| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 591 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 591.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, region A; widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio; mono.; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
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. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; film editor, Carl Lerner ; music, Kenyon Hopkins. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. |
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Based on the television drama of the same title by Reginald Rose |
| Awards |
National Film Registry selection, 2007. |
| Summary |
A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system as riveting as it is spare, the iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose's teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the initially dissenting member of a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. What results is a saga of epic proportions that plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room. One of the most radical big-screen courtroom dramas in cinema history. |
| Contents |
Special features: Schaffner's 1955 television version, with an introduction by Ron Simon, director of the Paley Center for Media Studies; "12 angry men": from television to the big screen, a video essay by film scholar Vance Kapley; 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; teleplay Tragedy in a Temporary town; original theatrical trailer. |
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Trials (Murder) -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Jury -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Jurors -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Abused children -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Parricide -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Capital punishment -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Rose, Reginald -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre |
Blu-ray video discs.
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Legal films.
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Film adaptations.
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Film remakes.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, director.
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Rose, Reginald, producer, screenwriter.
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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, producer, actor.
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Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976, actor.
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Begley, Ed, 1901-1970, actor.
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Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998, actor.
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Warden, Jack, actor.
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Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996, actor.
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Klugman, Jack, actor.
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Fiedler, John, 1925-2005, actor.
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Binns, Edward, 1916-1990, actor.
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Hopkins, Kenyon, composer (expression)
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Rose, Reginald.
Twelve angry men.
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Orion-Nova Productions (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Twelve angry men |
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Tragedy in a temporary town.
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| ISBN |
9781604655087 |
| Standard No. |
715515089210 |
| Music No. |
CC2091BD The Criterion Collection |
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