12 Angry Men -1957-

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A truly great movie!
This movie is a really powerful demonstration of the "art" of movie making as it is hard to find today. Pure content, no special effects, a simple setting - yet extremely exciting, makes you wanna continue watching until the last minute. A true classic!

You get what you pay for.
It's the same classic we all know and love, except it's in it's anniversary edition and quickly delivered by Amazon.com. Enjoy the movie.....again.

Enter the jury room and hold on to your values
Henry Fonda stars with Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall and a nine other fine character actors in this classic courtroom drama from 1957. Despite the black-and-white filming and dated costume and props, this story still packs a terrific punch, mainly due to terrific writing and careful attention to dramatic unities of time, place and action. The story itself has an elegant simplicity to it: a young man is on trial for the murder of his father, and as the film opens we see the jury (12 white men of various distinctive types) being ushered into the jury room to decide his fate. Eleven of these men are outraged by the brutality of the crime and anxious to return a "guilty" verdict. Only one (Henry Fonda) questions the defendant's guilt. Using various debating techniques, Fonda reveals his doubts about the various pieces of evidence offered by the prosecution, and gradually begins to put "reasonable doubt" into the minds of his fellow jurors. The conflict in this film (which is pretty much a recording of a stage drama) is between the jurors, not between the alleged murderer and his father, so there's no action in this film beyond 12 angry men heatedly arguing the case. Some viewers may be turned off by the story's preachiness - admittedly the film is pretty heavy-handed in its liberal bias - but it's still a powerful and soul-stirring evocation of one of Americans' crucial human rights: the trial by jury. Our judicial system may not be perfect, but this film certainly is. A must for high school civics class, and a stunning rebuttal to those who doubt that one man can make a difference in this world.

One of the true great masterpieces
Excellent film with an extraordinary cast & plot regarding 12 jurors who have to deliberate on a man's fate. Well written & the performances by the cast are superb. Most notably Henry Fonda & Lee J. Cobb. Robert Webber (Juror 12) was so handsome, sadly he passed away awhile back of ALS at the age of 64 (he bore a strong resemblance to Kevin McCarthy, though I find Mr. Webber to be the sexier of the two). It was an added treat seeing him in this picture even though I wish he were given more to do in the film to showcase his talent better. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys true movies with an absorbing plot from a time when cinema was cinema.

12 Angry Men a Winner
The Jason Robards/George C. Scott version is maybe even better (color). But this version has the special features that the Robards version does not.