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Written and directed by political dramatist Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The West Wing), the movie presents Sorkin’s take on the trial of “the Chicago Seven”, leaders of various activist groups that protested the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
It’s a Netflix release out today and given my love of 1960s history and famous court cases, I put it on. But it’s actually a good watch - it moves with good pace and the cast is just outstanding. Sasha Baron-Cohen and Jeremy Strong as Hoffman and Rubin really carry the entertainment portion of the film (as the two also did in the real event). Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young federal prosecutor and Mark Rylance as civil rights attorney William Kunzler are outstanding. And the sub-issue of the treatment of Bobby Seale and the Black Panthers is well presented.
And the piece seems to have relevance to today as one could certainly argue that 2020 is the closest thing any American under 50 has had to 1968 in their lifetimes.
It’s a Netflix release out today and given my love of 1960s history and famous court cases, I put it on. But it’s actually a good watch - it moves with good pace and the cast is just outstanding. Sasha Baron-Cohen and Jeremy Strong as Hoffman and Rubin really carry the entertainment portion of the film (as the two also did in the real event). Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young federal prosecutor and Mark Rylance as civil rights attorney William Kunzler are outstanding. And the sub-issue of the treatment of Bobby Seale and the Black Panthers is well presented.
And the piece seems to have relevance to today as one could certainly argue that 2020 is the closest thing any American under 50 has had to 1968 in their lifetimes.
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