Today’s movie is a drama that happens on July 13. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
On July 13, 1956 [the entire film] a murder trial is held in NYC. Initially only Juror 8 has any doubts about the defendant’s guilt. He establishes that a witness could not have heard the accused say “I’m going to kill you” to the victim due to the noise from a passing elevated train. Juror 8 also shows that this witness could not have gotten to the door in time to see the accused run out of the murder apartment. Juror 8 later shows that under stress the accused might have forgotten the name of the movie he had gone to see at the time of the murder. Several of the jurors evidence ethnic bias against the accused. Juror 9 shows that a female witness who supposedly saw the murder wore glasses, but probably was not wearing them when she saw the killing. The last juror finally changes his vote, giving a unanimous “not guilty”.
In the film at 8:36 mention is made of an Indians at Yankees baseball game, which occurred on this date. It is established in conversation that it is a Friday, which July 13 was in 1956.
Producers - Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose
Director - Sidney Lumet
Screenwriter - Reginald Rose
Awards – The film was nominated for the Best Picture, Best Diector and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars at the 30th Academy Awards.
Runtime – 1 hour 36 minutes
Released – April 13, 1957
Starring –
Martin Balsam as Juror #1
John Fiedler as Juror #2
Lee J. Cobb as Juror #3
E. G. Marshall as Juror #4
Jack Klugman as Juror #5
Edward Binns as Juror #6
Jack Warden as Juror #7
Henry Fonda as Juror #8
Joseph Sweeney as Juror #9
Ed Begley as Juror #10
George Voskovec as Juror #11
Robert Webber as Juror #12
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
No comments:
Post a Comment