12 Angry Men

基本信息

系列: Penguin Classics

Paperback: 96页

出版社: Penguin Classics; 1 (2006年8月29日)

语种： English

ISBN-10: 0143104403

ISBN-13: 978-0143104407

产品尺寸及重量: 130 x 193 x 13mm | 91g

书籍简介

《十二怒汉》通过一场陪审团审判，生动演绎了美国的法律制度与文化。书中探讨的“合理怀疑、疑罪从无”、“宁可放过一千，不可错杀一个”等法律理念也非常值得我们思考和借鉴。《十二怒汉》是美国宣传法律和法律制度的“银法槌奖”的首部获奖作品。同名电影在IMDB上排名第五，高于《阿甘正传》《辛德勒的名单》等，是一部超越时代的经典之作。

一名在贫民窟长大的18岁少年被控谋杀自己的父亲，庭审结束后12名陪审员将裁定该少年罪名是否成立。由于各方面的人证、物证都显得较为充分，11名陪审员未经讨论就认定少年有罪，只有8号陪审员对案件提出了合理怀疑，并引导大家重新审视证据，克服各自内心的偏见、私利和冷漠，最终依照“疑罪从无”的原则裁定少年无罪。

A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival—featuring an introduction by David Mamet

A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic faith in the U.S. legal system. The play centers on Juror Eight, who is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal prejudices or biases. Reginald Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture to form of them—and of America, at its best and worst.

After the critically acclaimed teleplay aired in 1954, this landmark American drama went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. More recently, Twelve Angry Men had a successful, and award-winning, run on Broadway.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

作者简介

雷金纳德·罗斯（Reginald Rose），1920年出生于美国曼哈顿，著名剧作家。在创作中善于用现实主义的手法表现有争议的社会和政治问题，是上世纪美国电视剧本创作“黄金年代”的代表性作家，多次获得艾美奖。于2002年病逝。

Reginald Rose (1920–2002) won three Emmy awards for television writing as well as an Oscar for the movie adaptation of Twelve Angry Men.