Hancock's Half Hour, starring Tony Hancock and Sid James. It stars Mona Maris. (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. In the same year, La Mujer de las camelias, an Argentine version was adapted by Alexis de Arancibia (as Wassen Eisen) and Ernesto Arancibia, and directed by Ernesto Arancibia. 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. It was directed by Gavaldón, and stars María Félix.

The film was shot in 19 days on a budget of $349,000. A 1954 Mexican version, called Camelia was adapted by José Arenas, Edmundo Báez, Roberto Gavaldón and Gregorio Walerstein. Fonda's character's name is Davis, Sweeney's is McCardle. It stars Gino Cervi, Micheline Presle and Roland Alexandre. 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. A 1953 French version called La Dame aux camélias was adapted by Bernard Natanson and directed by Raymond Bernard. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. It was adapted by Roberto Tasker and directed by Gabriel Soria, and stars Lina Montes and Emilio Tuero.

Boris Kaufman was the cinematographer. A 1944 Spanish language version was produced in Mexico. The movie was directed by Sidney Lumet and adapted by Reginald Rose from his 1954 teleplay originally broadcast on CBS. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Greta Garbo). The movie inspired Milton Benjamin to write and publish a song called "I'll Love Like Robert Taylor, Be My Greta Garbo". Gradually, Fonda convinces every man on the jury that the defendant's guilt was not conclusively proved to convict him. It stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor and Lionel Barrymore. He says that it is morally wrong (and illegal) to condemn a man to death while even one juror has a reasonable doubt. It was adapted by Zoe Akins, Frances Marion and James Hilton, and directed by George Cukor.

The first vote is 11-1 and the 11 jurors are angry at Henry Fonda's character for being the lone holdout. Arguably the most famous version was the 1936 Hollywood version. The jury then moves to the jury room, where they take a preliminary vote. It stars Yvonne Printemps and Pierre Fresnay. The judge tells the twelve men to determine whether the accused boy is guilty of murder. It was adapted by Abel Gance and directed by Gance and Fernand Rivers. The movie begins with a judge addressing the jury at the conclusion of the prosecution and defense arguments. The first sound version was made in French in 1934, called La Dame aux camélias.

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. There are no known copies of this film extant. Marshall. It stars Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland. Cobb, Ed Begley and E.G. It was directed by Fred Niblo. It stars Henry Fonda, Lee J. A 1926 version was adapted by Fred De Gresac, George Marion Jr., Olga Printzlau and Chandler Sprague.

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A 1921 version was adapted by June Mathis and directed by Ray C. It stars Theda Bara, Alan Roscoe, Walter Law, Glen White, Alice Gale, Claire Whitney and Richard Barthelmess. Gordon Edwards. In 1917 an American film was made, adapted by Adrian Johnson and directed by J.

It stars Hesperia, Alberto Collo and Ida Carloni Talli. It was directed by Baldassarre Negroni and Gustavo Serena. An Italian language film was also made in the same year, called La Signora delle camelie. It was adapted by Frances Marion and directed by Albert Capellani, and stars Clara Kimball Young, Paul Capellani, Lillian Cook and Robert Cummings.

In 1915, an English language film, the first one to use the name Camille, was made. It stars Sarah Bernhardt. In 1910, a French language silent film was made, directed by André Calmettes and Henri Pouctal. Directed by Viggo Larsen, it stars Oda Alstrup, Larsen, Gustave Lund and Robert Storm Petersen.

The first movie based on the work was a Danish silent film version in 1907 called Kameliadamen. Like the novel, the films tell the story of gay romance in Paris in the 1840s, and one young woman who wins the heart of a wealthy young man, but gives him up for his own good. The novel was also the basis for Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata. Camille is the name of several films based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.