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"On the Waterfront" , 2 p.m., Turner Classic Movies. This may be the best-acted movie of all time.

All films are showing on the Turner Classic Movies channel. Saturday, August 23 Slim Directed by Ray Enright.

Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of three Fox Film Noir titles on 2nd September 2008.

Anthony Mann's "Man of the West" is the obvious antecedent for Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven." In both films, a man who used to kill people for a living finds that after being unwillingly lured back into his old ...

"Life is in their hands - death is on their minds!" "It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite!" These were the catch phrases on movie posters for the 1957 flick "12 Angry Men," an underrated picture starring ...

When an internal fight at a trade union erupts into the news, American culture has a ready frame.

“It's not what you do but who you know”

Arthur Miller is undoubtedly one of this country's greatest playwrights and "Death of a Salesman" is one of his greatest plays. via ETruth.com

Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 2nd week of May DVDs Part 2: YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH, WESTERNS, ROBOTS, SINATRA & More!!! Hey folks, Harry here - Sorry I didn't get this finished yesterday afternoon - but the Doctor ... via Ain't It Cool News

The earnest 1957 jury-room drama 12 Angry Men promotes skepticism as civic duty - a lesson too often forgotten. via Metroactive

Consider yourself served to appear at The Barn Theatre in Montville on or before March 29. via Daily Record

“Damages', 'Lost', and 'Homicide: Life On The Street”

With the big news out of the Governor's office here in New York state, I thought it might be a good time to present another of my Deep Six lists. via Inner Toob

In some ways, Sidney Lumet 's '12 Angry Men' , the beloved grandfather of the courtroom-drama genre, is already something of a relic. via Chicago Tribune

Director Sidney Lumet , working from a brilliant Reginald Rose script, assembles an intense, thoroughly compelling courtroom classic about an all-male jury with seriously conflicting views about a murder case. via New York Daily News

IN some ways, Sidney Lumet's '12 Angry Men' , the beloved grandfather of the courtroom-drama genre, is already something of a relic. via Los Angeles Times

"I think I ought to tell you, as well as I can, just what the situation is. Have you ever heard of multiple personality disorder?" - Dr. via DigitallyOBSESSED.com

“No one brings up the feminist angle: Why were there no women on the jury?”

Writing in The Spectator , Leo McKinstry argues that the defendant in 12 Angry Men was clearly guilty and that "The self-righteous [Henry] Fonda character twists every piece of evidence, and stretches the term ... via Hit and Run

Today is Sunday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2008. There are 325 days left in the year. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

1949: Arthur Miller 's Death of a Salesman opened on Broadway, star- ring Lee J. Cobb . 1967: The 25th Amendment to the Constitution, relating to presidential disability and succession, was ratified as Minnesota and Nevada adopted it. 1989: Ron Brown was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first black person to lead a major U.S. political party. 1998: Maine voters became the first to repeal a gay rights state law. 2005: Playwright Arthur Miller died at age 89. Today's Birthdays Actor Robert Wagner , 78; singer Roberta Flack , 71; former Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz , 58; actress Laura Dern , 41. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“No bad movie ever made can cause more misery than a bad evening of theatre”

Richard Thomas, who plays Juror Number Eight in 12 Angry Men, is best known for playing John-Boy Walton in the TV series The Waltons. via Slam Sports

“Even as Americans fill the movie theaters to see the latest releases, few are aware that up to half the films produced in this country before 1950 - and as much as 90 percent of those made before 1920 - are lost forever”

American actor Lee J. Cobb , as Juror No. 3, wields a switchblade as he threatens Henry Fonda as Juror No. via Local10