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| After winning the Foreign Language Film Oscar for 1995's BURNT BY THE SUN, Russian helmer Nikita Mikhalkov added another nod to his risumi with this Academy Award-nominated film. In 12, an 18-year-old boy is on trial for murder, and it's up to a dozen jurors to decide his fate. This Russian drama might bear passing resemblance to the American classic 12 ANGRY MEN, but it's a story deeply rooted in contemporary Russian culture. |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Directors: |
Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Actors: |
Alexander Adabashian · Alexey Gorbunov · Alexy Petrenko · Mikhail Efremov · Roman Madianov · Sergey Artsybashev · Sergey Gazarov · Valentin Graft · Victor Verzhbitsky |
| Stars: |
Nikita Mikhalkov · Sergey Garmash · Sergey Makovetsky |
| UPC: |
043396280281 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 40min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Murder |
| Release Date: |
2007 |
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Languages
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| Release Language: |
English (Subtitled) |
| Original Language: |
Russian |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Alexander Novototsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Vladimir Moiseenko |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/01/2009, Mark Keizer): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] riveting Russian redo of the Reginald Rose teleplay 12 ANGRY MEN, first brought to theaters in 1957 as the big-screen helming debut of Sidney Lumet.", (03/04/2009, Stephen Holden): "In 12, Nikita Mikhalkov's grandiloquent remake of 12 ANGRY MEN, the elements of that modest courtroom classic have been enlarged to operatic dimensions....It is consistently entertaining...", (03/06/2009, Betsy Sharkey): "The power of the scenes lies in the actors....Mikhalkov's 12 is magnetic....The men are just as angry as they were in Lumet's day and the debate as passionately raucous as Russian literary tradition would demand.", (03/25/2009, Roger Ebert): 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "12 by Nikita Mikhalkov is a powerful new film inspired by a powerful older one....There is not a weak member in the cast, and it's a tribute to the power of the actors that the 2 1/2-hour running time doesn't seem labored.", (05/01/2009): "Nikita Mikhalkov's 12 breathes and floats. It allows itself ample space to reimagine Reginald Rose's original stage play about a jury that deadlocks over a murder case." |
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