The Trial of the Chicago 7

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

25 September 2020

Director

Aaron Sorkin

Composer

Daniel Pemberton

Genre

legal drama, historical drama, historical film

Main subject

Chicago Seven, opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, racism, miscarriage of justice, judicial deliberation

Depicts

1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity

aspect ratio (W:H)

2.39:1

assessment

Bechdel test, reverse Bechdel Test, Mako Mori test, Vito Russo test

BBFC rating

15 certificate

cast member

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong, Noah Robbins, Daniel Flaherty

characters

Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Lee Weiner, John Froines, Bobby Seale, William Kunstler, Leonard Weinglass, Tom Foran, Julius Hoffman

ClassInd rating

16

color

color, black-and-white

costume designer

Susan Lyall

country of origin

United States

director of photography

Phedon Papamichael

distributed by

Netflix

distribution format

video on demand, direct-to-video

duration

129

EIRIN film rating

G

executive producer

Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Marc Butan, Anthony Katagas, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Shivani Rawat

film editor

Alan Baumgarten

ICAA rating

not recommended for children under 12

Kijkwijzer rating

16

MPA film rating

R

narrative location

Chicago

nominated for

Academy Award for Best Picture

original language of film or TV show

English

producer

Marc Platt, Stuart M. Besser, Matt Jackson

production company

Marc Platt Productions, DreamWorks

RCQ classification

G

review score

7.7/10, 89%, 76/100

screenwriter

Aaron Sorkin

set in period

1968, Vietnam War, 1968 Democratic National Convention

soundtrack release

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music from the Netflix Film

title

The Trial of the Chicago 7

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