Sammo Hung

INTRODUCTION: 12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film adapted from a teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. Written and co-produced by Rose himself and directed by Sidney Lumet, this trial film tells the story of a jury made up of 12 men as they deliberate the guilt or acquittal of a defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt, forcing the jurors to question their morals and values. In the United States, a verdict in most criminal trials by jury must be unanimous. The film is notable

Picture a room with a large table in the center. There is a door, but it is locked. Filling up all the twelve seats around the table, there are twelve men: jurors debating the murder of a man living near the el tracks. The man’s son is his alleged killer, but one juror is not convinced. This image is from Twelve Angry Men, a play written by Reginald Rose. The Eighth Juror is being fair to the child, explaining how there are many “what-if's” in the situation. Juror Eight brings up many different pieces

When watching the move 12 Angry Men, we see different views from the jurors such as social influence, majority influence, specific motivation and egoism. This shows different attitudes and opinions the jurors have. One man out of twelve jurors decides to take on a room of eleven stubborn jurors as given the verdict of not guilty. The eleven jurors elected for the kid to be guilty and refused to think otherwise until the one non guilty juror decided to step up and discuss the situation. The majority

When discussing the topic of decision making, leadership may always be aligned with the conversation. In the novel “Twelve Angry Men,” twelve people are to make a decision that can change the course of one mans life. We see this practice often with the American Judicial system. Maybe leaving such a massive responsibility in the hands of our peers could be constructive or destructive. Juror number eight is the first to speak up in the quiet deliberation room, after the first vote. Leaving a lot of

The film 12 angry men was about twelve jurors and the case they were assign too. The case was about a teenage boy murdering his father with a knife. The jurors job was to state their beliefs about the facts of the case. In the film it showed social psychological concepts that displayed the juror’s opinions and beliefs of the case when it came to finding the defendant guilty or not guilty. The three social psychological concepts in the film I chose to write about is prejudice, informational conformity

Statement of Facts “Twelve Angry Men” is a fictional story which tells of story of jurors deliberating over if the teenage son who was accused of murdering his father. The evening of the murder the defendant and his father had an argument. The father hit the son like he did many times in the past. After this encounter the defendant left the apartment. At approximately at midnight witnesses state they saw the stabbing and hearing the defendant yell, “I'll kill you.” and running down stairs. The defendant

The movie 12 Angry Men, directed by Sidney Lumet, introduces twelve jury members each one coming from a different background. The experiences and personalities of these men play a critical element in the first majority vote in deciding the verdict of guilty or not guilty. Juror #3, #10, and #11 were very influential in that their opinions and thoughts on the case were determined by their own personal bias. Therefore, a person’s behavior, opinions, and thoughts are reflected on how that person feels

Oftentimes in life, people are faced with situations in which they must work together as a group, with the intention of solving a particular problem. This is seen throughout “Twelve Angry Men” as the jurors collaborate, in an attempt to find a verdict for the murder case. Even though these people have never met each other before, it’s necessary for them to cope with one another and their thoughts, so that they can come to an agreement. In order to come to a conclusion, the jurors had to grow as a

Introduction: Group dynamics and team behaviour cannot be only learned using textbooks and attending lectures. It can be learned using various other sources like playing team sports and also by watching movies. One such movie is 12 angry men. The movie states that 12 men from different background and different ideologies are brought together as jurors to a murder case where an 18 year old boy is accused. The movie follows where all 12 men come together to get a common decision together and fulfil

8 and the Juror 4) were respected and became leaders that were looked to for guidance. The jurors that maintained arguments based on stereotypes alienated themselves from the others. ·     The decision has to be unanimous (hung jury was something nobody liked) ·     No racial prejudices were tolerated (everybody turned their backs to juror 10 when he started saying that “he knew people of these kind very well”) Processes: The