Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)

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She also told the audience of law students that, as a lower-court judge, she would sometimes instruct juries to not follow the film's example, because most of the jurors' conclusions are based on speculation, not fact. In 1963, the West German television channel ZDF produced a film adaptation under the title Die zwölf Geschworenen [ de].

El asunto parece rápido y concreto para la mayoría, claramente, creen culpable al joven acusado de haber asesinado a su padre, pretenden votar y seguir con sus vidas. Juror 8 remarks that the witness, who was trying to sleep when she saw the killing, would not have had glasses on or the time to put them on, making her story questionable. For the rest of his life he would describe how he sat with his peers in a homicide case, helping argue the conviction down from manslaughter to assault. About the filmmaking itself, it’s particularly notable, as Rosenzweig shows us, that the movie was Sidney Lumet’s first, in a career to span more than half a century, including Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, and The Verdict.The verdict will have to be unanimous, of course, and the judge has declared that a “Guilty” verdict will result in execution without appeal.

Angry Men" του μεγάλου και τρανού Sidney Lumet και έπαθα την πλάκα μου, τόσο από το σενάριο και την όλη εξέλιξη της πλοκής, όσο και από τις ερμηνείες, τη σκηνοθεσία και τις διάφορες κοινωνιολογικές προεκτάσεις της υπόθεσης. A few of the 12 came out of the Actors Studio, which along with Kaufman’s cinematography gives some hint as to why Elia Kazan is, to my mind, a kind of invisible presence within the film: something we might have suspected if only because of the deep authenticity of working-class male emotion, and the passionate hatred of injustice behind the depiction of Lee J. He observes she also always dressed up in clothes befitting a younger woman, hence not wearing the eyeglasses in court.The 4th Juror coldly states that people from slums are more likely to be violent, which offends the 5th Juror, who grew up in a slum. The 3rd Juror, a vocal advocate for a conviction, tells a story about his son, who he beat when he was young and who he is now estranged from. Founded by two educators in 1926, Perfection Learning provides high-quality, innovative curriculum solutions to K-12 schools across the country and internationally. Juror 9 reveals that he changed his vote; he respects Juror 8's motives, and agrees that there should be more discussion.