Twelve Angry Men


	"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates 12 Angry Men
	Menu: Resources Trevenen Notes Cast and Credits Number 1 - Foreman: Martin Balsom Number 2: John Fieldler Number 3: Lee J. Cobb Number 4: E. G. Marshall Number 6: Edward Binns Number 7: Jack Warden Number 8: Henry Fonda Number 9: Joseph Sweeney Number 10: Ed Begley Number 11: George Voskovec Number 12: Robert Webber Directed by Sidney Lumet Screenplay by Reginald Rose Resources Review for 12 Angry Men (1957) A Review by Steve Rhodes Review by Steve Rhodes for Internet Movie Database. He gives it four out of four stars. Learning Guide to 12 Angry Men Contains discussion questions and gives a review for the appropriateness for class use. 12 Angry Men "Is-It-Worth-It" Guide Reviews by Ms. Linda Holmes for Popcorn Lobby.com. Notes Twelve Angry Men is one of the great movies. It has tight, dramatic dialogue, interesting character exposition, excellent pacing and powerful acting by one of the best ensemble casts ever put together in the moives. But, the movie begins with a mistake. Within the first three minutes, before we get to the jury room, we see the courtroom where the bored, disinterested judge gives the jury its instructions. As the twelve men move into the deliberations room, one looks back at the defendent - and we see him. This is a mistake. First, because we should never see the defendent. The boy on trial should be a faceless unknown. It is a mistake in the second place because of the face Sidney Lumet attaches to the defendent. It is the face of a pathetic, mouse of a boy. The eyes of the boy are large and pleading to the jury as they leave the courtroom. It is the face the audience would want to be innocent. There should not be this prejudice on the part of the audience. It is a mistake. E-mail Thomas Trevenen Copyright 2001-2002 by Thomas Trevenen Number of visitors since January 8, 2001: Back to Top