Final Draft Compare Juror #8 and Juror #3 One of the top one hundred movies of all time according to the American Film Institute (number 87 to be exact)‚ “12 Angry Men”‚ a play written by Reginald Rose‚ is considered a household classic today and the definition of a quality movie. Unlike many of the movies today‚ 12 Angry Men doesn’t use vulgar language‚ have raunchy sex scenes‚ or any type of real violence throughout the movie‚ but yet it is still considered a classic. “12 Angry Men” is the captivating
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12 Angry Men Analysis The movie 12 Angry Men is a very abstract movie. It gets the audience thinking about the clues and the fact of the matter which is if the boy is actually guilty. This movie shows many of the concepts that are talked about in our book and in our class. The movie is about an 18 year old boy whose mother has died when he was 9. He has lived in many orphanages and has a juvenile record. His father has been in and out of jail for many things‚ and on one night that the boy
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Had To Use Thinking Skills In Twelve Angry Men‚ a young man is on trial for stabbing and killing his father. The movie focuses on twelve randomly selected citizens who are assigned the duty of determining the fate of this 19 year old man. The jury is supposed to examine certain facts and determine the truth based solely on the evidence presented to them in court. It is assumed that the jurors will judge fairly and without personal bias. Basically‚ the jurors need to use critical thinking during
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The movie 12 Angry Men is about the jury deliberation in a criminal case against an eighteen year old Latino who is accused of stabbing his father to death. It starts after the defense and the prosecution have presented all the evidence and the jury goes to the jury room to decide the guilt or innocence of this man. The whole movie takes place in the jury room. The case was supposed to be an open and shut case with all the evidence proving the Latino was guilty. Eleven jurors found the man guilty
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Juror # 1: He is the foreman on this jury. He takes his role very seriously but is seen at times to lose control of the proceedings of the group of jury members that he is supposed to oversee. Juror # 2: He seems to be the most timid and nervous member of the jury. He is easily swayed by the opinion of others. Juror # 3: He is the most vociferous member of the jury. He has some very strong opinions which at times appear to not be backed by any logic. His character shows some signs of sadism ingrained
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something for which people over centuries have been willing to struggle and even die. Examples of Justice are novels 12 Angry Men and The Green Mile. 12 Angry Men is a novel written by Reginald Rose in 1955. The story takes place in 1957 in the jury-room of a New York Court of Law. It is about a young delinquent who is on trial for the murder of his aggressive farther. Eleven jurors are directed by the judge to gather on a hot afternoon to declare if there is any reasonable doubt as to why the boy
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be “get out of jury duty” or “jury duty excuses”. However‚ we fail to realize that the role of a juror is essential to the United States justice system‚ we also fail to realize that every single juror counts. We often hear of jurors conforming‚ and switching their votes to the majority vote in hopes of going home‚ but this is not the case in “12 Angry Men”. In Sidney Lumet’s feature film “12 Angry Men”‚ we are given insight to the pressures of social psychology and how one man strives to overcome
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Guilty or Not Guilty 8 million people a year serve jury duty. Choosing 12 individuals to make a life or death decision can be dangerous because people dread jury duty‚ people are biased‚ and some people lack more intelligence than others. Reginald Rose demonstrated this in his play Twelve Angry Men he wrote for television. Viewers saw these dangers expressed through the characters in the play. Many people dislike receiving an envelope saying they have to serve jury duty. People not liking
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relationship with each other and the other jurors in the play and in the movie versions of Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men. There aren’t any changes made to the key part of the story but yet the minor changes made in making the movie adaptation produce a different picture than what one imagines when reading the drama in the form of a play. First off‚ the settings in the movie are a great deal more fleshed out. In the play‚ the scene begins with the jurors regarding the judge’s final statements concerning
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Group Dynamics in 12 Angry Men In the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men‚ group dynamics are portrayed through a jury deliberation. Group dynamics is concerned with the structure and functioning of groups as well as the different types of roles each character plays. In the film‚ twelve men are brought together in a room to decide whether a boy is guilty of killing his father. The personality conflicts‚ the joint effort and the functioning of several minds together to search for the truth are just a few
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