Two great movies. The 1957 original and the 40 year later remake.
In 2007, 12 Angry Men was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Def worth watching. I had to watch it (1997 ver) as part of my management studies... and write a summary. Something along the lines of one person can influence/change the views of many - even when those views are seemingly already set.
99% of the film takes place in that one jurors room - and although there is no music, it holds your interest to the end.
I picked up a copy from JB Hi Fi for about $12...
Only seen the 1957 film. But up there with one of the best movies i've ever seen.
I think the 1997 screen play is as good as the earlier because it very subtly adds the racial dimension.
How do you measiure the racial dimension? length?, volume?, density,?
Is that in imperial or metric? 
watched it. was pretty good. Watched the old one. When you say the new one 'subtly added the race dimension'? I dont get it. The old one was all about race too - the second last juror to fold was the racist one. It seemed (i skip watched the new one afterwards) was a carbon copy of the first.
