Thursday, March 12, at 2:00 p.m. in the OPL Gainey Room:
12 Angry Men 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. Director Sidney Lumet’s electrifying snapshot of 1950s America on the verge of change is one of the great feature film debuts.
This film is not rated.
Run time: 1 hour, 43 minutes