The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
The film is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The trial transfixed the nation and sparked a conversation about mayhem intended to undermine the U.S. government.
Direction Aaron Sorkin
Cast Eddie Redmayne · Sacha Baron Cohen · Mark Rylance · Frank Langella · Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Jeremy Strong · John Carroll Lynch · Alex Sharp · Yahya Abdul-Mateen II · Michael Keaton · Ben Shenkman · J.C. MacKenzie · Noah Robbins · Alice Kremelberg · Danny Flaherty · John Doman · Mike Geraghty · Kelvin Harrison Jr. · Caitlin Fitzgerald · John Quilty · Max Adler · Wayne Duvall · Damian Young · C.J. Wilson
Soundtrack Daniel Pemberton · Celeste Waite
Screenplay Aaron Sorkin
Cinematography Phedon Papamichael
Original title The Trial of the Chicago 7
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