The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
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.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
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Released Year: 2020
Runtime: 130 minutes
Directors: Aaron Sorkin
Casts: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sacha Baron Cohen, John Carroll Lynch, Ben Shenkman, Larry Mitchell, J.C. MacKenzie, Brendan Burke, Jeremy Strong, Michael Keaton, Alice Kremelberg, Mark Rylance, Frank Langella, Eddie Redmayne, Meghan Rafferty, Wayne Duvall, Kevin O'Donnell, John Doman, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Damian Young, Shawn Parsons, Danny Flaherty, Kathleen Garrett, Steve Routman, Max Adler, Kelvin Harrison Jr., David Fierro, C.J. Wilson, Noah Robbins, Michelle Hurst, Edward Fletcher, Alex Sharp, Gavin Haag, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Kate Miller, Tah von Allmen, Brady Jenness, Juliette Angelo, Alan Metoskie, John Gawlik, Tiffany Denise Hobbs, Madison Nichols, John F. Carpenter, Mike Geraghty, Mike Brunlieb, James Pravasilis, Vic Kuligoski, Brandon Fierro, Calvin Ticknor-Swanson, Gabrielle Perrea, Tony Lawry, Matt LeFevour, Christian Litke, Michael Bassett, Julian Hester, John Quilty, Blair Lewin, Jessica Wood, Steven Komito, Marco Lama, Ben Kass, Gabriel Franken, Ed Flynn, Alex Henderson, 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
Storyline
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.
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Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times -
Certain events are rearranged from the factual timelines, and yes, The Trial of the Chicago 7 exercises poetic license. This is not a documentary; it’s a dramatization of events that resonates with great power while containing essential truths, and it’s one of the best movies of the year.
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Arizona Republic -
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is something unexpected, fun. Sorkin trusts his instincts. Maybe real life has made it so that nothing seems over the top anymore. Whatever the case, it makes the film something else, too: timely.
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USA Today -
The filmmaker crafts an entertaining, immersive and ultimately optimistic spectacle that never forgets, especially at its ending, that humanity should always trump the system.
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IndieWire -
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is exactly as advertised — a giant, giddy burst of earnest theatricality, loaded with a formidable ensemble that chews on every inch of the scenery, that overall makes a passionate case for the resilience of its formula more than using it as an excuse.
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Chicago Tribune -
Sorkin’s writing may be better served by a director who can bring a new set of perspectives and dynamics to the work, rather than simply presenting them head-on. Yet it works anyway. The actors win on appeal. And it’s always worth revisiting this particular chapter of Chicago unrest and injustice, because that chapter, tragically, is always up for another rewrite.
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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.
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