87. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Running Time: 96 Minutes
Director: Sidney Lumet
Date Watched: 2/11/2011 Medium: DVD

Summary (from imdb.com): "The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room. "

Molly: (3.5 out of 5 stars): "A little over-acted and it definitely had an agenda, but it was a good story and I enjoyed watching it a second time."

Nick (3.5 out of 5 stars): "It was refreshing to see a movie that was completely dialogue driven that held my attention."

Random Movie Facts (from IMDb.com):

• Because the painstaking rehearsals for the film lasted an exhausting two weeks, filming had to be completed in an unprecedented 21 days.
• At the beginning of the film, the cameras are all positioned above eye level and mounted with wide-angle lenses to give the appearance of greater distance between the subjects. As the film progresses the cameras slip down to eye level. By the end of the film, nearly all of it is shot below eye level, in close-up and with telephoto lenses to increase the encroaching sense of claustrophobia.
• Nominated for 3 Oscars, the film lost out in all its categories to The Bridge on the River Kwai.