12
Angry men
12 Angry men
is a film directed by Sidney Lumet, produced by Reginald Rose and
Henry Fonda and the film was written by Reginald Rose
The actors are
Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Martin
Balsam, Jack Warden, John Fielder, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Joseph
Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec and Robert Webber.
The film lasts
96 minutes, it was made in the United
States .
The release
date is April 13, 1957
It is filmed
with camera and it's in
black and white.
Sidney
Lumet was an American director, producer and screenwriter
with over 50 films to his credit such as «Murder on the Orient
express»; «Before the devil know you're dead» or «Dog day
afternoon»...
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The story begins in a New
York city couthouse: a boy is accused of
having committed a murder,
after twelve jurors have to decide whether he is guilty
or not in a private room. If he is considered guilty, the
sentence will be the death penalty.
All
of the jurors vote “guilty,” except for the 8th
juror, who votes “not guilty”. Due to the requirement of a
unanimous jury, this forces them to discuss the case…The 8th
juror describes all the details that make him doubt. Each time there
is a new clue for the boy there is a flashback which shows us a scene
of the murder's night.
It's
really exciting because the more the film progresses, the more we
feel the boy is innocent. The spectator feels like he is himself a
juror. Progressively, there is an increasing number of jury
having doubt on the
boy's guiltiness. There is a lot of suspense and I like it.
I
think this film is very interesting because 11 men could condemn to
death a boy who is completely
innocent because they are
late somewhere or they are
not very interested by the
problem! In the US, many innocent people died.
Fortunately
some people take the time to think...
Tres bien!
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