12 Angry Men (1997 film)

12 Angry Men is a 1997 television film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the Reginald Rose teleplay of the same title. It is a remake of the film of 1957.

The plot of the film revolves around their difficulty in reaching a unanimous verdict, mainly due to several of the jurors personal prejudices. An initial vote is taken and eleven of the jurors vote for conviction. Juror number 8, the lone dissenter, states that the evidence presented is circumstantial and the boy deserves a fair deliberation, upon which he questions the accuracy and reliability of the only two witnesses to the murder, the fact that the knife used in the murder is not as unusual as testimony promotes he produces an identical one from his pocket, and the overall shady circumstances.Having argued several points, Jurorrequests another vote, this time by secret ballot. He proposed that he would abstain from voting, and if the other eleven jurors voted guilty unanimously, then he would acquiesce to their decision. However, if at least one juror voted not guilty then they would continue deliberating. In a secret ballot Juroris the first to support Juror 8, and not necessarily believing the accused is not guilty, but feeling that Juror 8s points deserve further discussion. After hearing further deliberations concerning whether one witness actually heard the murder take place, Jurorwho grew up in a slum changes his vote to not guilty. This earns criticism from Juror 3, who accuses him of switching only because he had sympathy for slum children. Soon afterward, Juror 11, questioning whether the defendant would have reasonably fled the scene and come back three hours later to retrieve his knife, also changes his vote. After Jurorsandalso decide to vote not guilty to tie the vote at 66, Jurorwho has tickets to a baseball game at 800 that night becomes tired and also changes his vote just so that the deliberation may end, which earns him nothing but shame. When pressed by Juror 11, however, Jurorsays he believes the defendant is not guilty. ........

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