Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)

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La historia se desarrolla presentando en que se fundamentan estas dudas, la seriedad con que se debe tomar estas resoluciones y la ligereza con la que muchas veces son consideradas, además de los prejuicios y discriminación presentes al ver los hechos. In 2004–05, the British producer/director Guy Masterson directed a hugely successful Australian version of his hit Edinburgh 2003 production, produced by Arts Projects Australia and Adrian Bohm [9] at QPAC Brisbane, Sydney Theatre and Melbourne Athenaeum. Shane Bourne played as Juror 3, Peter Phelps as Juror 4, Marcus Graham as Juror 8, George Kapiniaris as Juror 2, and Henri Szeps as Juror 9. [10] This production won three Melbourne Green Room Awards and a nomination for "Best Play" at the Sydney Helpmann Awards. His teleplay The Incredible World of Horace Ford was the basis for an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1963 starring Pat Hingle, Nan Martin, and Ruth White. The episode was broadcast on April 18, 1963, on CBS as Episode 15 of Season Four. The theme was how the past is always glorified due to the repression and self-censorship of the negative aspects. We remember the good while we forget the bad. The teleplay had originally appeared as a Studio One episode in 1955. After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway.

I remember watching the movie in class and enjoyed it so much, so I just had to read the book! Honestly, this should be a compulsory read or watch for everyone in school A businessman and distraught father, opinionated and stubborn with a temper; the main antagonist. The twelfth to vote "not guilty". La acción transcurre en una tarde calurosa de verano de 1957, en una corte de la ciudad de Nueva York y se inicia cuando un juez advierte a los doce jurados sobre su importante labor... In 1963, the West German television channel ZDF produced a film adaptation under the title Die zwölf Geschworenen [ de]. [18]I love Juror 8 for being able, and more importantly, WILLING to really take the responsibility of someone's life and death seriously and think about it with an open mind. There's a little dialogue which, in the audio, was probably about 30 seconds long and which really summed up this book for me. One of the jurors accuses another of not understanding the phrase "reasonable doubt". He gets pissed, or MORE pissed, and the scene devolves into another shouting match, and the moment passes... but for me, that's the book right there. The guilty voters were bullheadedly refusing to sway because they couldn't stop seeing the case in reverse: Guilty until PROVEN innocent. What you get with this audiobook is the experience of listening to the L.A. Theater Works production being performed by seasoned actors in front of a live audience. The acting is first rate and you'll recognize their names. I assure you, it's something you won't want to miss.

Doce hombres sin piedad (1954), del guionista norteamericano Reginald Rose (1920-2002), es una breve obra de teatro, que parece sencilla, pero puede que contenga una rica complejidad temática humana y social, que, por lo tanto, motive la reflexión y el diálogo más allá de su lectura.Y eso es lo que, de algún modo, influyó en mi apreciación. The That Girl episode "Eleven Angry Men and That Girl", has the show's main character Ann Marie convince a jury that a person who was accused of domestic violence should be found innocent, only to see them strike their spouse in court after the verdict is announced.Episode 6 in series 12 ("Jury") of the sitcom Not Going Out is set in a jury room with multiple references to Twelve Angry Men.

Angry Lebanese is a 2009 documentary film that chronicles efforts to stage an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men with inmates inside Beirut's Roumieh Prison. [14] Mas supongo que su riqueza sobrepasa lo argumental.Temas como la justicia, el juicio por jurados, las posibilidades humanas de equivocarse, la labor de los abogados, los prejuicios, las características socioeconómicas de los acusados, la duda razonable o la presunción de inocencia, la pena de muerte, el peligro de los juicios precipitados y demás cuestiones que pueden influir en un proceso judicial, aparecen en el texto. Así como la dificultad para desprenderse de los prejuicios para buscar una verdad, la influencia de los intereses y experiencias personales, las presiones sociales, la ignorancia e indiferencia hacia los otros, la proyección, la empatía, el considerar al otro o ponerse un momento en su lugar. También, el valor del tiempo, del ser humano, del diálogo y de la valentía o la lucha por lo que uno cree correcto o importante o justo, aunque se diferencie del resto, y la aceptación de la responsabilidad y las consecuencias de nuestros actos, son tenidos en cuenta. Es decir, cuestiones sociales y humanas, que aún cuando parezcan ajenas, nos involucran a todos. All of us wants Juror #8 to be sitting on our jury if we are accused of a crime, so each of us should try to be Juror #8 if we are ever in a position of such authority over another person. The good old golden rule.Cada jurado presenta una personalidad bien definida, termina exponiendo su personalidad conforme el debate avanza entre la lógica de los hechos, peleas, amenazas y las cuestiones moral, especialmente destacable esto último, Reginald se tomó su tiempo y las plantea de manera tan sencilla como una conversación pero para nada carente de la profundidad necesaria. I love how, in himself, he displays all of the negativity that he is condemning the defendant for. But he's so blinded by his anger that he can't see it. In 2004, the Roundabout Theatre Company presented a Broadway production of the play at the American Airlines Theatre, starring Boyd Gaines as Juror No. 8, with James Rebhorn (No. 4), Philip Bosco (No. 3), and Robert Prosky as the voice of the judge. [7] In 2007, 12 Angry Men ran on a national theatre tour with Richard Thomas and George Wendt starring as Jurors No. 8 and No. 1, respectively. The 2008 tour did not include Wendt but featured Kevin Dobson, of Kojak and Knots Landing, as Juror No. 10. [8] Originally published on January 1, 1954, Twelve Angry Men has topics that look at our society and legal system through a magnifying glass. Although written 69 years ago the subject matter is still at the forefront of our American melting pot culture. It's stuff that matters. Four feels that the others are behaving like children and letting their emotions get the better of them. Eleven says that the beauty and power of the American legal system is that it attempts to achieve unbiased decision-making, and that the jurors should not make a legal decision into something personal. The jurors do another round of voting. They are evenly split: six for “guilty” and six for “not guilty.” The jurors wonder whether they should announce themselves as a hung jury so that the boy will be retried with a different set of jurors. But Eight feels that they’ll be able to reach an accord. The jurors vote on whether or not they are a hung jury, but this vote is also split evenly. Two explains that he changed his mind because Eight was calm and confident and Three was angry and insulting. Four points out that these considerations do not change the guilt of the accused.