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12 (2007)

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Rotten:7

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Loosely based on 1957's 12 Angry Men, Nikita Mikhalkov's superbly acted 12 is clever and gripping like its predecessor, but with a distinctly Russian feel.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violent images, disturbing content, thematic material, brief sexual and drug references, and smoking.

Runtime: 2 hrs 40 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Mar 6, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, acclaimed director Nikita Mikhalkov’s 12 is an ambitious and enthralling dissection of the many personal and social quandaries facing modern-day... Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, acclaimed director Nikita Mikhalkov’s 12 is an ambitious and enthralling dissection of the many personal and social quandaries facing modern-day Russia. Inspired by Sidney Lumet's 1957 classic, 12 ANGRY MEN, 12 opens with the closing arguments in the case of a Chechen teenager accused of murdering his adoptive Russian father. With the courthouse under construction, the 12 male jurors adjourn to a dilapidated school gym in order to deliberate the verdict. Certain of the teen’s guilt and eager to go back to their lives, the men launch a brief deliberation that leads to a unanimous show of hands. But when a soft-spoken Muscovite questions the haste of their judgment, the complexities of the case soon reveal themselves. So, too, do the complexities of each juror, from an anti-Semitic cab driver to a slick TV producer to a portly surgeon sympathetic to the teen’s war-torn upbringing. As day turns to night, the jurors find their once-certain conclusions turning the other way. But when the jury foreman (Mikhalkov) explains the potential consequences of their new consensus, the 12 must decide if the right verdict could be its own death sentence for the teen. Having won a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for BURNT BY THE SUN, Mikhalkov once again displays his mastery of drama and humor in a style that is theatrically, uniquely Russian. Dramatically charged and brilliantly acted, 12 is as much a statement about the importance of justice as it is a loving meditation on a country and a people still struggling to find their way forward. [More]

Starring: Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Makovetsky, Sergey Garmash, Alexy Petrenko

Starring: Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Makovetsky, Sergey Garmash, Alexy Petrenko, Valentin Graft, Mikhail Efremov, Sergey Gazarov, Alexander Adabashian, Victor Verzhbitsky, Alexey Gorbunov, Roman Madianov, Sergey Artsibashev

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Screenwriter: Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Novototsky, Vladimir Moiseenko
Producer: Leonid Vereschagin, Nikita Mikhalkov
Composer: Edward Artemyev
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Jul 14, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
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