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12 angry men

Tempers rise as a jury of middle-aged men find themselves unable to sway a single member of their group to the majority opinion. Confronted with a seemingly clear-cut case, bolstered by opinions and assumptions, but with no verdict in sight the group threatens to become deadlocked. Will the 12th jur...

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Corporate Author: Orion Pictures., Nova Media (Firm), United Artists Corporation., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Other Authors: Rose, Reginald., Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011., Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982., Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976., Begley, Ed, 1901-1970., Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998., Warden, Jack., Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996., Fiedler, John, 1925-2005., Klugman, Jack., Binns, Edward, 1916-1990., Sweeney, Joseph, d. 1963., Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981., Webber, Robert, 1924-1989.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : MGM : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2008.
Edition: Widescreen format (1.66:1); Collector's ed.
Subjects:
Trials (Murder) > United States > Drama.
Jurors > Drama.
Jury > United States > Drama.
Criminal procedure > United States > Drama.
Parricide > United States > Drama.
Capital punishment > United States > Drama.
Abused children > United States > Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Legal films.
Summary: Tempers rise as a jury of middle-aged men find themselves unable to sway a single member of their group to the majority opinion. Confronted with a seemingly clear-cut case, bolstered by opinions and assumptions, but with no verdict in sight the group threatens to become deadlocked. Will the 12th juror, stubbornly convinced of a young defendent's innocence, be able to sway the entire group to his viewpoint, or will the group ultimately force the holdout to forego his concerns, potentially ignoring truth in a rush to judgment?
Item Description: Adapted by Reginald Rose from his original 1954 teleplay.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: Optional audio commentary with film historian Drew Casper; "Beyond a reasonable doubt: making '12 angry men'" with various interviews of cast and crew (23 min.); "Inside the jury room" an examination of the jury system's history and dynamics (16 min.).
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, dual-layer, region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience: MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits: Editor, Carl Lerner ; music, Kenyon Hopkins ; director of photography, Boris Kaufman.

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