Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)
by Rose, Reginald; Mamet, David [Introduction]
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0143104403
- ISBN 13
- 9780143104407
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The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current Broadway revival Reginald Rose's landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplay, and went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic belief in the U.S. legal system. The story's focal point, known only as Juror Eight, is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal biases. Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture of America, at its best and worst, to form.
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- Bookseller
- Orion LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0143104403-4-24155085
- Title
- Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)
- Author
- Rose, Reginald; Mamet, David [Introduction]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0143104403
- ISBN 13
- 9780143104407
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- Nyc
- Date Published
- 2006-08-29
- Size
- 121x81x8
- X weight
- 3 oz
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