IndexIntroduction12 Angry Men: game vs filmRehearsalsStage directionsCharacters and their actionsConclusionIntroductionThroughout history our country has always granted someone a fair trial by a jury in which 12 randomly selected US citizens serve on the jury. Reginald Rose's play Twelve Angry Men examines the dynamics at play in a US jury room in the 1950s. It revolves around the opinions and mentality of twelve different characters who are tasked with declaring the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of first-degree premeditated murder. In 1957, Twelve Angry Men was made into a film directed by Sidney Lumet. Although the play and the film had similarities, there were also many differences. The three most significant differences between the play and the film were the rehearsals, the stage directions, and the characters and their actions. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay 12 Angry Men: Play vs. Movie The Rehearsal The first major difference between the play and the movie is the rehearsal. In the play Juror Eight states that the boy who kills his father is “nineteen years old.” The important evidence is not the same in the film. In the film he is still Juror 8 but he says the boy was eighteen. Another obvious difference between the play and the film is when talking about the boy's father. In the play the author does not mention his father at all, but in the film they decided to say that the boy's father was in prison for forgery. This is important evidence because the lack of a positive father figure in this boy's life may have greatly influenced his actions when he was older. Another important piece of evidence concerned the old woman and her glasses. In the film, Juror Nine uses Juror Four as an example by telling him about the marks on both sides of his nose. Juror Nine asks him why he scratches the sides of his nose and Juror Four says "it's because of my glasses." Juror Nine points out that the women who testified and witnessed the murder had the same marks on the sides of their noses. He also adds that she kept rubbing her nose in court and this is another piece of evidence that proves she was wearing glasses. She talks about how women tried to look younger than her by wearing new clothes, lots of makeup and no glasses. There is no reference in the play to this conversation between Juror Nine, Juror Four, and the other jurors about glasses. In the play Juror Eleven he says: “The woman was wearing bifocals. I remember it very clearly. They looked pretty strong. This evidence was exchanged between the play and the film. In the play they said he wore glasses in court while in the film the jurors came to the conclusion that he didn't have glasses but had small marks on the side of his nose that showed he was wearing them but not to court that day.Stage DirectionsAnother difference between the film Twelve Angry Men and the play was the difference in the stage directions and staging of the play. One important thing in the captions is the heat. After the jury retires to the jury room, heat is the first topic among the men. The fan doesn't work, so they open the windows, and a man explains that the news says today is the hottest day of the year, but doesn't say the temperature. This is significant, since the film represents pressure as heat. We can therefore see that this day will be the one that will have the most pressure on the jury too, of all the days occupied by the trial. At the end of the film the broken fan miraculously begins to work again and..