12 Angry Men (DVD, 2006, Sensormatic) 
12 Angry Men (DVD, 2006, Sensormatic)

 
12 Angry Men (DVD, 2006, Sensormatic)

Leading Role: Lee J. Cobb
Director: Sidney Lumet
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: Jan 2006
Format: DVD
Additional Info: Sensormatic
UPC: 027616922809
Product ID: EPID55906870
Description: 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 wa...
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Movie Description
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.

Credits
Producer:Reginald Rose
Cast:E.G. Marshall, Ed Begley, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, Lee J. Cobb

Details
Edition:Sensormatic

Editorial Reviews
"Best Courtroom Drama of All Time"
Premiere - p.119

"...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..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (09/29/2002)

"...As the juror dead-set against a murder conviction, Henry Fonda had one of his greatest roles..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (03/23/2001)

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

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