12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men, by Sidney Lumet, may be the most radical courtroom drama in cinema history. A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system that is as riveting as it is spare, this iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose’s teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the dissenting member on a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. The result is a saga of epic proportions that plays out over a tense afternoon in one sweltering room. Lumet’s electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature film debuts.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Frank Schaffner’s 1955 teleplay of 12 Angry Men, from the series Studio One, featuring an introduction by Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Media
- Production history of 12 Angry Men, from teleplay to big-screen classic
- Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet
- New interview with screenwriter Walter Bernstein about Lumet
- New interview with Simon about writer Reginald Rose
- Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose
- New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Boris Kaufman
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum
New cover illustration by Sean Phillips, design by Eric Skillman
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Frank Schaffner’s 1955 teleplay of 12 Angry Men, from the series Studio One, featuring an introduction by Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Media
- Production history of 12 Angry Men, from teleplay to big-screen classic
- Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet
- New interview with screenwriter Walter Bernstein about Lumet
- New interview with Simon about writer Reginald Rose
- Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose
- New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Boris Kaufman
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum
New cover illustration by Sean Phillips, design by Eric Skillman
Cast
- Martin Balsam
- Juror 1
- John Fiedler
- Juror 2
- Lee J. Cobb
- Juror 3
- E. G. Marshall
- Juror 4
- Jack Klugman
- Juror 5
- Edward Binns
- Juror 6
- Jack Warden
- Juror 7
- Henry Fonda
- Juror 8
- Joseph Sweeney
- Juror 9
- Ed Begley
- Juror 10
- George Voskovec
- Juror 11
- Robert Webber
- Juror 12
Credits
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writer
- Reginald Rose
- Producer
- Henry Fonda
- Producer
- Reginald Rose
- Associate producer
- George Justin
- Music
- Kenyon Hopkins
- Cinematographer
- Boris Kaufman
- Editor
- Carl Lerner
- Art director
- Robert Markel
- Sound
- James A. Gleason
- Makeup
- Herman Buchman
Edition introduction to 12 Angry Men
