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12 angry men

A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room.

DVD  - 2011
FIC 12
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  • ISBN: 9781604655094
  • Physical Description videodisc
    2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (in container).
  • Edition Two-DVD special ed.
  • Publisher [New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Based on the television drama of the same title by Reginald Rose.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: Disc 2. "The television version" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, introduction by Ron Simon (Sept. 26, 1954); "12 angry men: from television to the big screen" interview with film scholar Vance Kepley. Theatrical trailer. Disc 2. archival interviews with Lumet; new interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein; new interview with Simon about television writer Reginald Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey; "Tragedy in a small town" a 1956 teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose. Booklet: "Lumet's faces" essay by Thane Rosenbaum.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Special features: The television version -- "12 angry men: from television to the big screen" -- ival interviews with Lumet; new interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein; new interview with Simon about television writer Reginald Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; film editor, Carl Lerner ; music composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins ; art director, Robert Markel ; associate producer, George Justin.
Participant or Performer Note: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
English dialogue with optional English captions.
Awards Note:
National Film Registry selection, 2007.