Item #900873 12 Angry Men (1957). Story, Screenplay, Reginald Rose, Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Director, Actor.
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rose, Reginald (Story & Screenplay); Lumet, Sidney (Director); Fonda, Henry (Actor)

12 Angry Men (1957)

The Criterion Collection, 2011.
First Printing. Two-DVD Special Edition.

Henry Fonda is cast as the single dissenting member on a jury of white men passing judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. It is an illuminating snapshot of 1950s America. Two-DVD Special Edition features include:

Disc One:

  • New high-definition digital restoration
  • Frank Schaffner’s 1955 television version, with an introduction by Ron Simon, curator at the Paley Center for Media
  • Production history of 12 Angry Men, from teleplay to big-screen classic
  • Original theatrical trailer

Disc Two:

  • Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet
  • New interview with screenwriter Walter Bernstein about Lumet
  • New interview with Ron Simon about writer Reginald Rose
  • Tragedy in a Temporary Town (1956), a teleplay directed by Lumet and written by Reginald Rose
  • New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Boris Kaufman
Item #900873
ISBN: 9781604655094

Double DVD Disc Special Edition, 96 minutes, black & white, monaural, 1.66:1 aspect ratio. In case, with booklet featuring an essay by writer and law professor Thane Rosenbaum.

Previously owned and opened and in excellent condition.

Price: $20.00