A dramatized historical recreation of the Chicago Conspiracy trial with present testimonies by many of the participants.A dramatized historical recreation of the Chicago Conspiracy trial with present testimonies by many of the participants.A dramatized historical recreation of the Chicago Conspiracy trial with present testimonies by many of the participants.
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- TriviaThe screenplay was derived entirely from the transcript of the real "Chicago 8" trial. A message appears before the opening credits that reads "Everything you are about to see and hear actually happened."
- GoofsThe famous quote by Abbie Hoffman "You are a disgrace in front of the gentile - of which he said in Hebrew - does not appear in the movie.
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Jerry Rubin: I like being in here. It's very interesting.
Judge Julius Hoffman: That's the best statement I've heard here during this trial. You said you enjoy being in here?
Jerry Rubin: Sure. It's good theatre.
- Crazy creditsThe movie opens with the text: "Everything you are about to see and hear actually happened..."
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Better than The Trial of the Chicago 7?
I watched this on YouTube the day after I saw The Trial of the Chicago 7, and whilst I liked the latter, I was impressed by the drama/documentary style of Conspiracy, and the fact that it was based on court records and interviews with all of the defendants and the three main defending lawyers who were alive at the time.
Comparing the two casts, I can't fault the actors, but in this one as William Kunstler Robert Loggia has an edge on Mark Rylance, and David Opatashu as Julius Hoffman has an edge on Frank Langella.
If you haven't seen either, I suggest you watch this one first to get more of the truth about a shameful period of American justice.
Anne Kerr (I925 - 1973), Labour MP for Rochester and Chatham from 1964 - 1970, is portrayed in a small part by an uncredited Carolyn Seymour. Kerr died of acute alcoholic poisoning, and at her inquest, her husband Russell Kerr (also a Labour MP), said that she had never really recovered from being beaten by police at Chicago five years earlier.
Comparing the two casts, I can't fault the actors, but in this one as William Kunstler Robert Loggia has an edge on Mark Rylance, and David Opatashu as Julius Hoffman has an edge on Frank Langella.
If you haven't seen either, I suggest you watch this one first to get more of the truth about a shameful period of American justice.
Anne Kerr (I925 - 1973), Labour MP for Rochester and Chatham from 1964 - 1970, is portrayed in a small part by an uncredited Carolyn Seymour. Kerr died of acute alcoholic poisoning, and at her inquest, her husband Russell Kerr (also a Labour MP), said that she had never really recovered from being beaten by police at Chicago five years earlier.
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![Brian Benben, Robert Carradine, Elliott Gould, Peter Boyle, Robert Loggia, Michael Lembeck, and Carl Lumbly in Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDA0MzYyZGEtYmNmYy00Y2NlLTg0YWItMWVmMGFkYmU2ODkzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTY5Nzc4MDY@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR4,0,90,133_.jpg)
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By what name was Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) officially released in Canada in English?
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