Critical Analysis: 12 ANGRY MEN Patrick L. Milligan ORGL 502 – Organizational Ethics February 22‚ 2013 12 ANGRY MEN Introduction 12 Angry Men is one of the most lauded films in education and for good reason. The subject is timeless; the characters are so real and are easy to relate to. The story line is both touching and thought-provoking. I tend to appreciate detail in movies and this one was no different. The film opens with a long‚ ascending shot of the court house (giving us
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12 Angry Men “Life Is In Their Hands -- Death Is On Their Minds!” The dynamics of group decision-making is the central focus in the film 12 Angry Men. This is one such movie which shows how group dynamics can actually lead to success or failures.12 Angry Men is a classic movie which was released in 1957. In the movie 12 men are put in one single room to discuss a case and reach a final decision on it. Until they don’t come up with a final decision no one is allowed to leave. Group dynamics
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12 ANGRY MEN Twelve Angry Men was created in 1957 and directed by Sidney Lumet. The is basically about a dissenting juror in a murder trial who slowly manages to convince the others that the case they’re examining is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. It begins as an open and shut case of murder‚ but soon becomes
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12 Angry Men Summary Fucking hot in the room…say something about the environment Coach -sets the stage for the negotiation by assigning seats based on juror number -said “you fellas can handle this any way you want to‚ im not going to make any rules”…he should have assumed more of a leadership role from the start -showed signs of becoming a good mediator by redirecting Advertising man’s attention back to the discussion. But then‚ he said to HF “and we might be able to show you were you were
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LETTER RECOMMENDING THE MOTION PICTURE “12 ANGRY MEN” In 1954‚ an understated motion picture was released in theaters. Despite its invigorating content‚ the movie made very little money and was virtually unknown to the vast public for decades. About 25 years ago‚ this movie was rediscovered‚ and has since become an American classic. 12 Angry Men‚ starring Henry Fonda‚ E.G. Marshall‚ and Lee Cobb‚ is the story of twelve jurors who determine the fate of a teenage Puerto Rican boy charged with
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Twelve Angry Men exposes the weaknesses of the jury system as well as its strengths – The Jurors within Twelve Angry Men portray individual aspects of a 1950s American culture‚ all with their own take on the American Jury system. The closed minded‚ sheep like attitudes of the Jurors illustrates the McCathic mentality of the public which directly reflects the weaknesses within the American Jury system. Though flawed in many aspects one juror displays the key strength in the American justice system
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middle aged white men probably coming from the middle class. Even from this first impression‚ admiring the effort of the film to achieve diversity‚ signs of prejudice appear. Specifically‚ the fact that all of them are men and moreover white men represents main biases of that period. Additionally‚ as it is mentioned to Sheldon’s Theory about the biases‚ the somatotype of each person declares in a certain way its character and this can be noticed by the selection of the characters and their match with
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think there are three leaders and one manager in this movie‚ the manager is the 1st judger‚ and the 3rd‚ 8th & 10th judgers are the leaders. The following is our description for them. Firstly‚ for the 1st judger‚ we thought him as a manager. Because from the outset‚ he performed the manager’s role very well‚ made the ballot for everybody‚ drew up the rules‚ statements of rights and responsibilities of each person‚ and safeguard the rights of each person at real-time. We think that he arrange every
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Reginald Rose‚ After viewing and reading the various versions of your play‚ 12 Angry Men‚ I believe that there is room to state that it is a ‘timeless’ play. After being written in 1955‚ it was re-created at least a further three times at different stages in history with extremely minor differences. The attention to detail that you have included in 12 Angry Men makes your play timeless. Through the themes‚ characters‚ language and structure of the play‚ viewers and or readers are able to connect
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12 Angry Men This movie shows and displays many social psychological events. In the beginning we see the jury of twelve men which would normally lead to a groupthink phenomenon. Group think is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people that show a desire for harmony and conformity within the group. (Myers p. 291) Which would result in an incorrect decision making and wrong outcome‚ and the incorrect decision would be the life of the boy. In the movie we see eleven jurors
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