12 Angry Men (1957) Director: Sydney Lumet
“It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.”
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12 Angry Men is a wonderful and compelling courtroom drama -almost the entirety of the film was shot inside a courtroom while a jury deliberates. The film was based on the earlier teleplay by Reginald Rose for the drama television program Studio One (it won him an Emmy). The film features an all-star cast of some of the greatest actors of the 1950s and 1960s. While it was hailed as a critical masterpiece of Hollywood courtroom drama, 12 Angry Men was a box office flop.
12 Angry Men uniquely explores notions of groupthink and consensus-building as well as the nature of reasonable doubt in our justice system. Throughout the film keen students of cinematography will notice as…
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