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12 Angry Men
from Orion Home Video
starring Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Hume Cronyn, Ossie Davis, Courtney B. Vance
directed by William Friedkin

Features:

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• NTSC

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A little to "COLORFUL!"
  The cast in this film was not the best, don't get me wrong George C. Scott, Jack Lemmon, & Hume Cronyn are wonderful in this movie, but the rest of the cast was not very good at all. As for it being to "COLORFUL" it had to many African Americans and they were very rude to white cast in the film. I think your best sticking with original from '57 with Henry Fonda. If your just buying it for the reasons I did for George C. Scott, Jack Lemmon, & Hume Cronyn you'll like their acting only they are the... more info

• Will it be '57 or '97? Both perhaps?
  '57 is a classic par excellence, but '97 does offer some interesting new features. I use both of the films as a means of processing a vast array of psychological concepts while working with first and second year college students. When I first stop the '97 version, I ask students if they heard anything at the onset of the film. There is a clever insertion of the line, "I'm gonna' kill you," as the sound track presents us with noise of a passing El train. Many of my students can't identify what the voice... more info

• 12 Moody Guys
  Watching this 1997 version of 12 ANGRY MEN recently, I was struck by the fact that four of the 12 actors in key roles here have since passed away. That has absolutely nothing to do with the film's quality, of course (or nothing directly to do with it), but it is striking that key members of this impressive cast--and of course, I'm referring to Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Hume Cronyn and Ossie Davis-- have gone on to that jury box in the sky.
  As I say, the fact that these great actors have all died... more info

• cast is too damn old!
  Listen, the actors performing here are all outstanding. The problem is that the script was written for a group of much younger men.
  I mean, come on! George C. Scott in Lee Cobb's original role does that corny, over-acted ending about being stabbed with the knife by his son - he looks like he's in his '90s here -
  What's his son? Seventy? Get over it, George! It's just ridiculous.
  Forget this film - see the play or buy the original film.

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