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
- bari_yusi - 18 February 2024
Near perfect movie
Near perfect movie based on actual true events. Everything is a top notch in this movie... Amazing story, tension, amazing dialogue, writing, scenery, all-star cast with great performances. I loved every minute of the movie, every character was a unique character and every actor's performance is amazing. If you especially love this kind of court-room movies especially ones based on actual historical events you will love this movie. Beside everything amazing in this movie there is a very strong messages and themes that is actually very familiar even with modern times.
Verdict: a nearly perfect movie that hits every single note right.
9.5/10. - monastiraki - 25 March 2023
Interesting film that ends being just propaganda
OK, the film is well acted, the development and timing right, but...
...a film that reviews historical faits must be accurate. But this one presents the facts acceptable for everyone, including conservative-minded people, and forces the viewer to be on the side of the accused.
Goods and villains, the problem is not the system but a mad judge. This one also makes bind and muzzle the black man indicted. After that, the policemen ask him if he could breathe (black lives mattered int that time more than today?). And, of course, at the end we know that this judge was sanctioned. Remember, THE SYSTEM WORKS.
How can a radical hippy be nice to the eyes of the conservative white spectators? Showing the demonstrations withe people raising a US flag, this hippy one knowing the bible better than the rest of the people on the court, and making the lead roles remembering the fallen soldiers of the USA, and not the vietnamese ones, and, of course, not condemning the war, every war, like it would probably be defended by anti-Vietnam war demonstrators.
