Final Assignment
Citations: Stone, Oliver, dir. Born on the Fourth of July. Universal Pictures, 1989. “Born on the Fourth of July (1989) – Photos – IMDb.” IMDb. Accessed December 9, 2024. Caputo, Philip. 1996. A Rumor of War : [the Classic…
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Honor Pledge
“I hereby declare upon my word of honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this work.” – Vumiliya Veriak
Bibliography
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Filmmaker Perspective
The screenplay for The Trial of the Chicago 7 was originally written by Aaron Sorkin in 2007. Well-renowned movie director Steven Spielberg was set to direct this but the film was halted and then delayed. Both Sorkin and Spielberg were…
Accuracy
Sorkin was very knowledgeable about this topic, while drafting the screenplay for the film he read through a “dozen books on the subject, and 21,000 pages of transcripts from 5 1/2 months of the 1969 trial.”He even met with some…
Historical Context
At the time of the events of the film, 1968-69, the United States was already years deep into the Vietnam War. Despite the nation’s growing fear of the spread of communism, the Vietnam War was something that a majority of…
Synopsis
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) chronicles the notorious 1969 trial of eight, later seven, anti-Vietnam war protesters: Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen), Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), Rennie Davis (Alex Sharp), David Dellinger, John Froines…