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10. After a short but rigorous rehearsal schedule, 12 Angry Men was shot in less than 3 weeks for a budget of just $350,000.
11. All but 3 minutes of the movie was shot inside the bare and confining, 16 by 24 foot jury room.
12. 12 Angry Men was shot in a total of 365 separate takes.
13. Many of the shots of the actors were filmed on their own, and then edited together. This required the sound of the rain to be recorded separately for each other.
14. In June 2008, 12 Angry Men was ranked number 2 on the American Film Institute’s list of the ten greatest films in the Courtroom Drama genre.
15. Because of the demands of the movie’s low budget, if the lighting was set up for a shot that took place from one particular angle, all the shots from that same angle had to be filmed then and there. This meant that different sides of the same conversation were sometimes shot several weeks apart.
16. 12 Angry Men was nominated for three Oscars, but the movie lost out in all categories to The Bridge on the River Kwai.
17. 12 Angry Men was the theatrical directorial debut of Sidney Lumet.
18. The “unusual-looking knife” in 12 Angry Men is an Italian stiletto switchblade with a Filipino-style Kriss blade.
19. Juror #7 claims that he made $27,000 selling marmalade. In 2018, that amount would be well over $250,000.
20. According to his autobiography, Henry Fonda was disappointed with United Artists’ distribution strategy, and felt that the studio’s approach had deprived the movie of a chance at financial success.
21. There are no female characters in 12 Angry Men, aside from the extras seen in the courtroom in the prologue, although a woman’s bathroom can be seen in the jury room.
22. Juror #7 looks at his watch a total of 28 times.
23. Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose deferred their salaries for the movie.
24. Juror #4 is the only juror who doesn’t take off his jacket at any point in the movie.
25. The entire movie takes place in just three rooms.
26. Indian singer Vennu Mallesh wrote a song called “12 Angry Men,” which pays homage to the movie and outlines the initial and final verdicts of the 12 jurors.