A gripping historical legal drama fueled by righteous indignation, where a courtroom becomes a claustrophobic pressure cooker. The scales of justice are weighed down by institutional prejudice, pitting defiant countercultural firebrands against an unyielding establishment.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
"In 1968, democracy refused to back down."
Director:
Aaron Sorkin
Cast:
Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Frank Langella
Drama
History
Budget:
$35,000,000
Box Office:
$107,423
The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Police officers removing their name badges before the riot.
A chilling, historically accurate hidden detail highlighting the premeditation of police brutality. The officers removed their badges so they could not be easily identified and held accountable for beating the protesters [1.10].
The inclusion of John Froines and Lee Weiner.
While they are main characters, they frequently comment on their own irrelevance to the trial. In reality, they were widely believed to be indicted merely so the jury would have someone to acquit, making the other convictions look like a compromise. The film nods to this by having them act almost as a Greek chorus.