Top 10 Things The Trial of the Chicago 7 Got Factually Right and Wrong
With "The Trial of the Chicago 7", Aaron Sorkin gets a lot right ... while taking a few liberties along the way. For this list, we’re looking at which plot points in the historical legal drama were true to real life, and which were fiction. Our countdown includes Bobby Seale’s Mistreatment, Judge Julius Hoffman’s Incompetence, FBI Agent Daphne O’Connor, Ramsey Clark’s Testimony, Fred Hampton’s Death, and more. What did you think of “The Trial of the Chicago 7?” Let us know in the comments.
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It's scary how the movie is set about 50 years ago and there isn't one part of it that isn't relevant right now.
Agreed! I watched this last night and was astonished at the similarities.
@Jon snow Peaceful protests turned violent by the authorities? Innocents injured,arrested and falsely accused? Police Brutality? Racism within the government? The Corruption? Come on. All the flashbacks to the protests- I've literally seen actual videos on twitter about every single one of those things happening this year, worse even. The scene where protestors were being beaten outside the tavern and people inside were casually having a party? Yes exactly. Excellent social commentary. Those in power turning a blind eye to what the public wants- seems pretty relevant to me.
@Jon snow Lmaoooo that's like the pot calling the kettle black. You are literally repeating the same words every cop apologist says. It's always the same words. You've literally got no other argument. Did you try to look at the other side of the story or did ya just watch one news channel and call it a day? Thugs? There's literally video evidence of police murdering unarmed civilians. Murdering children. I've seen one where protestors were on their knees with their hands up and still got shot. And we'll see how you react when they start killing your friends in their sleep. And how the hell are the lives lost due to the Vietnam War more significant than black lives? Atleast they died on the warzone and not in their own fucking homes. They're literally just demanding basic human rights. Saying you don't want to be murdered for no reason is not being a snowflake. Also what police department needs funding worth 6 billion? That's just insane. Maybe if they put that money in education, you wouldn't be here embarrassing yourself. Just because you aren't being oppressed doesn't mean it's not happening. But stay pressed I guess. ✌️
@Jon snow Firstly, it's defund, not cut funding. Reduce funds. They don't need military level weapons. Secondly, yeah some cops did that stuff, but the others stood by them instead of boycotting or punishing them. They get paid leaves. Thirdly, yeah Indian law enforcement and Government is pretty messed up too, I agree. That's a whole new topic. But it only reenforces my point that every single thing happening in this movie has happened irl just this year- be it Black lives with Kashmiri lives. I just used that example coz that's the country we're dealing with in the movie. Just so you know I think war is stupid and police everywhere needs proper training, psych evals and screening before they're handed a weapon. Plus half the country is dealing with hunger, unemployment and hospitals are struggling right now, so yeah if I'd have to cut funding(NOT dismantle) for the army to handke those problems, I would.
As for the stats, you are completely missing the point. More white people were killed than black people- POLICE SHOULDN'T BE KILLING PEOPLE AT ALL. THERE IS NO REASON. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ARREST AND LEAVE THE REST TO COURT. They can't blame everything on self defence. And whether you kill one person or 10, you are still a murderer.
When Tom Hayden was reading the names of the fallen soilders, it gave me chills.
for me, it's amazing that, when talking about the horrors of the war, americans only care about their soldiers and not, you know, all the people their soldiers killed and raped
I stood up even before the defendants even stood up. Absolute honor and chills
Trueeee
@@alinematos9031 While it is true that many civilians on both sides of the conflict were killed, which is very sad. People like you, like to make the US soldiers look like barbarians, when in reality the PAVN and VC murdered and assassinated way more innocent people than the US or South Vietnam. Not to mention the after effects of the war after the US pulled out (cambodian genocide.) Also consider the fact that US soldiers were drafted against their will, and died brutally in a jungle half way around the world fighting a war they didn't understand in the name of a country who's citizens didn't support them. Edit: One more thing, read about the psychological stress and terror of guerilla insurgency, before you pass judgment on servicemen who commit war crimes. I'm not excusing them, but have empathy.
@@Desh727 After seeing Ken Burns "Vietnam" documentary, it is evident that there is enough blame to go around, from McNamara and President Johnson to the soldiers burning down villages that stood for thousands of years, turning many South Vietnamese into Viet Cong. We were sent there to help these people! We should have sent Christian missionaries rather than sacrifice 55.000 young boys to their deaths. For those that served-may God bless you all. To those that served and came back,thank you for your service To the Chicago 7, I may not agree with your position, you have the right to express your views. To Bobby Seale, I am sorry for what you endured. May you find peace.
That judge was disgusting, and should have been convicted for all his injustice.
And everyone who he put behind bars should have been given new fair trials.
Mate he fucked up so badly that during a bi annual survey of judicial judges he was voted negatively 78% unqualified by most Chicago Lawyers because of the way he conducted the trial and his incompetence
That was the 60s. But Langella's performance was worthy of am Oscar
Julius WAS a POS.
It highlights how judges are rarely held accountable for their actions.
The judge really did a good job of being as the douchest judge in any film.
honestly i thought the judge must be suffering from dementia in some parts. in the beginning of the trial when he cant seem to understand how to pronounce dellinger’s name, and when he says “nobody has ever suggested that i have discriminated against a black man” in his whole life... like seriously, *_nobody_* has suggested that before? highly unlikely. old dude was losing his wits
@@jwl00066 I commonly see conservatives who truly believe "I am not racist, I've never met a racist nor seen a racist act." They just don't want to believe racism exists or is prevalent. But yes, the movie does seem to depict the early stages of dementia. I've been around dementia patients and this is what it looks like at the beginning.
There was the John Lithgo judge in A Civil Action.
The judge was plain racist.
@@flamingflamingo4021 - Yes, and fascist
this movie was absolutely amazing, and Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen completely crushed it!
It’s actually spelt Sacha
@@MoistTowelette125 oops you’re right my mistake!
Redmayne is a good actor but his Tom Hayden was miscast or misdirected. Sacha reminded me a lot of Abbie - Redmayne was nothing like Hayden.
I thought Mark Rylance and Frank Langella were the real stand outs. Sacha was also really great, and honestly everyone was pretty spectacular regardless of how close to their real counterparts they were.
Sacha was good except for his accent. He tried really hard but he could not stop pronouncing his words in his English accent at times. For someone who does accents for a living I expected better. Great movie though
When I was watching the movie, I had to pause because I could not believe that they actually bound and gagged a man in court in real life. Turns out it was even worse in real life than the movie...
It was. This was the turning point for many of us who were young at the time. We also had the murders of Rev. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy to deal with that same year. We were watching the news and seeing for the first time the bloodshed happening in Vietnam. These events made many of us turn inward -- and then outward to the streets. Many people think of the 60's as all fun and games. It wasn't. We were trying to stop a war -- and eventually we did. Clearly, this movie brought back many memories. I still have Jerry Rubin's (or was it Abbie Hoffmann's?) book. I won't say how much I paid for it:)
Was so finggg disgusting
I just looked up and found stories from 2018 and 2019 about gagging defendants in court. Also read a 1970 US Supreme Court Decision that sanctions the act of gagging. I am not going to sleep well tonight
@@NAS43462 Shut up, you weren’t there.
In real life they beat him too
“I’ve never been on trial for my thoughts before.”
The scene where the defence lawyer gives a mock interrogation of Tom Hayden who tells his version of what happened under stress is truly one of the most intense scenes I have ever seen in a film. I was truly gripped.
That was a terrific scene.
Reminded me of some of the tales of protesters from this year's uprisings
Yes, absolutely
That scene was the scene that made me verbally say "holy shit this is good".
Probably the best scene in the film.
In reading the names of the dead: in real life, names of Vietnamese and American dead were read. An indictment of american imperialism on full display, Sorkin left this out
It's true he left that out, but he also changed the scene altogether since as the video points out, it wasn't even Hayden who read the names, and it was at the end of the trial, but at the sentencing before Judge Hoffman even came in. It's an indictment against the war period.
Because sorkin is a nationalist propagandist who seriously believes other countries liked our military showing up in their countries until the trump presidency.
Probably why he changed the communist flag scene to an American flag too...
Thank you for pointing this out. As a Vietnamese, I was screaming in my head "What about the 2 million Vietnamese deaths?" while Tom Hayden was reading the names of the 4752 American soldiers. Glad to know that names of both sides were read.
Imagine how many innocent people the judge threw in jail.
ikrrr i was like "i'm sorry what are you doing now again???" when watching the movie😭
And to think he did that just because he did not like them or because they did not think like him. It just chills me to the core...
The jury makes the decision
Tbh this movie should be less about individuals and more about the fact that you live in a police state fighting against social justice
@@feba33 It is, it's portraying an event and circumstances that exemplify living in a police state fighting against social justice; the movie is just one snapshot of history.
Personally, this is the movie that convinced me there needs to be an ensemble Academy Award. The way this cast just worked, both as a group and as individuals, was pretty damn incredible.
That’s actually a great idea. Kinda surprised there isn’t one.
When Abbie was asked what his price was, followed by “My life” was one of my favorite moments. Even stronger knowing it was his truth
The Dellinger punch was pretty ridiculous thing to add to the script... Completely changes his real life pacifist stance.
Yeah, not sure why it was necessary, unless they wanted each character to look flawed, or to question their belief system.
@@lukewilliam3601 it's to emphasize how ridiculous the trial was i think - obviously it looks bad to us, but it was even worse for the defendants, and dellinger's punch shows us how pushed to their limit each person was
I think they put that scene to highlight the level of frustration, such a level that even a pacifist like him would be sooner or later exploded
@@margheritapici1624 Exactly, and also he immediately regrets it and apologizes. It was an act driven by immense frustration and realization that the judge would never let the defendants win. Man, with a judge like that even the most pacifist of people would break;
This was one of the better movies I've seen recently.
Agreed!!!!!!!
Sorkin does a good job. I also like how throes "Sorkinisms" in all his movies and tv shows.
Sacha, Eddie, and Yahya deserve oscar nominations
What about Mark Rylance?
I think Mark Rylance and Frank Langella are also potentials. But this cast deserves an ensemble award.
This aged well
"Got Oscar nominee MC's stuck to my hatchet" -Holocaust
the most striking thing about this film is that the events took place 50 years ago, but without context i'd believe they happened today
Oscar worthy movie.
Well, this comment aged really well
@@gzmo_ Thanks. I know a great movie when I see one. Wasn't surprised at all. Also wouldn't be surprised if they win at least 1 Oscar
The judge made my Skin tight with anger!
Strong movie with a powerful message even if not completely factually correct. The corner stones weren't changed for story telling reasons...
Don't forget Michael Keaton who stole the show
And Joseph Gordon Levin made Schultz out to be a good guy and that was never the case. He and Judge Hoffman where in on it together. Love how they try to turn monsters into good people.
IKR. You can’t let JGL play monsters bc then I love them
not saying that it is right, but it could have been portrayed like this to give sympathy to the actual actor himself in a way. in a 'behind the scenes' interview i saw about this movie, he tells how his parents were actually at the protests and were part of the yippie party. raising him to be more left-leaning and liberal. so idk maybe that has something to do with it
I don't see JGL character as a "good guy" at all, he's the one that helped get Michael Keaton's testimony thrown out He put full effort into winning his case
Maybe they did this to annoy him. To show government’s pit bull as a softie can’t be a complement to him.
Honestly the best movie Netflix has put out this year (though da 5 bloods is close). This film has not only bought Aaron Sorkin back to the genre that has put him on the map, but has solidified him as a great directing talent. Would have been a dream team to see him team with Steven Spielberg for this, but again shows what he can do in the directors chair for what he brings to the legal genre.
Aaron Sorkin does deserves a Best Director nomination aside from a Best Original Screenplay nomination.
read up on what Hoffman and the others were really trying to do, and what really happened in that court case. Sorkin does a great disservice at times to the defendants.
Someone obviously didn't see Hubie Halloween
@@stephenpigot7057 Da 5 Bloods wasn't atrocious. It's still a good movie.
This was fine, but not sorkins best and only serviceability directed
Mark Rylance is such a great actor. I can't believe his Hollywood career only blew up in the last 5 years.
Couldn't agree more.
He is a theatre director and actor in England so he spends more time there than in the corrupt world of Hollywood
@@amierulsolihin18 you probably already know this but he has three Tony awards as well. I never saw his award-winning stage work, but became a huge fan because of "Bridge of Spies" (his Oscar-winning turn as Rudolf Abel) and his small, quiet but crucial work in "Dunkirk". His great portrait of William Kunstler here was just the cherry on the cake for me. (Note when, again told that Seale "has lawyers to speak for him," Rylance delivers a pitch-perfect roar of "No he does NOT!")
This has to go down in film history as one of the best courtroom dramas ever
I feel like you’ve seen 3 courtroom dramas in your life. Go watch 12 Angry Men.
You’ve clearly never seen the bee movie.
@@theexpresidents Notice how he said one of the best and not the best
In the Name of the Father
Exorcism of Emily Rose....
I disagree that the film showed hoffman and rubin as jokers. Because the film also showed them (at the same time) as some really intellectual people with great self awareness.
“The police could’ve easily not started smacking people in the head with baseball hats” watch mojo gets woke!
*Baseball bats
Didn't they quote sorkin?
@@faissalel7363 they were. This guy misheard them.
It would have been hilarious if at the end of the film, Ruben reaches into his pocket and is all, “So, I still don’t know what to do with this egg.”
save that for end credits maybe
The scene in which they gagged him was shocking. I couldn't even believe it. So I paused the movie and googled it and found out it was real. How could they?
The same thing happened to another man a couple years ago, it’s just American.
I actually stopped to Google it, because Sorkin does take a lot of liberties. Which he didn’t with this! Fuckin crazy.
Seale was actually bounded and gagged in court for multiple days. (two? or three?) So it was worse than the movie even depicted. Utterly despicable.
This was an amazing film. Sacha Baron Cohen was phenomenal as Abbie Hoffman. Eddie Redmayne and Frank Langella were also amazing.
This movie is amazing....deserves more attention
If you liked this one, you should check out the trial of the Chicago 10. Much more true to the real events of the trial and very gripping to watch as well
This movie was way ahead of it's time, it's a serious Oscar contender from Aaron Sorkin's writing and directing, cinematography, editing, the original song, and the performance (especially Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen) it's totally the best movie of 2020 so far!!
Totally agree....
Mark Rylance, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jeremy Strong also gave out strong performances aside from Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Only two movies I’ve enjoyed this year and hope they get recognition at the award shows next year is this one and “The Boys in the Band!” Both movies are outstanding and the only decent movies to come out this year. Netflix are really starting to step up with their original content of movies. But these two are high above everything else.
@@harley7836 The only blight and bad spot that Netflix have is Cuties. Like, that movie was despicable and it's terrible.
@@ajpat9620 the less said about that and not giving it any airtime the better! I’ve had that movie blocked on mine so it doesn’t show up! Apart from that child exploitation I still standby what I’ve said Netflix has released the only two movies that’s actually been above everything else that’s come out. This movie and “The Boys in the Band!” I love the stage show and thought it would never work as a movie but it did which I was shocked and surprised about. But I think them getting the whole stage cast of the show’s revival is the main thing that makes that movie work because all these actors had already played the roles and knew them inside out. It translated perfectly on screen and it shows massively. If none of these two movies are up for any awards next year then something is seriously wrong because “Chicago 7” and “The Boys in the Band!” Are the only decent original movies that’s been released. There’s been a lot of great shows and documentaries but these two movies are what stands out the most because of the incredible performances by everyone involved in them.
Right now, this movie is taking place in india againt the CAA protestors... Sharjeel, Meeran, Asif, Shifa, Safoora, Umar, Khalid, Tahir, Isharat, Gulifsha, Devangna and Natasha history will remember these name as heroes
Yes
OMG YESS
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Mujhe jail mai daldo, mai bhi pregnant ho jaunga, kya pata chutiya janta mujhe bhi sympathy dede
Sirf muslamano ko kyu problem hai caa se, Kashmir se hinduo ko bhaga diya ab kya poore hindustan se bhagaoge hume
Absolute masterpiece 🥰 Esp the last scene where Haydn starts reading the names, I was crying like a baby... Salute to Aaron Sorkin, what a climax to a incredibly moving story 👍🙏🙏
History never ends, it keeps repeating itself until we learn from it.
the whole trial was shown in a 2 hour movie - and that alone seems so brutal. So just imagine, how bad it must have been in reality - all the beatings, the blood, the judge- gives me chills just thinking about it. This movie was brilliant 👏🏻
Sitting in the same room with that judge for just an hour would make me feel sick. They had to endure him for almost six months.
The trial of Chicago 7 was a graet movie.I really loved it.
You watch Sorkin's movies cause it's super entertaining not because of how accurate it is.
Thanks for this. Cleared up a lot of things for me.
Father No !!!! Hhhhhh great movie
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I remember watching the 1987 film about the Chicago 8 starring Robert Loggia, Elliott Gould, Martin Sheen, and Carl Lumbly, and that version definitely didn't make Schultz out to be as sympathetic to the defendants. Thanks for verifying that. I'm not sure if that change was a Sorkin choice or a Joseph Gordon Levitt choice. Perhaps both. And the treatment of Bobby Seale (played by Carl Lumbly) was much more violent and disturbing than what we see in Sorkin's version. The guards almost broke Bobby's arm while trying to detain him in the courtroom, which involved punching him and choking him in the process. After he was brought back into the courtroom (looking much more worse off), they didn't just use a mouth gag and chains. They also used duct tape to restrain him. It's very unsettling sight.
I stumbled on this last night browsing Netflix. So glad I did. Well written, well acted, well directed. This and “The Platform” are the best movies on Netflix this year.
Best movie on Netflix right now
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Everyone involved in this movie should be proud! Absolutely loved (and at the same time hated) every second of it!
Did Abbie really say “The institution Of our democracy is a wonderful that right now is populated by some terrible people” in real life?? I need to know for a class project
That’s what I came here to see as well. Hoffman was a revolutionary anarchist-communist and I seriously doubt that he would say that. That is a classical liberal script line that we hear regurgitated time and time again.
I'm pretty sure he never did. It's pure Sorkinism!
no. he never would have said that, you can look his testimony on google is you do a research
@@eclecticmind7431 you are correct.
No, he wasn’t liberal like that. This was just Sorkins views with context of todays climate.
I am Vietnamese and I fell in love with this film. It was amazing and I love what they did for VietNam. Thanks so much ❤
I still can't believe this actually happened. I'm amazed and thankfull they made this movie. It's like the battle of athens tn but that actually went to trial
the ending was beautiful. Sad but priceless great movie!
One of the best movies I have seen so far in my 15 year's of life
The fact that man ever became a judge is the biggest indictment of our criminal justice system there is.
I like the fact that every time watch mojo uploads a video my friends will talk about it and every night we will just act like were watch mojo and talk about all of this facts
Do a top 10 performances in the trial of the chicago 7
we need more movies like that
Seeing Sasha Baron Cohen in a drama after mostly doing comedies was incredible
When he's not doing his own broad comic characters (Borat, Bruno, etc) I find him an amazing actor. His Hoffman here is even better than his Railway Station Inspector (which I loved) in "Hugo".
the actor who portrayed the judge did an amazing job. i had genuine rage anytime he opened his mouth😂 hell of a role
This tells us how harsh reality can get when pushed to the edges.... Sometimes makes us feel so small under this so Called "system" we are following or can we actually trust them when we really need them.. big up to Netflix 🔥
I watched this movie three times and could easily watch it three more. Absolutely outstanding.
Number 7. It set out straight away, in the movie, that Schultz was NOT sympathetic to the defendants. The scene where he was recruited to the trial sets this clearly. Number 2. Although the officer said to Rubin "You're under arrest" Rubin States that he wasn't actually arrested because he was attacking someone who was being attacked by others.
The ending remembered me what happened in 2018 in the national dialog in Nicaragua, when the students read the names of all the protesters murdered by Daniel Ortega regime.
Man, Trials should be broadcasted on TV for all to see
I have no idea why other than maybe it’s completely acceptable but every time I watch this and the prosecutor gets up for the fallen I can’t help but tear up... like yeah respect ✊
I wondered why this movie pulled me in so aggressively. Then I found out it was a Sorkin film. That tracks
I loved it and saw it twice last week.
"Generally believed that it was an assassination by the FBI" and USA is the greatest country in the world. Lmao.
Don't worry about it, I'm sure it's covered in our "patriotic education"
Regardless of whether you think the USA is the greatest country in the world (newsflash: No country is the greatest), the narrator says "generally believed" because there's an argument over whether if was the FBI or local/state law enforcement. Conspiracy theories point to the FBI, but testimony and evidence shows a stronger link to local and state connections. Corruption exists everywhere in the world, and if someone like Fred Hampton lives in other nations, they often meet similar ends. This problem is global, not national.
The acting carried this film. None then less a good film. Casting Director should get props.
I have watched this film ten times. I love it.
I've watch it several times. One of my favorite movies.
If you're considering or watched movie be sure to watch "The post" also.
All I know is that that ending was 🔥🔥
" old men made war so young men can die in it"
Chicago Ten is also a good watch as its based more closely to the court transcripts
The ending is so powerful i almost cried
I loved this movie and I wish it was longer and more in-depth especially for Sacha and Yahya
Bobby Seale being bound and Fred Hampton getting assassinated are right but, in my opinion, that one probably should have been "right & wrong" for the same reason you guys added that label to #1. Hampton's death came about a month after Bobby Seale's mistrial and was moved chronologically to make things more dramatic (just as the reading of the names was moved in the timeline for dramatic effect).
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this movie made me cry the world out of my lungs.
I don't have a Netflix but I was supposed to watch this for my theater class but thank you guys I can just skip all that and use this the thanks! you guys cut me some college work😉😂
Loved this movie, Sorkin is such a great writer
Any recommendations for movies/series like this and When They See Us?
Time | a Kalief Browder Story. Just make sure you have someone to talk to afte you watch. It's utterly heartbreaking.
#1 eddie redmayne #2 sacha baron cohen #3 mark rylance
#1 Sacha Baron Cohen 100%
Is it only on Netflix?
This movie is definitely generating an Oscar buzz. Will atleast get a nomination.
another fact for the record: Abbie once said "Tom Hayden gives opportunism a bad name" - cracked me up
If these were the case tackled by the 12 Angry Men, it would be a series rather than a movie.
All it took was one Juror number 8 to make the change... Unfortunately he was nowhere to be found
this is a fantastic movie but one thing they didn’t show was on the same night Tom Hayden let the air out of the police’s tire the police were dragging peaceful protesters into bushes and beating the shit out of them
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Great story.
Jerry Rubin & Daphne O'Conner's love story was the best part! They knew each other 72 hours, it could have been a life time.
Ok i just wathed the movie 15min ago and this video was on my recomendations
Watching this movie was a great reminder of past events and helped me feel a little more positive about our current political situation: police using excess force? check. Ultra conservative politicians using the police as a personal militia? check. Judges ignoring the law and the constitution in order to make a political statement? check. Activists using media stunts to become better known? check. I lived through it once, and will live through it again. Our country was broken back in the late 60's and it is broken now. We will get through it and neither of the extreme sides will prevail.
This remembered me of Jan. 6 trial
Never seen before? How about since? Judge Sullivan refused to dismiss a case that the prosecution dropped.
despite all wrong things depicted in this film , it was really nice movie and I enjoyed watching it..
Sacha Baron Cohen is amazing in this movie💜👍
Sacha Baron Cohen is amazing in all movies he does. ❤️
just finished the movie. the guy who played kunstler was the star of the movie.
You can hear a lot of Aladdin voice when Sacha is doing stand-up.
Top 5 Best Performances in this brilliant film 1. Sacha Baron Cohen 2. Frank Langella 3. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 4. Eddie Redmayne 5. Mark Rylance
One might disagree about exact placement, but your top five are, for me, absolutely the top five performances in the film.
You're wrong in the fact that Hoffman and Rubin did have Chicago police uniforms underneath their robes. This is cited in various autobiographies and biographies written about the defendants. Larry Sloman's, "Steal This Dream", a biography of Abbie Hoffman, provides great background to the Chicago protests and The Trial, I believe confirms this. Plus the 1987 HBO presentation, "Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8", whose entire script came from the complete Trial transcript also shows the scene with the two with Judicial Robes, removed to reveal the uniforms. I doubt that an actual transcript of the trial and Aaron Soorkin both decide to use the same comedic/dramatic device. I am surprised that you did not cite the inaccurate way the Tom Hayden character was portrayed as the greatest dramatic inaccuracy of the film. Tom Hayden was a complicated character, because it is true he was having meetings with RFK and his advisors for some time, and had not completely dismissed electoral politics. But according to Bill Ayers, a leader of the Weather Underground, in his book, "Fugitive Days", at the same time pre-convention was meeting with campus leaders of the Action Factions of SDS, many of whom became leaders and members of Weatherman(Weather Underground, to encourage them to use militant(but peaceful) mobile tactics to be disruptive as possible to the Convention. Had Kennedy lived, Hayden and Davis still planned on holding their protests, but they probably would have been on a much smaller scale to pressure the Democrats to have an Anti-War platform. The speech that Hayden made in Grant Park was definitively inspired by seeing wnat the cops had done to Rennie Davis, but were more in line with the whole radicalization that occurred to everyone who had experienced days of repression by the Chicago cops, and were not some moment of insanity on Hayden's part. The plan was always to demonstrate on Michigan Ave., as Humphrey was nominated. In his autobiography, "Reunion", Hayden explains that, in addition to the penalty they face, he was wary of
of being on trial because it took him out of the life he had established living in a radical/revolutionary commune in Berkeley. But he had further radicalized, and talks about the pressure he was getting from Weatherman leaders about going Underground for the sake of "The Revolution". Using the real tensions between Hoffman, who did see the Trial, as a platform for presenting the Coalition of The Counterculture, New Left, and Anti-War Movement, and Hayden was an obvious and smart dramatic device by Sorkin. But Tom Hayden was not the All-American election and image centered character who viewed Hoffman as the caricature Culture Wars individual who would be viewed as representative of Left politics for fifty years.
I HATE THE JUDGE BUT THE MOVIE WAS AMAZING
I’ve decided Tom Hayden’s my hero