On this day in movie history - 12 Angry Men (1997)

12 Angry Men

directed by William Friedkin,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the 1954 teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose,

was released in the United States on August 17, 1997.

Cast:

Courtney B. Vance, Ossie Davis, George C. Scott, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood, James Gandolfini, Tony Danza, Jack Lemmon, Hume Cronyn, Mykelti Williamson, Edward James Olmos, William Petersen, Mary McDonnell, Tyrees Allen, Douglas Spain.

Recommended reading:

Twelve Angry Men

Teleplay by Reginald Rose.

Introduction by David Mamet.

Filmed as:

12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet.

12 Angry Men (1997), directed by William Friedkin.

Paperback.

Published by Penguin Classics.

First published 1954.

ISBN 13: 9780143104407

ISBN 10: 0143104403

ASIN: 0143104403

Description:

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 faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who 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 prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst.

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.

On this day in movie history - Space Cowboys (2000)

Space Cowboys

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner,

was released in the United States on August 4, 2000.

Music by Lennie Niehaus.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Barbara Babcock, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly, Toby Stephens, Eli Craig, John Asher, Matt McColm, Billie Worley, Chris Wylde, Anne Stedman, James MacDonald, Kate McNeil, Karen M. Waldron, John Linton, Mark Thomason, Georgia Emelin, Rick Scarry, Paul Pender, Tim Halligan, Manning Mpinduzi-Mott, Steve Monroe, Jean-Michel Henry, Steven West, Cooper Huckabee, Hayden Tank, Jock MacDonald, Gerald Emerick, Renee Olstead, Don Michaelson, Artur Cybulski, Gordy Owens, Steve Stapenhorst, Lauren Cohn, Michael Louden, Deborah Hope, Jon Hamm, Lamont Lofton, Aleksander Kuznetsov, Erica Grant, Chip Chinery, Paul Grace, Craig Hosking, Tone Loc, Lisa Malone, Denise Marek-Plumb, Jeannette Papineau, Kristin Quick, Heather Ryon, Michael Satterfield.

On this day in movie history - The Divide (2011)

 

The Divide

directed by Xavier Gens,

written by Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean,

was released at the South by Southwest Film Festival in the United States on March 13, 2011.

Music by Jean-Pierre Taieb.

Cast:

Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance, Ashton Holmes, Rosanna Arquette, Iván González, Michael Eklund, Abbey Thickson, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn.

On this day in movie history - Heist 88 (2023)

 

Heist 88

directed by Menhaj Huda,

written by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran,

based on the true 1988 case,

and the book The Heist That Shook a Nation: One In 70 Million by Armand D. Moore,

was released in the United States on September 29, 2023.

Music by The Angel.

Cast:

Courtney B. Vance, Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, Bentley Green, Akili Ni Mali, Bryan Kelly, Xavier Clyde, Precious Way, Nican Robinson, Mariah Gordon, Jillian-Giselle, Charlette Speigner, Rebecca Spence, Jayson Lee, Cat Christmas, Lovely Rayford, TayLar, Yaasmeen Brown, Charles Andrew Gardner, Keith David, Keesha Sharp, Derrick Gilliam, Phil Tyler, Tiffany Bedwell, Michael Christopher Collins, Scott Westerman, Patrick Clear, Dan Sauer, Tonray Ho, Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel, Paul Turner, Brian Baker, Vincent Teninty, Andy McDermott, James Farruggio, Samantha Chatman, Charles Alex, Bradford Foote, Alisa Inez, Susan Kries, Kimberly LaChelle, Michael Oilar, Hans Dieter Wolff.