‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Trailer: The Whole World is Watching

Marmaduke Karlston

6 years ago

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Netflix has released an official teaser trailer for Aaron Sorkin‘s drama The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Looks pretty good. It’s nice to see Sacha Baron Cohen in a non-comedic role (I would still love to see his performance as Freddie Mercury). In addition to Cohen, this film has one hell of a cast (which you can see below).

The Trial of the Chicago 7 stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman, Eddie Redmayne as Tom Hayden, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Richard H. Shultz, William Hurt as John N. Mitchell, Mark Rylance as William Kunstler, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Bobby Seale, Jeremy Strong as Jerry Rubin, Frank Langella as Julius Hoffman, and Michael Keaton as Ramsey Clark.

Plot Synopsis:

What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest—including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale—were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 begins streaming October 16, 2020 on Netflix.

What do you guys think? Interested in seeing this at all?

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