12 Years a Slave

Director: Steve McQueen

Writer: John Ridley,Solomon Northup

Countries of origin: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Release date: November 8, 2013

Runtime: 2h 14min

Sound mix: Dolby Digital, SDDS, Dolby Surround 7.1

Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1

Also known as: Twelve Years a Slave

"12 Years a Slave" is adapted from the biographical novel "12 Years a Slave" written by Solomon Northup in 1853. Directed by Steve McQueen, Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor , Michael Fassbender , Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch , Paul Franklin Dano , Paul Giamatti , Lupita Nyong'o , Sarah Paulson , Brad Pitt, etc. co-starred. The film was officially released in the United States on November 8, 2013.

The film is about a free black man living in New York City , educated and married. Then they met two people who promised to help him find a job in Washington District of Columbia. When Solomon arrived in Washington District of Columbia, he found out that he had been abducted and kidnapped. From then on he started his Slave career. After years of hardship, he relied on a kind Canadian to help send the letter home. After a lawsuit, he regained his freedom .

The movie "12 Years a Slave" won the Golden Globe Awards for the best feature film at the 71st Golden Globe Awards in 2014 . At the 86th Academy Awards, "12 Years a Slave" won three awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay .

In September 2019, the film was selected as the "100 Best Films of the 21st Century" by the British "Guardian" and ranked second.

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By Franz 2022-04-24 07:01:02

courage not to give up

Solomon was trafficked by greedy whites and lived in slavery for 12 years, which did not kill his will to freedom. In the end God helped him and set him free.
The biggest impression that this film gave me is that it takes a lot of courage to never give up.
Solomon was a well-educated violinist. After being accidentally sold into slavery, the slave's life was very different from the original life. The physical abuse was riddled with abuse,...
By Charlene 2022-04-24 07:01:02

Is good and evil also divided into 369 and so on?

Twelve years as a slave is also divided into 369 grades? Yes, the various characters that appeared in Twelve Years a Slave told us that kindness is indeed divided into 369 grades. In my eyes, the biggest success of this film is that everyone's view of good and evil is vividly displayed. The actors portray the characters related to the "slave industry" under the times, whether they are kind, or dehumanize, or Good and evil are intertwined, and the highlights are vividly and vividly....
By Tod 2022-04-24 07:01:02

Twelve years a slave

The only manifestation of the 12 years that I can't feel the 12 years as a slave is at the end of the film when I see that both children have grown up so much. I thought this was a long and silent episode of crying more and more violently. Speaking of apologize, it feels as if the only tear point is no tears at once. The narrative is a little watery. Maybe in order to let the twelve-year story be told in two hours, it has to be changed to a long time span like a running...
By Bennett 2022-04-24 07:01:02

Interpretation of words and images

1. "Words" and "images" are unified
Words and images are both separated from each other and linked to each other. Twelve Years a Slave reflects the close cooperation between "words" and "images" many times. "Yan" refers to the text symbols presented in the film. In "Twelve Years a Slave", a lot of folk songs are used, accompanied by a rapid rhythm to render the depressing and sultry atmosphere. Throughout the film, Solomon spends most of his time working on...
By Albertha 2022-04-24 07:01:02

Looking back on history

I have always believed that there are two worlds in this world.
A world is safe, harmonious, and people yearn for freedom and abundance.
The other world is real and equally dangerous, and anything can happen.
They are incompatible with each other, and their distinction is both artificial and human.
Twelve years as a slave shows a vision.

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By Myles 2023-09-19 02:34:43

Like the White Mansion family, another black director who was previously talented was rubbed off by the biographical movie [Oscar] and the heavy theme [Oscar]. This one is better, the use of several soundtracks and the setting of several scenes can still be It's eye-catching, and the unreserved display of cruelty and violence is still McQueen's taste. Unfortunately, the disappearance of the sense of time and the imbalance in the depiction of deep suffering make the film lose the emotional...
By Jaquelin 2023-09-03 05:58:07

The most shocking scene in this film is: the blues sung by the blacks when they were buried for the slave laborers who died suddenly. This is the chant they hum during their labor. In the play, the protagonists often pretend to be different and ignore them. Qianfan, lying down in the mud seemed like an instant, he was completely desperate and couldn't help singing, and finally realized that in the years without urgent hope, only relying on the soul to save. Why are R&B and soul touching? ?...
By Carmela 2023-08-19 13:20:54

Compared with the director's previous work, "Slave" is more neat and less innovative. For me, this movie is too bland and procrastinating. I still like the Steve McQueen who made...
By Burdette 2023-08-10 19:58:22

Narrative tension and character acting are excellent. But the problem...it's too much like a classical drama rather than a re-enactment of the real story that its movie scenes show. The choice of words in many character interactions goes beyond the sentence-making level of thinking that an illiterate slave may have, such as how the male protagonist and the female slave dispute how to express their sadness, and the female slave scolded the shark "Being blinded by your own covetousness" "!...
By Berenice 2023-07-20 17:18:32

Sure enough, it will win an Oscar, but it's not my favorite movie. Too Right Too Tall is a safe bet, but at the expense of style and power, Nebraska is just the...

Movie quotes

Ford: I believe Tibeats is skulkin' about the premises somewhere. He wants you dead, and he will attempt to have you so. It's no longer safe for you here. And I don't believe you will remain passive if Tibeats attacks. I have transferred my debt to Edwin Epps. He will take charge of you.

Solomon Northup: Master Ford, you must know; I am not a slave.

Ford: I cannot hear that.

Solomon Northup: Before I came to you I was a free man.

Ford: I am trying to save your life! And... I have a debt to be mindful of. That, now, is to Edwin Epps. He is a hard man. Prides himself on being a "nigger breaker." But truthfully I could find no others who would have you. You've made a reputation of yourself. Whatever your circumstances, you are an exceptional nigger, Platt. I fear no good will come of it.
Solomon Northup: [Solomon awakens Armsby in the middle of the night. He offers him a handful of coins] The proceeds of my fiddling performances. A few picayunes, but all I have in the world. I promise them to you if you will do me the favor I require. But I beg you not to expose me if you cannot grant the request.

Armsby: What do you ask?

Solomon Northup: First, your word, sir.

Armsby: On my honor.

Solomon Northup: It is a simple enough request. I ask only that you deposit a letter in the Marksville post office. And that you keep the action an inviolable secret forever. The details of the letter are of no consequence. Even at that, there would be an imposition of much pain and suffering were it known I was the author. A patron is what I require, sir.

Armsby: Where is the letter now?

Solomon Northup: It is not yet written. I will have it in a day. Two at most, my skill with composition as poor as it is.

Armsby: I will do it. And will accept whatever payment is offered.
Edwin Epps: [Having awakened Solomon in the middle of the night, Epps coaxes him outside, puts his arm around him as if consoling a friend, and guides him into the woods] Well, boy. I understand I've got a larned nigger that writes letters and tries to get white fellows to mail 'em. Well, Armsby tol' me today the devil was among my niggers. That I had one that needed close watchin' or he would run away. When I axed him why, he said you come over to him and waked him up in the middle of the night and wanted him to carry a letter to Marksville. What have yah got to say to that?

Solomon Northup: There is no truth in it.

Edwin Epps: You say.

Solomon Northup: How could I write a letter without ink or paper? There is nobody I want to write to 'cause I hain't got no friends living as I know of. That Armsby is a lying drunken fellow. You know this, just as you know that I am constant in truth. Now, master, I can see what that Armsby is after, plain enough. Didn't he want you to hire him for an overseer? That's it. He wants to make you believe we're all going to run away and then he thinks you'll hire an overseer to watch us. He believes you are soft soap. He's given to such talk. I believe he's just made this story out of whole cloth, 'cause he wants to get a situation. It's all a lie, master, you may depend on't. It's all a lie.

Edwin Epps: [reveals a pocket knife he'd had pressed against Solomon's gut the entire time] I'll be damned... Were he not free and white, Platt. Were he not free and white.

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