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The Trial of the Chicago 7

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The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Year

2020

Duration

2h 9m

IMDb

7.7

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Cast

Aaron Sorkin

Director

Eddie Redmayne

Tom Hayden

Alex Sharp

Rennie Davis

Cast

Aaron Sorkin

Director

Eddie Redmayne

Tom Hayden

Alex Sharp

Rennie Davis

Sacha Baron Cohen

Abbie Hoffman

Jeremy Strong

Jerry Rubin

John Carroll Lynch

David Dellinger

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Bobby Seale

Mark Rylance

William Kunstler

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Richard Schultz

Ben Shenkman

Leonard Weinglass

J.C. MacKenzie

Thomas Foran

Frank Langella

Judge Julius Hoffman

Danny Flaherty

John Froines

Noah Robbins

Lee Weiner

John Doman

John Mitchell

Michael Keaton

Ramsey Clark

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Fred Hampton

Caitlin FitzGerald

Agent Daphne O'Connor

Brady Jenness

David Dellinger's Son

Aaron Sorkin

Writer

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Døna2001Mar 19, 2024

Every time I watch one of these cartoons, I wonder just how dumb can america go. If you really want to know about the chicago 7 (actually 8) I highly recommend the documentary to start with, not this shiny plastic piece of hyperbolic fluff. This is the cartoon version and the timing is not coincidental. I won't argue with the facts in the movie but the whole production reminds me of the tv afternoon special movies that came out in the late 70s and early 80s. For those not old enough to know, before cable, before streaming, before vcrs, before video games, most of us only had a handful of viewing choices, and one of those choices was the 'afternoon special'. The good people at ABC (aka OTA broadcast tv network) came out with afternoon movies designed to pass on a morality message while babysitting us until the folks got off work. These movies were heavy on message; light on very good film making. Maybe this is the voice of the new american propaganda but I can't figure out what the message is here because it's not about vietnam, or anti-war. If you want to do a film about that, then you can't omit the irony of the war is that vietnam economically today is one of the leaders in southeast asia. Heck, they even have an amusement park now outside danang that's framed around a 17th century french village. Google it, if you don't believe me. And it's not about racism because bobby seale only plays a small part of the movie and a stereotype for the 60s at that. The justice system? Geez, there's a reason why most courts, in most states, for most cases, are closed off from the public. Our legal system is far more nutty than portrayed in this movie. If it's supposed to be about the 60s and 70s, it's about as authentic as psychedelic. The closest equivalent I can think of is the way hollywood introduced and portrayed hippies, at that time, in mainstream tv as anyone who wore wide collars, beads, hip boots, bell bottoms in neon colors and said 'cool' and 'groovy' all the time. Or something on par with 'wild in the streets', which unfortunately, some people, even then and now, think as authentic real life. I mean, hollywood then had about as much understanding of the 60s culture as the plods who produced this cartoon. If you want to know more about the anti-war movement, or that period in general there's a lot of good documentaries, some on netflix dvd and youtube with actual stories and interviews with those who were there and involved. Unfortunately, this trial wasn't just about these 8 people but it was a trial of a whole generation and the irony is that the generation of chicago 7 (8) later went on to endorse 3 major wars in the middle east, and the longest war in history, and produced a baby who later went on to make this nonsense.

Bridget KimMar 19, 2024

The Trial Of The Chicago 7 is not a bad movie but it has in my view a few problems of balance which impacts its overall ability to deliver a cohesive message. The first problem of balance regards its narrative style, so much swinging from farcical to self-important to make you wander if you are watching a drama or a comedy.In the same way, some characters - lime the hippy couple Hoffmann/Rubin - swing from almost clownish roles to too serious and self-righteous ones to be fully believable. The second problem of balance is about the focus of the story; in real life, the most prominent figure in the trial was Bobby Seal, here relegated to a secondary and at times almost caricatural role in favour of the more folkloristic hippies.

Mr Yuz😎🇬🇲Mar 19, 2024

Rewriting the trial and it's left wing characters into some sort of liberal propaganda film, including the cowardly option of using (deceased) Abbie Hoffman to spout Sorkin's centrist worldviews (literally speeches he never gave) in direct contrast to Hoffman's actual real world far left, anti-state/anarchist leanings - is an ethical disgrace. Despite its shocking rewriting of history, i have to give the movie 5 - it is super well made propaganda. Consider it fiction, and enjoy it more.