The Trial of the Chicago 7
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
- Released: 2020-09-25
- Runtime: 130 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Noah Robbins, Danny Flaherty, Ben Shenkman, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Caitlin FitzGerald, Alice Kremelberg, J. C. MacKenzie, John Doman, Wayne Duvall, Damian Young, C.J. Wilson, Brady Jenness, Meghan Rafferty, Juliette Angelo, Brendan Burke, Tah von Allmen, Alan Metoskie, John Gawlik, Kevin O'Donnell, Gavin Haag, Tiffany Denise Hobbs, Steve Routman, Madison Nichols, John F. Carpenter, Larry Mitchell, Mike Geraghty, Mike Brunlieb, James Pravasilis, Vic Kuligoski, Brandon Fierro, Calvin Ticknor-Swanson, Gabrielle Perrea, Michelle Hurst, Tony Lawry, Kathleen Garrett, Matt LeFevour, Christian Litke, Max Adler, Michael Bassett, Shawn Parsons, Julian Hester, John Quilty, Kate Miller, Edward Fletcher, Blair Lewin, Jessica Wood, Steven Komito, Marco Lama, Ben Kass, Gabriel Franken, Ed Flynn, Alex Henderson, David Fierro, Sam Nelson Harris, Marlee Mendelson, Hana Chew, Ashley Trumbo, Allison Trumbo, Shane Skidmore, Jeffrey Yonkus, Maria Jacobson, Brendan Brown, Dan MacDonald, Keeley Morris, Thomas John Gallagher, Michael A. Dean, Elizabeth Holder, Lex Elle
- Director: Aaron Sorkin
Comments
- gail-noyer - 14 September 2022
Re the Featured Review
The person who wrote this diss of Sorkin and the film sounds very young, utterly unfamiliar with the era and perfectly unable to appreciate the accuracy of the depiction.
Worse than that, his description of the film is in inaccurate in itself. The nuanced shading of the all the characters, good and bad, clearly went right over his or her head.
Indeed, it was a kangeroo court that held the trial, finally discredited by someone in the government who who had the courage to break protocol rules and tell the truth. It was neither the first nor last time that such things have existed in this world, and this film is a brilliant "distant mirror" of too much going on today again.
So why in God's name is this the 'featured review'? I highly recommend this film to anyone who wants to learn some real facts about our history and/or about this famous story.
