When as a kid I was engrossed when I first saw it. Watched it a fair free times since and just caught it again on TCM.
In light of what's going on in the world at the moment it took on an even stronger meaning somehow.
I doubt any of you have never seen it but if you haven't you really should.
You are wrong...I've never seen it...
Nor me.
What's it about...?
The only thing I remember about it is it has Henry Fonda in it.
It is indeed a great film. Amazing how absorbing something set in a single room, with no real action to speak of, can be.
Nor me.
What’s it about…?
It’s a drama documentary about the STW Brexit thread.
It's from 1956 and is set in a stiflingly hot room where a jury of 12 men sit to decide the fate of a young Puerto Rican man accused of murdering his father.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/
What happens?
it's great. Lee Cobb is great in it too.
As he is in On The Waterfront, which is another film that anyone who hasn't seen, should see
Wow. Jane Fonda's dad! Really?!
Is it about Leeds United?
Absolutely cracking film.
Should be shown in schools as part of the PSHE curriculum.
Was thinking about this film the other day in the light of current events.
When Michael Brown was executed there was video evidence showing two white, out of town contractors reacting to what they had just seen. One of them was shouting 'he had his hands up', whilst simultaneously raising his own hands above his head, so as not to add any confusion to what he meant whilst he was shouting 'he had his hands up'
The movie in question pivots around the act of seeing. The resolution of the case was came from a piece of incontrovertible evidence based on how we see things. I was thinking that the video evidence I mentioned above would have been sufficient for the 12 angry men to find Officer Wilson guilty of murder and the baseball fan would have got to see the game after all.
Weird you should post this today. I watched it for the first time 2 weeks ago. Every second gripped me. I can't recall the last time I sat though a film without walking about, reading, FB or STW.
Proves one room, superb actors and a great script are all you need.
Best of all the Bloke off Quincy ME was on it.
I haven’t watched it in at least ten years but I felt it had dated when I did see it. Runaway Jury was the last courtroom thing to grab me.
Runaway Jury one my fav films.
I felt it had dated
Well, it is kinda 64 years old! Any film from that far back that hasn't dated in some way?!
One of the kids had to watch as pert of their Philosophy course. I enjoyed it apart from the offspring lecturing me on the bias content.
An Indian guy at work keeps saying its a great film and I should watch it. I will get round to it...
Runaway Jury one my fav films.
I'm going to be that guy and say the book is better!
Probably the only book of his I haven’t found in the inevitable Red Sea hotel “library” of left behind paperbacks.
I've seen it. Definitely great movie, never felt any desire to watch it again though.
I felt it had dated
Well, it is kinda 64 years old! Any film from that far back that hasn’t dated in some way?!
The Mark of Zorro?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oB8NG_yis7w
but I felt it had dated when I did see it.
Yes it’d be surprising if the style/dialogue of didn’t date it. And although it’s one of my favourite films, it does feel sort of wooden and mannered as per movies of the times. See also Hamlet for a more extreme example. But the message survives, and powerfully?
Where it stands up (IMO) is as a window to see how far (or not) we’ve progressed in the last 70 years. Not ‘progressed’ in terms of camera tech, acting-style and dialect ... but in terms of attitude and how someone may or may not gain the ears of their peers via appeal/influence as opposed to via power.
The fact that we are still having the ‘conversation’ over 70 years later...
I don't mind old films.
My go to happy place films are Some Like it Hot, Flying Down to Rio and Top Hat.
I'm more worried that we need to pull these out as examples of how things should be.
A bit worried that there are no more current examples available to show the kidz without patronising them.
I can't imagine my 17yo sitting through 12 Angry Men. Plenty of decent films still getting made though.
Great film, seen it a couple of times. Does have a bit of a "Homework" vibe about it now though for me, the amount of times I've seen it as part of discussions....But if it's on, I'll always settle down to watch it. some fantastic performances in it as well.
In my top ten comfortably.
