Sidney Lumet

The film 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet, is a courtroom drama with, well: twelve angry men trapped inside a steaming hot room, keen to deliver a verdict about a minority teen convicted of murdering his father. According to IMDb, the film made it’s debut in April of 1957, this film tested the boundaries between race relations and the effect of an all-white jury during the high peaks of the civil rights movement. The film revolves around a young man, most likely Puerto Rican although his ethnicity is never disclosed, who is convicted of killing his father. Before you are introduced in the film, the prosecution has already laid down the motive, the murder weapon, the witnesses, and the accused. All that’s left is the trial. The movie starts with…

The movie “12 Angry Men” was a movie that was mainly in a jury room. The movie was about twelve men who were in a jury, trying to decide if the kid was guilty or not guilty for killing his father. There were multiple plot twists and interesting things about this movie. Henry Fonda played a character that stood against all of the people at the beginning and started arguing that the person was not guilty. Lee Cobb plays a character that is emotionally involved. Cobb is angry and screams at…

Mariela Zuniga At the end of the play, the reader does not find out whether the defendant is guilty or innocent. Discuss with reasons whether this is a strength or weakness in the story line. “Twelve Angry Men” is a play that takes place in 1957. This play focuses on deciding whether the defendant, the boy, is innocent or guilty of the crime of stabbing his father to death. The people of the jury hold the boy’s fate in their hands since they are the ones that decide if he is guilty or innocent.…

12 Angry Men Essay The movie, “Twelve Angry Men” can enlighten us on the topic of small group communication, giving an understanding both good and bad, about the structure and makeup of a group. As the story unfolds, it becomes evident that the jury must reach a decision of guilty or not guilty judgement in a capital murder case. The man on trial is a Latino teenager, accused of murdering his abusive father. If the young man is found guilty, he will be sentenced to death. While examining the…

The play Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose should be read in schools. The play takes place during the 1950s, and is about a jury comprised of white males. In the trial, the defendant, a teenage boy, is on trial for murdering his father after he claims his father abused him. Like everyone, all the jurors have some prejudices about the defendant and opinions of the case before they begin to deliberate. While these twelve men try to reach a unanimous decision, some jurors are unwilling to change…

Standing up alone for what you believe is right is a hard thing for anyone to do, adults in a jury or teenagers in high school. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose details the deliberation of a jury over the fate of a sixteen year old boy accused of killing his father. When the jury first attempts to take a vote on whether the verdict should be innocent guilty, the vote is eleven to one in favor of guilty with Juror Eight standing alone on the side of innocence. He then proceeds to prove to the…

The film 12 Angry Men is a dramatization of twelve men that serve as a jury in a trial for a teenage boy accused of murdering his father. The film explores the complications that may cloud the judgment of everyday men as they deliberate the guilt or exoneration of the defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt. The decision must be unanimous for a guilty verdict will result in a mandatory death sentence. The jury of twelve is tasked with the ethical responsibility of patiently reviewing the…

Title: Fallacies in 12 Angry Men Name: Niharika Roll No: 13110068 Word Count: 1049 12 Angry Men is a 1957 American drama film adapted from teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. The movie has depicted the story of a jury made of 12 men who tries to decide on the acquittal of the defendent on the basis of many doubts. The movie is full of fallacious arguments by the twelve jury members. Any argument with a poor reasoning behind it is called fallacy. An argument can be a…

Movie Summary: The movie 12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama; the synopsis of the film surrounds 12 jury men that must reach a verdict in a murder case. The 12 men presented in the movie play the crucial roles of the jury, as they are sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an inner city 18-year-old Latino teen accused of stabbing his father to death. The premises of the movie takes place in the jury chambers where the 12 all-white jury men must decide…

In the play “Twelve Angry Men”, a group of twelve jurors is deciding the fate of a young boy accused of murdering his father. As a play portraying the debate of a jury in a murder trial the entire play structured around the theme of stubbornness and taking a stand. In the beginning of the act the conflict is set in motion by, Juror No. Eights “not guilty” vote. Juror No. Eight is stubborn in refusing to give in to the other mans “guilty” vote, because of his strong view on the situation. By the…