Behind the Scenes
Director
Producers Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose might never have gone on to produce another movie, but first-time director Sidney Lumet sure did. After getting his first crack at a feature film with 12 Ang...
Screenwriter
Reginald Rose originally wrote the script for 12 Angry Men as a "teleplay," or a play that was meant to be acted out on television, back in 1954. But not everyone realizes that Rose actually based...
Production Studio
You hear lots of stories about how famous films later get made into knock-off "Made for TV" movies, but in this case, 12 Angry Men started out as a play written for television by a guy named Regina...
Production Design
Increasing Heat and Closeness By increasing heat, we don't actually mean that director Sidney Lumet made the actors in 12 Angry Men work in a sauna (although that might have been fun). But what we...
Music (Score)
Kenyon Hopkins's soundtrack to 12 Angry Men never came out commercially, but check out this link if you want to give it a listen on its own. As you can probably tell, the music is pretty light and...
Fandoms
Since the movie was first released in 1957, you might not find a lot of the original fans of 12 Angry Men hanging around on the Internet. But that doesn't mean that people don't want to get togethe...