12 Angry men

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Call Number: Blu-ray Drama Twelve
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Blu-ray disc.
Release date: Nov. 22, 2011.
E.G. Marshall, Ed Begley, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman.
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.
Blu-ray, widescreen.
Requires Blu-ray player.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

12 Angry Men submitted by SBNB on August 7, 2018, 7:58pm Great film about one man in a jury fighting against a hasty verdict. I've loved this movie since I was a teenager. It's a classic.

Time-Tested Classic submitted by Meginator on June 19, 2022, 12:08pm Content Note: Several characters in this film are overtly racist.

This film is a brilliant, intimate character study that works on its surface level and as a deeper examination of the ways in which our pasts and our experiences color the way we see the world; it also functions as a condemnation of the US jury system on multiple levels, although I think that is an unintended consequence given one man’s impassioned plea in its favor and the framing of the juror who does his own independent research into the case as the hero. Although the film’s message about standing up for the courage of your convictions against a group of peers is closely tied to the film’s origins in the McCarthy era, and despite the film’s lack of subtlety in this regard, it has a timeless quality to it that resonates as much as ever in the age of social media pile-ons. The acting is exquisite, with each actor portraying the relative difficulty of questioning your assumptions in the face of new ideas and evidence, and the film is never boring despite the fact that the plot is, essentially, an extended argument in a single small room. Sharply written and deftly acted, this film is a classic for a good reason and it offers ample fodder for deep consideration and debate decades after its initial production.