12 Angry Men
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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1997
Drama, Crime
TV Movie
1h 57m
Twelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision. (imdb)
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Directed by:

William Friedkin
William-Friedkin
55 total credits
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. He never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Friedkin became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He went to work for WGN TV immediately after graduating from high school where he started making documentaries, one of which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1962 San Francisco film festival. In 1965, he moved to Hollywood and immediately started directing TV shows.
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Writer:

Reginald Rose
Reginald-Rose
28 total credits
Credits include: 12 Angry Men, 12 Angry Men, Man of the West, The Wild Geese and Whose Life Is It Anyway?
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Starring:

Ossie Davis
Ossie-Davis
77 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client
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Edward James Olmos
Edward-James-Olmos
74 total credits
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is a Mexican American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit...(Wikipedia)
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin-Mueller-Stahl
56 total credits
Credits include: The Game, Eastern Promises, Angels & Demons, The X-Files: Fight the Future and Night on Earth
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Courtney B. Vance
Courtney-B-Vance
56 total credits
Credits include: The Hunt for Red October, Isle of Dogs, Space Cowboys, Terminator Genisys and Dangerous Minds
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George C. Scott
George-C-Scott
63 total credits
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove...(Wikipedia)
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Mykelti Williamson
Mykelti-Williamson
77 total credits
Credits include: Forrest Gump, Heat, Con Air, Lucky Number Slevin and Three Kings
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Dorian Harewood
Dorian-Harewood
45 total credits
Credits include: Full Metal Jacket, Gothika, Sudden Death, 12 Angry Men and The Falcon and the Snowman
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Jack Lemmon
Jack-Lemmon
67 total credits
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival)...(Wikipedia)
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James Gandolfini
James-Gandolfini
54 total credits
Credits include: True Romance, The Man Who Wasn't There, Zero Dark Thirty, 8MM and The Mexican
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Hume Cronyn
Hume-Cronyn
52 total credits
Hume Blake Cronyn, OC was a Canadian actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside his second wife, Jessica Tandy. His first Hollywood film was Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He later appeared in Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944) and worked on the screenplays of Rope (1948) and Under Capricorn (1949). He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in The Seventh Cross (1944)... (Wikipedia)
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Tony Danza
Tony-Danza
36 total credits
Credits include: Don Jon, Angels in the Outfield, 12 Angry Men, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond and Taxi
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William Petersen
William-Petersen
30 total credits
Credits include: Manhunter, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Skulls, To Live and Die in L.A. and Fear
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Franchise:

Twelve Angry Men

Genres:

Drama, Crime

Country:

USA

Language:

English

12 Angry Men

1997
Drama, Crime
TV Movie
1h 57m
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25 Sep 2013
80
77th
George C Scott just lost his cool now we got a movie goin'
20 Sep 2010
70
79th
A strong cast led by Scott and Lemon make for a good remake. Hold me closer Tony Danza.
01 May 2024
80
65th
Unlike Gus Van Sant's Psycho, this film should be studied as a black-and-white to color remake. The original screenwriter makes some inspired updates--taking the original's subtext of racism and classism making them so direct that at times it felt like a spiritual sequel to Do the Right Thing. And the cast is really good--especially Jack Lemmon. I do think a few actors should've been younger, and some boom mics and cameras were visible at times. But those are minor complaints. Recommended.
10 Oct 2023
80
78th
Well, it's a stage play too. If we can have umpteen film versions of Hamlet, we can see how Jack Lemmon essays a character we mostly know because of Henry Fonda. It's a fine film, just a little too not filmy enough, but it's not like the Lemmon version of 12 Angry Men was coming to my city, so I'll take it.
30 May 2022
80
68th
So, why remake it? Two reasons leap out. First, the main idea presented is as relevant today as it ever was, so it was as relevant in 1997 as it was in 1957 as it is today. Second, Friedkin changes the racial dynamics of the piece by using a more diverse cast. Lumet's film touches on racism with Ed Begley's character, but Friedkin brings new elements to the story by, for example, casting Dorian Harewood in Jack Klugman's role .
21 Mar 2022
80
80th
Worth watching purely for the performances.
12 May 2020
9
78th
Not quite as powerful as the '57 version, but a fantastic modernization with a stellar cast.
07 Oct 2017
75
85th
(Rewatched on 22/05/23): There was no reason to remake 12 Angry Men, but Friedkin did an admirable job. It lacks the visual dynamism of Lumet's version, some of the casting choices are questionable (Tony Danza?), and the attempts to update the film to reflect the racial politics of the day are only partially successful. On the plus side, Friedkin assembled a stellar cast, and there is much pleasure to be had watching great actors like Lemmon and Scott going toe-to-toe in late career.
22 Dec 2015
69
70th
Surprisingly decent remake.
10 Aug 2014
90
81st
Like the original, this restaging features a great cast helmed by a fine director. There's some overacting, but the racial integration adds flavor and realism instead of being token and the script never loses its cunning zing no matter how many times one plays it through. But the '57 version is a masterclass in methodical lens and camera use to tell a contained chamber piece, and I'm betrothed to it. But it's such an important story; whichever version has the cast you prefer, you can't go wrong.
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

William Friedkin
William-Friedkin
55 total credits
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. He never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Friedkin became infatuated with Orson Welles after seeing Citizen Kane (1941). He went to work for WGN TV immediately after graduating from high school where he started making documentaries, one of which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1962 San Francisco film festival. In 1965, he moved to Hollywood and immediately started directing TV shows.
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Writer:

Reginald Rose
Reginald-Rose
28 total credits
Credits include: 12 Angry Men, 12 Angry Men, Man of the West, The Wild Geese and Whose Life Is It Anyway?
polygon

Starring:

Ossie Davis
Ossie-Davis
77 total credits
Credits include: Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep, Grumpy Old Men, Dinosaur and The Client
polygon
,
Edward James Olmos
Edward-James-Olmos
74 total credits
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is a Mexican American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit...(Wikipedia)
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,
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin-Mueller-Stahl
56 total credits
Credits include: The Game, Eastern Promises, Angels & Demons, The X-Files: Fight the Future and Night on Earth
polygon
,
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney-B-Vance
56 total credits
Credits include: The Hunt for Red October, Isle of Dogs, Space Cowboys, Terminator Genisys and Dangerous Minds
polygon
,
George C. Scott
George-C-Scott
63 total credits
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove...(Wikipedia)
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,
Mykelti Williamson
Mykelti-Williamson
77 total credits
Credits include: Forrest Gump, Heat, Con Air, Lucky Number Slevin and Three Kings
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,
Dorian Harewood
Dorian-Harewood
45 total credits
Credits include: Full Metal Jacket, Gothika, Sudden Death, 12 Angry Men and The Falcon and the Snowman
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,
Jack Lemmon
Jack-Lemmon
67 total credits
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival)...(Wikipedia)
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James Gandolfini
James-Gandolfini
54 total credits
Credits include: True Romance, The Man Who Wasn't There, Zero Dark Thirty, 8MM and The Mexican
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,
Hume Cronyn
Hume-Cronyn
52 total credits
Hume Blake Cronyn, OC was a Canadian actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside his second wife, Jessica Tandy. His first Hollywood film was Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943). He later appeared in Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944) and worked on the screenplays of Rope (1948) and Under Capricorn (1949). He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in The Seventh Cross (1944)... (Wikipedia)
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,
Tony Danza
Tony-Danza
36 total credits
Credits include: Don Jon, Angels in the Outfield, 12 Angry Men, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond and Taxi
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,
William Petersen
William-Petersen
30 total credits
Credits include: Manhunter, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Skulls, To Live and Die in L.A. and Fear
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Franchise:

Twelve Angry Men

Genres:

Drama, Crime

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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