Does 1957's 12 Angry Men consist of only one cut?

Question

Does 12 Angry Men consist of only one cut? Apart from maybe an opening scene and closing scene, when they are in the room, I don't see any cuts.If that is so, does it mean when some actor makes a mistake that they have to do the whole thing all over again?

Answer 1

Of course not. Apparently you just don't know how to recognize when one image cuts to another. In fact, the movie has approximately 300 cuts! When a close-up (CU) of one man changes to a 2-shot showing 2 people, that's a CUT. If you're watching Henry Fonda and then you're watching Jack Klugman, that's a CUT.

Just because you're in the same jury room for most of the movie doesn't mean that Sidney Lumet didn't change his angles to emphasize the growing tension and drama.

I think that Lumet even wrote a book about this!