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12 Angry Men DVD

NR (Not Rated) :: MGM (Video & DVD) :: Released: 2001-03-06


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12 Angry Men Summary Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 05/20/2008 Run Time: 96 Minutes

Sidney Lumet's directorial debut remains a tense, atmospheric (though slightly manipulative and stagy) courtroom thriller, in which the viewer never sees a trial and the only action is verbal. As he does in his later corruption commentaries such as Serpico or Q & A, Lumet focuses on the lonely one-man battles of a protagonist whose ethics alienate him from the rest of jaded society. As the film opens, the seemingly open-and-shut trial of a young Puerto Rican accused of murdering his father with a knife has just concluded and the 12-man jury retires to their microscopic, sweltering quarters to decide the verdict. When the votes are counted, 11 men rule guilty, while one--played by Henry Fonda, again typecast as another liberal, truth-seeking hero--doubts the obvious. Stressing the idea of "reasonable doubt," Fonda slowly chips away at the jury, who represent a microcosm of white, male society--exposing the prejudices and preconceptions that directly influence the other jurors' snap judgments. The tight script by Reginald Rose (based on his own teleplay) presents each juror vividly using detailed soliloquies, all which are expertly performed by the film's flawless cast. Still, it's Lumet's claustrophobic direction--all sweaty close-ups and cramped compositions within a one-room setting--that really transforms this contrived story into an explosive and compelling nail-biter. --Dave McCoy
12 Angry Men DVD Techincal Details Cast: Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall
Director: Sidney Lumet
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 96 mins
UPC: 027616859006
Binding: DVD
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: 2001-03-06
Region Code: 1
Specs: Black & White, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
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