12 Angry Men is a 1957 American drama film adapted from the Reginald Rose play, Twelve Angry Men. Directed by first-time director Sidney Lumet, the film tells the story of a jury member who tries to persuade the other eleven members to acquit the suspect on trial on the basis of reasonable doubt. The film is notable for its almost exclusive use of one set: with the exception of three minutes of screen-time split between the beginning and the end on the steps of the court building and two short scenes in an adjoining washroom, the entire movie takes place in the jury room. Apart from two of the jurors swapping names while leaving the courthouse, no names are used in the film: the defendant is referred to as 'the boy' and the witnesses as the 'old man' and 'the lady across the street'. In 2007, 12 Angry Men was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'.
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One of my favorite movies. Henry Fonda provides a superb performance in this powerful drama which keeps you on the edge of your seat to the very last image on the screen. Watch it!
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