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The Trial of the Chicago 7

20202h 10mDrama · History
directed by Aaron Sorkin

“In 1968, democracy refused to back down.”

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Ratings report

My score
7 / 10
TMDB
7.7 / 10
3,377 votes
IMDb
7.7 / 10
204,055 votes
Metacritic
76 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
89%

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Synopsis

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Cast

Eddie Redmayne·Tom Hayden
Sacha Baron Cohen·Abbie Hoffman
Mark Rylance·William Kunstler
Joseph Gordon-Levitt·Richard Schultz
Frank Langella·Judge Julius Hoffman
Jeremy Strong·Jerry Rubin
John Carroll Lynch·David Dellinger
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II·Bobby Seale
Alex Sharp·Rennie Davis
Noah Robbins·Lee Weiner

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