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Criterions 12 Angry Men 4K Release Keeps Wrong Aspect Ratio

“Criterion is releasing 12 Angy Men on 4k this September. However, it still has the same incorrect aspect ratio as the their blu ray release”
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Confidence: High Checked on July 15, 2026

Summary

Criterion’s 4K Ultra HD Blu‑ray of *12 Angry Men* is scheduled for release on September 8, 2026. The disc lists an aspect ratio of 1.66:1, the same as the current Blu‑ray, which does not match the film’s original 1.37 ratio, so the aspect‑ratio discrepancy remains.

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  • 12 Angry Men - Wikipedia

    12 Angry Men is a 1957 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet in his feature directorial debut, adapted by Reginald Rose from his 1954 teleplay. A critique of the American jury system during the McCarthy era, the film tells the story of a jury of twelve men as they deliberate the ...

  • 12 Angry Men - Wikipedia

    Erickson, Glenn (April 25, 2023). "12 Angry Men 4K".

  • Ultrawide formats - Wikipedia

    AT NAB 2019, Sony introduced a ... of 576 modules (48 by 12) each 360 pixels across, resulting in a 4:1, 17280x4320p screen. Developed by CJ CGV in 2012, ScreenX uses three (or more) projectors to display 270° content, with an unknown aspect ratio above 4....

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  • Criterion Announces September 2026 Releases - Cinema Sentries

    Coming in September: Three Films by Leos Carax, intoxicating tales of outsiders and doomed lovers from a French-cinema firebrand; Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, an electrifying thriller set at the height of Brazil’s military dictatorship; Nouvelle Vague, directed by Richard Linklater, an enthralling love letter to cinematic maverick Jean-Luc Godard; Days and Nights in the Forest, Satyajit Ray’s luminous exploration of male ego and class divisions; and—fresh from theaters—Two Prosecutors, a Kafkaesque thriller from Sergei Loznitsa about the impunity of power and horrors of totalitarianism. PLUS: Shoah, Claude Lanzmann’s nine-hour opus investigating the Holocaust; and 12 Angry Men, the most radical courtroom drama in cinema history, directed by Sidney Lumet.

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