12 Angry Men (#591) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

[fariz]

One of the greatest movie of all time, first directorial debut from the late Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men, is coming to Blu-ray, courtesy of Criterion

Release date: November 22, 2011
Purchase: Amazon

United States
1957
96 minutes
Black and White
1.66:1
English

12 Angry Men, by Sidney Lumet, may be the most radical courtroom drama in cinema history. A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system that is as riveting as it is spare, this iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose’s teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the dissenting member on a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. The result is a saga of epic proportions that plays out over a tense afternoon in one sweltering room. Lumet’s electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature film debuts.

Disc Features:

1. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncom*pressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
2. Frank Schaffner’s 1955 teleplay of 12 Angry Men, from the series Studio One, featuring an introduction by Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Media
3. Production history of 12 Angry Men, from teleplay to big-screen classic
4. Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet
5. New interview with screenwriter Walter Bernstein about Lumet
6. New interview with Simon about writer Reginald Rose
7. New interview with cinematographer John Bailey in which he discusses cinematographer Boris Kaufman
8. Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Rose
9. New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Boris Kaufman
10. Original theatrical trailer
11. PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum

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Three reasons:

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[Horhay]

I was wondering if they would hit Blu-ray anytime soon. I am looking forward to it!

 

[digitalbabe]

Bump, releases next week

 

[biscuitnoir]

I was wondering if they would hit Blu-ray anytime soon. I am looking forward to it!

I want a steelbook of this, this is my favorite movie ever

 

[thelordofthegeeks]

This might be worth a buy.

 

[RodneyOz]

With my copy of this finally winging its way to me from Amazon, I'm curious if the finished product will match the art used in advertising in having jurors 11 and 12 in switched positions on the cover ;-)

 

[abad21]

Hallo bro Fariz. Nice thread

 

[PunkNinja]

In my opinion one of the best film of all time.

 

[Horhay]

Added three reasons to OP.

 

[ash333]

A Must-have in every film/movie fan's library. I would love to have the entire Criterion Collection in SteelBook format