Another fabulous film. I've got a fair sized collection of Hitch films - absolutely brilliant director. It's makes me laugh when people talk about cinematic masterpieces made in the past few years, as Hitchcock was making films every bit as enjoyable with a fraction of the assistance modern technology gives modern film makers.
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12 Angry Men (1957)
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Good shout.
Lower West Stander
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Although Henry Fonda was superb, the performance of Lee J Cobb in Twelve Angry Men is the finest piece of acting I have seen
MattBackHome
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Actually - just remembering - wasn't QUINCY in it too?
Tubby Mondays
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"Does the name Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?"......
Poor brave Hungarian peasant girl
JOLovegrove
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Never seen it, however, I know my mum raves about it. I do really want to see it, however I remember another class watched it, they said, and I quote: "The most boring film ever made..."
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Gullzone
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brilliant film
How is Forest Gump rated so high up?
Actually - just remembering - wasn't QUINCY in it too?
He was and is the only member of the jury still alive.
jezzer
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12 Angry Men one of my top ten films of all time, I first saw it when i was about 13 one hot friday nite on the beeb and it was even more enthralling cos as it was so humid during some scenes in the film and so hot when i was watching it you could feel the stifling, unique atmosphere all the more.
The acting is just incredible for a mid 50s film and as you say Lee J Cobbs performance was unbelievable, but all of them are so well cast, henry fonda, a young jack klugman, etc, the film is a perfect example of showing how individual`s jobs, lives, race and upbringing affect their opinions and prejudices in a jury setting. But the film is more than that because it shows just about every human emotion and character traits, tension, anger, prejudice, jealousy, class systems, humour, argument, impatience, all rolled into one.
Got it on DVD and will dig it out and watch it again soon im sure. To me, the sort of film you can never remake.
rear window is another stellar film too, the camerawork, the script, the tension, brilliant.
The acting is just incredible for a mid 50s film and as you say Lee J Cobbs performance was unbelievable, but all of them are so well cast, henry fonda, a young jack klugman, etc, the film is a perfect example of showing how individual`s jobs, lives, race and upbringing affect their opinions and prejudices in a jury setting. But the film is more than that because it shows just about every human emotion and character traits, tension, anger, prejudice, jealousy, class systems, humour, argument, impatience, all rolled into one.
Got it on DVD and will dig it out and watch it again soon im sure. To me, the sort of film you can never remake.
rear window is another stellar film too, the camerawork, the script, the tension, brilliant.
Dover
Home at Last.
It's my best film of all time.
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
Just finished watching it again, I'd forgotten how short it is!
Very good though.
Very good though.