Summary
A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear-cut as it seemed in court.Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 591. |
| Subjects |
Trials (Murder)
-- United States
-- Drama.
Jury -- United States -- Drama. Jurors -- United States -- Drama. Abused children -- United States -- Drama. Parricide -- United States -- Drama. Capital punishment -- United States -- Drama. Feature films. Legal films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | [New York] :Criterion Collection,2011 |
| Edition | Blu-ray, Blu-ray special ed., Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Studio One (Television program). Tragedy in a temporary town. Twelve angry men. Twelve angry men |
| Contributors |
Rose, Reginald,
screenwriter, producer. Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, producer, actor. Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, director. Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976, actor. Begley, Ed, 1901-1970, actor. Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998, actor. Warden, Jack, actor. Balsam, Martin, 1919-1996, actor. Fiedler, John, 1925-2005, actor. Klugman, Jack, actor. Binns, Edward, 1916-1990, actor. Sweeney, Joseph, -1963, actor. Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981, actor. Webber, Robert, 1924-1989, actor. Hopkins, Kenyon, composer. Rose, Reginald. Twelve angry men. United Artists Corporation, production company. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company. Orion-Nova Productions (Firm), production company. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
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. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Carl Lerner ; music, Kenyon Hopkins. |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Based on the teleplay by Reginald Rose. Accompanying material may include booklet featuring an essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum. Special features: Frank Schaffner's 1955 television version, with an introduction by Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Media; production history of 12 angry men, from teleplay to big screen classic; archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet; new interview with screenwriter Walter Bernstein about Lumet; new interview with Simon about writer Reginald Rose; Tragedy in a temporary town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Boris Kaufman; original theatrical trailer. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; region A; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural. Blu-ray Disc requires a Blu-ray Disc player. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| ISBN | 9781604655087 1604655089 |
| Other | Classic View |