The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Screenplay

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The brilliant screenplay of the Academy Awardnominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Academy and Emmy Awardwinning screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin.

Sorkins film dramatizes the 1969 trial of seven prominent anti-Vietnam War activists in Chicago. Originally there were eight defendants, but one, Bobby Seale, was severed from the trial by Judge Julius Hoffmanafter Hoffman had ordered Seale bound and gagged in court.

The defendants were a mix of counterculture revolutionaries such as Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, and political activists such as Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, and David Dellinger, the last a longtime pacifist who was a generation older than the others. Their lawyers argued that the right to free speech was on trial, whether that speech concerned lifestyles or politics.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella, and Mark Rylance, among others, directed by Aaron Sorkin. This book is Sorkins screenplay, the first of his movie screenplays ever published.

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Aaron Sorkinis a writer, producer, and director who has worked in film, television, and theater. He first gained attention for his play A Few Good Men, a major success onBroadway, which he later adapted into an acclaimed movie. He is the author of many screenplays includingMalice,The American President,Charlie Wilsons War,The Social Network(winner of anAcademy Awardfor best-adapted screenplay), andMoneyball. His well-known work in television includes the highly acclaimedThe West Wing, which won nineEmmy Awardsin its first season alone, andThe Newsroom. Sorkin made his directorial debut withMollys Game, which he adapted from a memoir byMolly Bloom(and which was nominated for an Academy Award for best-adapted screenplay). In 2018Sorkins adaptationofHarper Lees classicTo Kill a Mockingbird premiered on Broadway, and was nominated fornine Tony Awards.