FILM 1159: 12 ANGRY MEN
TRIVIA: At the beginning of the
film, the cameras are all positioned above eye level and mounted with
wide-angle lenses to give the appearance of greater distance between the
subjects. As the film progresses the cameras slip down to eye level. By the end
of the film, nearly all of it is shot below eye level, in close-up and with
telephoto lenses to increase the encroaching sense of claustrophobia.
The movie is commonly used in
business schools and workshops to illustrate team dynamics and conflict
resolution techniques.
Nominated for 3 Oscars, the film
lost out in all its categories to The Bridge on
the River Kwai (1957).
Sidney Lumet had the
actors all stay in the same room for hours on end and do their lines over and
over without taping them. This was to give them a real taste of what it would
be like to be cooped up in a room with the same people.
In 12 Angry Men (1997) Lee J. Cobb's character
was played by George C.
Scott. Making it the second time Scott followed Cobb in portraying
the same character. He did it previously, playing the character of "Lt.
Kinderman" in The Exorcist
III (1990), the same character Cobb played in the original film The Exorcist (1973).
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