The Trial of the Chicago 7 Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

September 25, 2020

Distributor

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Genre

Drama

Rating

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, Alex Sharp, Daniel Flaherty, Noah Robbins

Eddie Redmayne

as Tom Hayden

Sacha Baron Cohen

as Abbie Hoffman

Jeremy Strong

as Jerry Rubin

John Carroll Lynch

as David Dellinger

Alex Sharp

as Rennie Davis

Daniel Flaherty

as John Froines

Noah Robbins

as Lee Weiner

About 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.

About

Seven defendants are charged with conspiracy stemming from a series of countercultural protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The film is based upon the real life 1969 trial that gripped the United States public.

Trivia

The film was written and directed by Academy Award-winner Aaron Sorkin. Paramount Pictures was set to release the movie, but the rights were sold to Netflix amidst the Coronavirus pandemic.