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The Resource 12 angry men, Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Orion/Nova productions ; a United Artists presentation ; story and screenplay by Reginald Rose ; produced by Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose ; directed by Sidney Lumet

12 angry men, Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Orion/Nova productions ; a United Artists presentation ; story and screenplay by Reginald Rose ; produced by Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose ; directed by Sidney Lumet

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Composer
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Director
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Summary
A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (96 minutes)
Note
  • Based on the television drama of the same title by Reginald Rose
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957
  • Special features, disc 1: "The television version" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, with an introduction by Ron Simon (Sept. 26, 1954); "12 angry men : from television to the big screen" (interview with film scholar Vance Kepley); theatrical trailer
  • Special features, disc 2: archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet; new interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein; new interview with Ron Simon about television writer Reginald Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey; "Tragedy in a small town," a 1956 teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Reginald Rose
  • Accompanying booklet contains the essay "Lumet's faces" by Thane Rosenbaum
Isbn
9781604655094
Instance
Label
12 angry men
Title
12 angry men
Statement of responsibility
Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Orion/Nova productions ; a United Artists presentation ; story and screenplay by Reginald Rose ; produced by Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose ; directed by Sidney Lumet
Title variation
Twelve angry men
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Artistic director
Composer
Director
Director of photography
Film editor
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A jury of white men is ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. However, one juror forces the others to consider whether the evidence--or the jurors' own prejudices--influences their deliberations. The story plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room
Member of
Awards note
National Film Registry selection, 2007
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • 12 angry men (Motion picture)
  • Studio One (Television program)
Credits note
Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; film editor, Carl Lerner ; music composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins ; art director, Robert Markel ; associate producer, George Justin
Language note
English dialogue with optional English captions
PerformerNote
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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1924-2011,
  • 1905-1982,
  • 1924-2020,
  • 1911-1976,
  • 1901-1970,
  • 1914-1998,
  • 1919-1996,
  • 1925-2005,
  • 1916-1990,
  • -1963,
  • 1905-1981,
  • 1924-1989,
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  • Lumet, Sidney
  • Rose, Reginald,
  • Fonda, Henry
  • Kaufman, Boris,
  • Lerner, Carl,
  • Hopkins, Kenyon,
  • Markell, Robert J.
  • Cobb, Lee J.
  • Begley, Ed
  • Marshall, E. G.
  • Warden, Jack,
  • Balsam, Martin
  • Fiedler, John
  • Klugman, Jack,
  • Binns, Edward
  • Sweeney, Joseph
  • Voskovec, Jiří
  • Webber, Robert
  • Rose, Reginald
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Orion-Nova Productions (Firm)
  • United Artists Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
96
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
591
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  • Trials (Murder)
  • Jurors
  • Abused children
  • Parricide
  • Capital punishment
Technique
live action
Label
12 angry men, Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Orion/Nova productions ; a United Artists presentation ; story and screenplay by Reginald Rose ; produced by Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose ; directed by Sidney Lumet
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the television drama of the same title by Reginald Rose
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957
  • Special features, disc 1: "The television version" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, with an introduction by Ron Simon (Sept. 26, 1954); "12 angry men : from television to the big screen" (interview with film scholar Vance Kepley); theatrical trailer
  • Special features, disc 2: archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet; new interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein; new interview with Ron Simon about television writer Reginald Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey; "Tragedy in a small town," a 1956 teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Reginald Rose
  • Accompanying booklet contains the essay "Lumet's faces" by Thane Rosenbaum
Accompanying material
1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
755101884
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (96 minutes)
Isbn
9781604655094
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
715515089319
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2092D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)755101884
System details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD
Label
12 angry men, Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Orion/Nova productions ; a United Artists presentation ; story and screenplay by Reginald Rose ; produced by Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose ; directed by Sidney Lumet
Publication
Note
  • Based on the television drama of the same title by Reginald Rose
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957
  • Special features, disc 1: "The television version" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, with an introduction by Ron Simon (Sept. 26, 1954); "12 angry men : from television to the big screen" (interview with film scholar Vance Kepley); theatrical trailer
  • Special features, disc 2: archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet; new interview about the director with writer Walter Bernstein; new interview with Ron Simon about television writer Reginald Rose; new interview with cinematographer John Bailey; "Tragedy in a small town," a 1956 teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Reginald Rose
  • Accompanying booklet contains the essay "Lumet's faces" by Thane Rosenbaum
Accompanying material
1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
755101884
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Extent
2 videodiscs (96 minutes)
Isbn
9781604655094
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other control number
715515089319
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2092D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)755101884
System details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD

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