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The Trial of the Chicago 7

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

Director

Aaron Sorkin

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Genre

drama, history, thriller

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Awards

Nominated for 6 Oscars. 58 wins & 190 nominations total

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Tom Hayden

Rennie Davis

Abbie Hoffman

Sacha Baron Cohen

Jerry Rubin

David Dellinger

John Carroll Lynch

Bobby Seale

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

William Kunstler

Richard Schultz

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Leonard Weinglass

Thomas Foran

Judge Julius Hoffman

John Froines

Lee Weiner

John Mitchell

Ramsey Clark

Fred Hampton

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Agent Daphne O'Connor

Caitlin FitzGerald

David Dellinger's Son

Mrs. Dellinger

Meghan Rafferty

Juror 6

Juliette Angelo

Bailiff

Mrs. Winter

Allen Ginsberg

Policeman That Arrests Jerry

Bar Patron 1

Kevin O'Donnell

Bar Patron 2

Bernadine

Alice Kremelberg

Sondra

Tiffany Denise Hobbs

David Stahl

Demonstrator

Madison Nichols

Detective Bell

John F. Carpenter

Detective Frapoly

Detective Deluca

Detective Sam McGiven

Eddie (as Mike Brunlieb)

Michael Brunlieb

Egg Throwing Crowd Member

James Pravasilis

Frat Boy 1

Frat Boy 2

Frat Boy 3

Calvin Ticknor-Swanson

Girl in Beret

Gabrielle Perrea

Howard Ackerman

Housekeeper Jane

Man

Mitchell's Secretary

Kathleen Garrett

Officer 1

Matthew LeFevour

Officer 2

Christian Litke

Officer Wojohowski

Officer Quinn

Michael Bassett

Policeman in Haymarket

Policeman on Bullhorn

Reporter Jack

Reporter Marjorie

Reporter Sy

Edward Fletcher

Sergeant Scott Scibelli

Woman in Tavern

Bartender

Marshal

Someone in the Crowd

Reporter 7

Reporter 8

Gabriel Franken

Reporter 9

Young Man

Bailiff 2

Band Lead Singer

Sam Nelson Harris

Band Member

Marlee Mendelson

Band Member

Band Member

Band Member

Band Member

Band Member

Band Member

Band Member

Band Member

Female Protestor

Radio Cop

Thomas John Gallagher

Carl Oglesby

Michael A. Dean

Juror 11

Elizabeth Holder

Courtroom Gallery Supporter / Journalist

Robert L. Anderson III

Bar Patron

Richard Bertisch

Student Activist

Leonardo Bevilacqua

Chicago Policeman #1

Lincoln Park Reporter

Clay Blanchette

Reporter

Patrick Allen Bolen

Protester

Radical Protester

Courtroom Opposer

Charlotte J. Bradshaw

Black Panther

Black Panther

Courtroom Protestor

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Richard J. Daley

Protester

Jeff Dlugolecki

Riot Policeman / National Guardsman

Riot Cop

Courtroom Protestor / Photojournalist

Richard L. Entrup

Abbie's Friend

Courtroom Spectator

Desk Caller

Bobby Favoretto

Protestor

Extra

Protester

Protestor

Marianna Gallegos

Protester

Protestor

Protestor

Larone L. Gilmore Jr.

Protester

Averie Groleau-Cmelo

Activist / Radical

College Student / Activist

Courtroom Activist

Alex D. Jennings

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King

Protester

Sasha Kuznetsov

College Student

Protestor

Museum Kid

Reporter

Theodora Loukas

National Guard

Schultz Kid

College Student / Activist

Palmyra Mattner

Juror

Arrested Protestor

Chicago Riot Police / National Guardsman

Protester

Protestor

Press Photographer

Charlie Petrach

Juror

Protester

Hippie

Cameraman on Courthouse Steps

Student Protester

US Marshal

Riot Policeman

Assistant Prosecutor

Protester / Marshall

Brady Stanfield

Protestor

Tristan Layne Tapscott

Tom's Friend

National Guard

Matthew J. Valadez

Courtroom Gallery Supporter

Protester

Matthew Wederstrandt

Protester

Adelaide Wilson

Mr. Calley

Government Office Worker

Student Protester

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I have today ordered to Vietnam the Airmobile Divisionand certain other forces which will raise our fighting strengthfrom 75 000 to 125 000 men almost immediatelyThis will make it necessary to increase our active fighting forcesby raising the monthly - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I have today ordered to Vietnam the Airmobile Divisionand...

I've organized 100 protestsThis one will be no different in that it almost certainly won't work - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I've organized 100 protestsThis one will be no...

You can't give this speech in ChicagoFred wants me there Plane ticket Let Fred give the speechBetween Hayden and Hoffman there could be 5 000 peopleBe nice to talk to 5 000 peopleNot while you're in trouble in ConnecticutI'm the head of the Black Panthers - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You can't give this speech in ChicagoFred wants me...

I'm the head of the Black Panthers Sondra - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I'm the head of the Black Panthers Sondra

Martin's dead, Malcolm's dead,
Medgar's dead, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Martin's dead, Malcolm's dead, Medgar's dead,

You'll at least take one of these? - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You'll at least take one of these?

If I knew how to use that,
I wouldn't need to be making speeches. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

If I knew how to use that, I wouldn't need to be making...

It's named after the Russian commissar
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

It's named after the Russian commissar Vyacheslav Mikha...

It's named after the Russian commissar Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

It's named after the Russian commissar Vyacheslav...

You pack some Styrofoam, and now your cherry bomb. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You pack some Styrofoam, and now your cherry bomb.

The 35th National Democratic
Convention is set to begin next week - The Trial of the Chicago 7

The 35th National Democratic Convention is set to begin next...

Is that Jerry Rennie YeahTell him to tell Abbie we're going to Chicago to end the warand not to fuck aroundTom says to tell Abbie that we're going to Chicago to end the warand not to fuck aroundHayden says we're goin' to Chicago to end the war and not to - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Is that Jerry Rennie YeahTell him to tell Abbie we're...

Tell him to tell Abbie
we're going to Chicago to end the war - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Tell him to tell Abbie we're going to Chicago to end th...

Tom says to tell Abbie
that we're going to Chicago to end the war - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Tom says to tell Abbie that we're going to Chicago to e...

We're going to show that we,
as a generation, are serious people. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

We're going to show that we, as a generation, are serio...

People say, "Abbie, are you concerned
about an overreaction from the cops?" - The Trial of the Chicago 7

People say, "Abbie, are you concerned about an overreac...

Four units of the Illinois
National Guard, totaling 5,000 troops, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Four units of the Illinois National Guard, totaling 5,000 tr...

We wanna underscore again
that we're coming to Chicago peacefully, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

We wanna underscore again that we're coming to Chicago ...

An additional 10,000 Chicago
police officers, including riot squads… - The Trial of the Chicago 7

An additional 10,000 Chicago police officers, including riot...

These people are revolutionaries - The Trial of the Chicago 7

These people are revolutionaries

The Democratic Convention is about to begin in a police stateThere just doesn't seem to be any other way to say it - The Trial of the Chicago 7

The Democratic Convention is about to begin in a police...

You've arrived at a moment in history. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You've arrived at a moment in history.

No, sir. Just to meet Mr. Foran at O'Hare
this morning, we'd fly to Washington. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

No, sir. Just to meet Mr. Foran at O'Hare this morning,...

Finally changing that goddamn picture.
Come on in. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Finally changing that goddamn picture. Come on in.

As a matter
of courtesy and tradition, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

As a matter of courtesy and tradition,

Richard, do you know when President Nixon - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Richard, do you know when President Nixon

I don't know, I think it was
more embarrassing for Ramsey Clark. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I don't know, I think it was more embarrassing for Rams...

Richard Chicago is more fucked up than any ten things I've ever seen in my life - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Richard Chicago is more fucked up than any ten things...

We don't know how Humphrey's people
could have been that stupid. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

We don't know how Humphrey's people could have bee...

I'm kidding. Don't believe
everything you've heard about me. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I'm kidding. Don't believe everything you've ...

Ramsey Clark gave me the finger
on the way out the door. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Ramsey Clark gave me the finger on the way out the door.

I'm asking if you think Chicago
was why Humphrey lost the election. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I'm asking if you think Chicago was why Humphrey lost t...

- That's for damn sure.
- Daley didn't help his party, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

- That's for damn sure. - Daley didn't help his pa...

As a matter of fact, we don't believe
any federal laws were broken last summer. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

As a matter of fact, we don't believe any federal laws ...

There was trespassing, destruction
of public property, lewd behavior. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

There was trespassing, destruction of public property, lewd ...

You think you and your boss
are in the attorney general's office - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You think you and your boss are in the attorney general'...

Our office wasn't aware
that the Justice Department - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Our office wasn't aware that the Justice Department

Ramsey Clark doesn't run
the Justice Department anymore, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Ramsey Clark doesn't run the Justice Department anymore...

One hour before
my confirmation hearing gaveled, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

One hour before my confirmation hearing gaveled,

Unprofessional? It was unpatriotic.
I'll tell you what else. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Unprofessional? It was unpatriotic. I'll tell you what ...

It was impolite.
There's such a thing as manners. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

It was impolite. There's such a thing as manners.

I want to bring back manners.
How about that? The America I grew up in. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I want to bring back manners. How about that? The America I ...

'Cause I asked Mr. Foran
who was the best prosecutor in his office. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

'Cause I asked Mr. Foran who was the best prosecutor in...

In conspiracy to cross state lines
in order to incite violence. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

In conspiracy to cross state lines in order to incite violen...

Comes with a maximum of ten years.
We want all ten. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Comes with a maximum of ten years. We want all ten.

"Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin,
David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

"Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinge...

And we watched for a decade
while these rebels without a job, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

And we watched for a decade while these rebels without a job...

The decade's over, the grown-ups are back, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

The decade's over, the grown-ups are back,

So they're gonna spend their thirties
in a federal facility. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

So they're gonna spend their thirties in a federal faci...

Richard, you're being handed the ball.
Are you ready for this? - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Richard, you're being handed the ball. Are you ready fo...

Mr. Attorney General, the Rap Brown Law
was created by Southern whites in Congress - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Mr. Attorney General, the Rap Brown Law was created by South...

Why the fuck is he teaching… - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Why the fuck is he teaching…

Sir, there are people who will see this - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Sir, there are people who will see this

You're 33 and you're about
to be named lead prosecutor - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You're 33 and you're about to be named lead prosec...

But before I do, let me ask you,
how do you see them? - The Trial of the Chicago 7

But before I do, let me ask you, how do you see them?

I see them as vulgar, anti-establishment, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I see them as vulgar, anti-establishment,

Who started the riots?
Was it the protesters or the police? - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Who started the riots? Was it the protesters or the police?

Who started the riots Was it the protesters or the policeThe police don't start riots They'll have witnesses who say they didAnd you'll dismantle them and winbecause Mr Schultz that's what's expected of you - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Who started the riots Was it the protesters or the policeThe...

- The police don't start riots.
- They'll have witnesses who say they did. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

- The police don't start riots. - They'll have wit...

And you'll dismantle them and win, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

And you'll dismantle them and win,

On top of everything we're giving them what they want a stage and an audience - The Trial of the Chicago 7

On top of everything we're giving them what they want a...

On top of everything we're giving them what they want a stage and an audience - The Trial of the Chicago 7

On top of everything we're giving them what they want a...

On top of everything, we're giving them
what they want: a stage and an audience. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

On top of everything, we're giving them what they want:...

The whole world is watching! - The Trial of the Chicago 7

The whole world is watching!

- I was, until I saw that.
- Most of them are on our side. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

- I was, until I saw that. - Most of them are on our side.

- Mr. Kunstler, one question!
- Bill! Bill! - The Trial of the Chicago 7

- Mr. Kunstler, one question! - Bill! Bill!

I want you all to meet
a new addition to the defense team. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I want you all to meet a new addition to the defense team.

This is Leonard Weinglass, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

This is Leonard Weinglass,

Oh, no, it's very important
that it be understood that, uh, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Oh, no, it's very important that it be understood that,...

I was told that Hayden was the one
who wanted to bring Mr. Weinglass in, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I was told that Hayden was the one who wanted to bring Mr. W...

You wanna find out how serious he is,
meet him at a witness stand. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You wanna find out how serious he is, meet him at a witness ...

I understand why they're tryin' to smoke Abbie, Jerry and Hayden, even Rennie and Dellinger, but I can't figure out what the two of us are doin' here. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I understand why they're tryin' to smoke Abbie,...

I understand why they're tryin'
to smoke Abbie, Jerry and Hayden, - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I understand why they're tryin' to smoke Abbie, Je...

I feel exactly the same way but this is the Academy Awards of protests - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I feel exactly the same way but this is the Academy Awards...

I feel exactly the same way but this is the Academy Awards of protestsand as far as I'm concerned it's an honor just to be nominated - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I feel exactly the same way but this is the Academy Awards...

What is thatI've been keeping a list every dayAmericans who've been killed since the day we were arrestedWhyWith the trial starting it might get easy to forget who this is about - The Trial of the Chicago 7

What is thatI've been keeping a list every dayAmericans...

With the trial starting, it might get easy
to forget who this is about. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

With the trial starting, it might get easy to forget who thi...

I just got a question
about my seriousness. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I just got a question about my seriousness.

I just got a question about my seriousness. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I just got a question about my seriousness.

Whatever's going on between you and Abbie,
could you keep it out of this building? - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Whatever's going on between you and Abbie, could you ke...

-Fred. -Bill. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I'm talkin' to him about breakfast - The Trial of the Chicago 7

I'm talkin' to him about breakfast

You just look at me
and you say, "I need you." - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You just look at me and you say, "I need you."

Your friends shouldn't sit together The jury's not gonna like thatThis isn't my jury If they don't like itNo he's rightSpread out okay In pairsBill And FredNo they're dressed just fine It's all rightAnd take your very scary hats off - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Your friends shouldn't sit together The jury's not...

Your friends shouldn't sit together.
The jury's not gonna like that. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Your friends shouldn't sit together. The jury's no...

Spread out, okay? In pairs. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Spread out, okay? In pairs.

Don't mess this up. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Don't mess this up.

You see the crowd out there? - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You see the crowd out there?

You remember what I said. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

You remember what I said.

Hear ye, hear ye.
September 26th, 1969, ten o'clock a.m. - The Trial of the Chicago 7

Hear ye, hear ye. September 26th, 1969, ten o'clock a.m...

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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.

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Director: Aaron Sorkin

Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, history, thriller

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 76/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Oct 2020

Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. 58 wins & 190 nominations total

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