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Deadly dozen
Vivek Agnihotri will remake Hollywood classic 12 Angry Men and has approached Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Victor Banerjee, Mohan Lal, Pankaj Kapoor, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah for the roles
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After Goal, Vivek Agnihotri is all set to remake the '50s classic, 12 Angry Men starring Henry Fonda, which is based on a popular play by Reginald Rose also titled 12 Angry Men. Vivek however has changed the title and called it 12.
We hear that this one will be the first legally adapted international stage play in India. Our source said, “Vivek wanted to make this film for a long time. He decided that he will make it only if he gets 12 good actors to suit the 12 roles.”
Vivek's 12 will be his own version of the Hollywood classic. He is in the process of signing actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Victor Banerjee, Shabana Azmi, Mohan Lal, Pankaj Kapoor, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Raghuveer Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Habib Tanveer and others.
When contacted Vivek confirmed the story and said, “12 Angry Men is an all-time classic in the history of world cinema. I have seen it many times and I always wanted to make my own interpretation of the film.”
Vivek Agnihotri
Vivek has been planning this for some years now and finally he has decided to make it. So, what is his version of the classic?
Says Vivek, “A lot of people have remade the film in their own way. My version however will focus on prejudices present in our world including ones in a democracy and the judicial system. But, my film shows how logic ultimately prevails. I have 12 actors in my mind and have also spoken to most of them. However, I would not like to reveal their names now.”
What's 12 Angry Men about
12 Angry Men focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused of stabbing his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi, a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene, and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene.
Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis bases his vote more so for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors' complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis' attempts at convincing the other jurors that a "not guilty" verdict might be appropriate.
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Vivek Agnihotri will remake Hollywood classic 12 Angry Men and has approached Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Victor Banerjee, Mohan Lal, Pankaj Kapoor, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah for the roles
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After Goal, Vivek Agnihotri is all set to remake the '50s classic, 12 Angry Men starring Henry Fonda, which is based on a popular play by Reginald Rose also titled 12 Angry Men. Vivek however has changed the title and called it 12.
We hear that this one will be the first legally adapted international stage play in India. Our source said, “Vivek wanted to make this film for a long time. He decided that he will make it only if he gets 12 good actors to suit the 12 roles.”
Vivek's 12 will be his own version of the Hollywood classic. He is in the process of signing actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Victor Banerjee, Shabana Azmi, Mohan Lal, Pankaj Kapoor, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Raghuveer Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Habib Tanveer and others.
When contacted Vivek confirmed the story and said, “12 Angry Men is an all-time classic in the history of world cinema. I have seen it many times and I always wanted to make my own interpretation of the film.”
Vivek Agnihotri
Vivek has been planning this for some years now and finally he has decided to make it. So, what is his version of the classic?
Says Vivek, “A lot of people have remade the film in their own way. My version however will focus on prejudices present in our world including ones in a democracy and the judicial system. But, my film shows how logic ultimately prevails. I have 12 actors in my mind and have also spoken to most of them. However, I would not like to reveal their names now.”
What's 12 Angry Men about
12 Angry Men focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused of stabbing his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi, a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene, and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene.
Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis bases his vote more so for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors' complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis' attempts at convincing the other jurors that a "not guilty" verdict might be appropriate.
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www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=30&contentid=20080605200806050239457726d8bf10
