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10:15 PM -- The Truman Show (1998)
1h 42m | Comedy | TV-PG
The film that made critics sit up and take notice of Jim Carrey's dramatic chops, the lege...
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris
Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Ed Harris, Best Director -- Peter Weir, and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen -- Andrew Niccol
Truman's house was filmed in the childhood home of Florida Republican Representative Matt Gaetz.
2:15 AM -- 12 Angry Men (1957)
1h 35m | Drama | TV-PG
A jury holdout tries to convince his colleagues to vote not guilty.
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Nominee for Oscars for Best Director -- Sidney Lumet, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium -- Reginald Rose, and Best Picture
When John Calley was running United Artists from 1993-96, he gave an interview to "The New Yorker", in which he discussed United Artists' continuing rights to the project, and said he had looked into a possible remake that would have starred Michelle Pfeiffer, and been set around the 1992 Los Angeles riots in the aftermath of the Rodney King incident trial verdicts.
Just_Vote_Dem
(2,801 posts)but I've seen 12 Angry Men-a classic. They remade it in 1997 starring Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott, it's on Youtube.
rurallib
(62,406 posts)and so many top notch performances