12 Angry Men (10/10) Movie CLIP - Not Guilty (1957) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Faced with his own short-comings and failures as a father to his own son, Juror #3 (Lee J. Cobb) finally breaks down and pronounces "Not Guilty."

FILM DESCRIPTION:
A Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder, accused of knifing his father to death. The twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been admonished that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction, each for reasons of his own. The sole holdout is Juror #8, played by Henry Fonda. As Fonda persuades the weary jurors to re-examine the evidence, we learn the backstory of each man. Juror #3 (Lee J. Cobb), a bullying self-made man, has estranged himself from his own son. Juror #7 (Jack Warden) has an ingrained mistrust of foreigners; so, to a lesser extent, does Juror #6 (Edward Binns). Jurors #10 (Ed Begley) and #11 (George Voskovec), so certain of the infallibility of the Law, assume that if the boy was arrested, he must be guilty. Juror #4 (E.G. Marshall) is an advocate of dispassionate deductive reasoning. Juror #5 (Jack Klugman), like the defendant a product of "the streets," hopes that his guilty vote will distance himself from his past. Juror #12 (Robert Webber), an advertising man, doesn't understand anything that he can't package and market. And Jurors #1 (Martin Balsam), #2 (John Fiedler) and #9 (Joseph Sweeney), anxious not to make waves, "go with the flow." The excruciatingly hot day drags into an even hotter night; still, Fonda chips away at the guilty verdict, insisting that his fellow jurors bear in mind those words "reasonable doubt." A pet project of Henry Fonda's, Twelve Angry Men was his only foray into film production; the actor's partner in this venture was Reginald Rose, who wrote the 1954 television play on which the film was based. Carried over from the TV version was director Sidney Lumet, here making his feature-film debut. A flop when it first came out (surprisingly, since it cost almost nothing to make), Twelve Angry Men holds up beautifully when seen today. It was remade for television in 1997 by director William Friedkin with Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1957)
Cast: Martin Balsam, Ed Begley, Ed Binns, Lee J. Cobb, John Fiedler, Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, Robert Webber
Director: Sidney Lumet
Producers: Henry Fonda, George Justin, Reginald Rose
Screenwriter: Reginald Rose

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[wrmty]

"I got all the facts here...here..." The way his voice starts to crack is heart-breaking.

[paris-]

I love that you could make the argument that him saying “Not guilty…” was him admitting to himself that it wasn’t his son’s fault for their relationship becoming strained — it was his, and through that, he can finally sympathize with the boy on trial who’s father beat him till he ran from home. What a brilliantly written script.

[burningrabbit]

This movie is proof that you don't need fancy scenery and special effects to make a movie amazing.

[stefanroman]

This scene with him tearing up the photo of his son then regretting it deeply the instant he did it and grasping it hoping that it would revert back to it's original state (as he would like to happen to the relation with his son) touched my heart. It made me cry for a good 5 minutes.

[lycirus]

The look on his face after he tears up the photo. It actually looks like a man coming out of a blind rage feeling sorry and ashamed of what he did! This movie is amazing.

[somanytakennames]

When almost the entirety of a film can take place in one room and still be an incredible cinematic experience, 50 years after it's been made and not feel aged, you know it truly does deserve to be labelled as one of the best films ever made.

[kisscactus]

Maybe the greatest acting I've ever seen by a cast.

[cyberwolfy]

amazing how just a simple plot, one room, and incredible acting can accomplish. no special effect, no make up. this movie look like it could be made on a child's allowance was more breathtaking than anything I've seen from Hollywood in the last decade.

[tmrezzek]

Some of the finest acting from Lee J. Cobb in this scene. When Fonda's character says "You're alone, " it refers to so many things, including Cobb's estrangement from his son. Cobb ripping the photo and immediately regretting his action is heartbreaking, as is the final shot at the end of Cobb wearily walking down the courthouse steps.

[abehambino]

The best part of this scene is that they aren’t responding to him because they know that he himself deep down knows and it’s pride and stubbornness that’s keeping him in his position. They don’t need to present arguments anymore, he’s heard them all and he knows they are right. They just let him ramble on until he allows himself to admit it.

[paulbrewer]

When Lee J. Cobb's character breaks down and sobs, "Not Guilty", I burst into tears and sobbed, too, when I first saw this film. I did that because of two men I know who were estranged from their fathers and who never reconciled before their fathers died.

This scene is all the more powerful to me because of how emotionally wounded the father here shows himself to be. It is brilliant acting by Mr. Cobb who goes from deep anger to deep sorrow in a heartbeat as he faces the reality that his guilty verdict has really about his own guilt all along at having failed to stay connected with his son. To me, it is one of the most profoundly meaningful moments in cinematic history.

[cliffmoher]

Lee J. Cobb was absolutely magnificent in this film: belligerent, bullying, menacing, pathetic and sad. You really didn’t know whether hate him or hug him. A masterful performance...should have won him an Oscar!

[colten]

2:23
BRILLIANT acting. He tries to be subtle and not acknowledge that the photo has him shook. What a performance.

[nathanh]

The photo ripping and the regret following after is just honestly upsetting, you can see how happy he is in the photo and you can tell he misses it, then when he rips the photo, probably the only one with his son, it's just heart breaking

[RafaSnaks]

This scene is the reason 12 Angry Men works better as a film that a play. In the film, he looks at a photo of his son, tears it up and then starts crying. It's a powerful and heartbreaking scene. But in the play, he gives an incredibly cheesy monologue about how he feels the knife going in his heart. And I understand why, because he can't show the audience a tiny photo. But that's why it shouldn't have been a play. I know it's just one scene, but it's the most important scene.

[nateds]

This is one of the greatest ensemble casts ever put together. Pretty much anyone in that room could've come home with an oscar and deserved it.

[bard]

SPOILERS:
Outstanding movie. Juror#7 might be the most loathsome of them all. Juror#10 is ignorant, but at least he believes that he's doing the right thing, even if his reason is prejudice. Juror#3 is worse than #10, but he does regret his actions. But Juror#7..life or death, right and wrong...all thrown aside for a baseball game. He just doesn't care. And people like that does exist. It hurts just thinking about it.

[LimSky]

I love this part...he's sort of reminded of his own son and how his son was like the kid on trial. It shows that people are mostly prejudiced...nice timing too when he says "Well thats it thats the whole case" after a picture of him and his son was shown.

[kawaiigirl]

It’s so incredible how the whole story takes place within one room and still manages to captivate the audience. Simply incredible.

[Ocmersh]

Prosecutor: "Man, this is an open and shut case, awesome."
Jury: "Not Guilty!"
Prosecutor: *surprised pikachu face*