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Unspooled

12 Angry Men

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul deliberate over 1957's Sidney Lumet jury-room drama 12 Angry Men! They ask if all-male juries were ever common, compare Lumet's version to William Friedkin's remake, and praise the powerful performances in this ever-relevant film, Plus: Jury consultant Marissa Beyers talk about how jury selection has evolved since the 50s. For Sullivan's Travels week, who's a movie director you think could learn something on the road? Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer! Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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The year is 1957. 12 men enter. 12 men really want to leave. The movie? 12

0:07.4

angry men.

0:09.4

Hello everybody and welcome to Unspooled. I'm Amy Nicholson. Paul Sheerl be joining me in just a second.

0:33.0

But this is as ever to show where Paul and I go through the AFI top 100 list and talk about these films today.

0:39.4

How do they hold up? What is amazing about them? Are they blowing our minds? Like Sunrise did?

0:43.9

Like our lovely recent episode on Mirror Window did awesomenessy that film again? Or like today's film?

0:49.5

12 angry men will do in the modern era. Last week, yes, we talked about Mirror Window,

0:56.2

which was I think a really nice movie to bump up on the list as everybody's locked up inside.

1:01.0

And we got some lovely feedback. This one warned my heart. This is from Peter Nason.

1:05.6

At 7 Samurai 4040 who said, one of my father's first dates with my mother was searing rear window in 1954,

1:12.8

which I think he means seven unless they're your parents or time-drylers. And Peter says,

1:16.3

according to my dad who turns 90 today after the movie, he barely had any feeling in his hand

1:21.2

because Peter's mother has squeezed it so tightly throughout the suspenseful film. That is

1:26.1

very, very, very romantic. Thank you, Peter. Michelle at Michelle Cold T.W. says,

1:31.5

I was in a Nicknick's cute stationary stop in Bali last week. They had a small display of picture

1:36.3

frames with only one holding a picture and that picture was of the ethereal goddess that is Grace

1:41.4

Kelly, which absolutely Michelle inspires me to find religion, perhaps for the first time in my life.

1:47.1

Thank you for that. And NEM, Nedward Narwhal, he also wanted to talk more about that idea that

1:53.2

when Stewart looks out of his window, he really is seeing his possible futures regarding marriage.

1:58.0

Happy newlyweds, popular seemingly single girl, depressed lonely lady, relationship

2:02.8

list bachelor, comfortable old couple, and a marriage so bad it ends in murder.

2:08.1

I want to thank Gary Holmes at Gary Holmes for saying that he was shocked by the image in

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