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12 Angry Men (DVD)

Henry Fonda (actor), Lee J. Cobb (actor) and Sidney Lumet (director)

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Review

Chicago Sun-Times, 09/29/2002, p.6, "...This is a film where tension comes from personality conflict, dialogue and body language....The movie plays like a textbook for directors interested in how lens choices affect mood..."

USA Today, 03/23/2001, p.6E, "...As the juror dead-set against a murder conviction, Henry Fonda had one of his greatest roles..."

Entertainment Weekly, 03/07/2008, p.75, "Fonda shines -- almost literally in a white suit -- as the soft-spoken, merciful Juror No. 8." -- Grade: A-

Premiere, 06/01/1994, p.119, "Best Courtroom Drama of All Time"

Title Note

Estimated budget: $343,000.

The shoot lasted 19 days.

The movie marked the feature-film directorial debut of Sidney Lumet.

The film was remade for cable television in 1997, directed by William Friedkin, written again by Reginald Rose, and starring Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Courtney B. Vance, Ossie Davis, James Gandolfini, Tony Danza, and others.

Product Quotation/Excerpt

"Well, I'm not used to supposin'. I'm just a workin' man. My boss does all the supposin' but I'll try one. Supposin' you talk us all out of this and, uh, the kid really did knife his father?"--Juror #6 (Edward Binns)

Release Note

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.66
Audio:
Mono - English, French
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes - 1. "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: Making 12 ANGRY MEN"
2. "Inside the Jury Room"

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.66
Audio:
Mono - English, French
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes:
1. "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: Making 12 ANGRY MEN"
2. "Inside the Jury Room"

Product Notes

Sidney Lumet's directorial debut is a snapshot of the American judicial system in action. Twelve average New York males convene in a very small jury room on a very hot day in order to reach a verdict in a murder trial. Almost everyone wants to vote guilty and get on with their lives except for Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda), a conscientious citizen who insists on establishing reasonable doubt. Arguments are made, cigarettes are smoked, murder weapons examined, diagrams drawn, and prejudices revealed. Firm opinions weaken and reverse; voices get raised, the clock ticks, and a ghetto kid's life hangs in the balance.

Lumet's direction and camerawork steadily builds pressure into the plot. Things start out casual, but wind up so close and tight you can count the pores on the actors' noses. Fonda is good in a role well-suited to his extra-large sense of human dignity but the stealth giant in this actors dozen is the ferocious Lee J. Cobb. Jack Klugman, E.G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, Ed Begley, and Jack Warden play some of the other jurors, and a better assemblage of grizzled method actors shouting at each other won't likely come again. 12 ANGRY MEN was originally written for television, it is a true classic of the anti-McCarthy message era, and is not to be missed.

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