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The Trial of the Chicago 7

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The Trial of the Chicago 7	comment	The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a 2020 historical drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin about the 1969â€“70 trial of the Chicago Seven, a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters indicted for conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks SKG (and the latter company's first streaming original), and ultimately sold to Netflix in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic making a lucrative theatrical distribution impossible.In 1969, federal prosecutor Richard Schultz (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is bluntly ordered against his advice by John N. Mitchell (John Doman), the newly-appointed Attorney General of the Richard Nixon administration, to make examples of a group of leftist troublemakers for their supposed role in causing trouble in Chicago in 1968.As for those defendants, they are divided into multiple camps, including moderates like Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), Rennie Davis (Alex Sharp), and David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch), and the more radical Yippies Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong). Meanwhile, two other defendants, Lee Weiner (Noah Robbins) and John Froines (Daniel Flaherty), are at best tangentially involved in the incident if at all, and the one African-American codefendant, Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), was definitely not involved at all.What follows is a drawn-out trial, with the both the moderates and defense lawyers William Kunstler (Mark Rylance) and Leonard Weinglass (Ben Shenkman) frustrated not only by the Yippies' defiant antics undermining their case, but by having to deal with Judge Julius Hoffman (Frank Langella)—no relation to Abbie—who is presiding over the trial and is obviously biased against them. Meanwhile, Seale, who has been denied legal counsel of his own choosing for the trial since his preferred lawyer is sick, is forced to protest to almost no avail.Along the way, the defendants eventually find that for all their philosophical differences about political activism, they each have their own faults and ideals that the others can respect.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_116f6f1c	type	Self-Plagiarism
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_116f6f1c	comment	Self-Plagiarism: Sorkin used the same egg joke in an episode of The West Wing.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_14780a0b	type	I Don't Pay You to Think
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_14780a0b	comment	The film also depicts the fractures in the right as well. The new Attorney General and Judge Hoffman just want them convicted and are willing to go to illegal lengths to get it. To them the law is secondary compared to eliminating perceived threats to the American way of life. Schultz is also a staunch Republican genuinely believes in the law and when given the case he starts poking holes and believes this is pointless. Until he is informed that "he is being given the ball here." i.e. do it or your career is over. See I Don't Pay You to Think above.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: Sorkin began seriously considering directing his old script during the election of Donald Trump and chose to emphasize the elements of the case that reflected the Trump administration's lack of civility and abuse of power for political gain. The film was deep into post-production when the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the subsequent protests of the Black Lives Matter Movement made the scenes of Police Brutality against protestors and the murder of Fred Hampton particularly resonant; Sorkin elected to re-edit some of those scenes with archival footage to further emphasize that point.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: The film opens with the future defendants getting ready to go to Chicago. Dellinger brushes aside his wife and son's worries that he's going to get beaten up by police. Seale likewise dismisses his fellow Panther's worry by saying he's only going to be in the city for four hours.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_18baa751	type	Historical Villain Downgrade
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_18baa751	comment	Historical Villain Downgrade: In real life, Richard Schultz was not the Punch-Clock Villain as portrayed in the movie, but was just as gung ho to win the case, and as antagonistic towards the defendants, as the Nixon administration was. In the real trial, he complained to the judge about the defendants' behavior on multiple occasions, and in an interview about this film, he blamed the mistreatment of Bobby Seale on the defense's tactics.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Weiner and Froines, the two minor defendants, usually appear together and have a humorous banter.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_20860a0e	type	Punch-Clock Villain
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_20860a0e	comment	Punch-Clock Villain: Richard Schultz is really only doing his job, and even then, he didnâ€™t want to prosecute the defendants in the first place. When he sees Hoffman and Rubin outside the courtroom, they share a fairly friendly conversation.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Rennie writing a list of the dead of the Vietnam War accumulating over the course of the trial. Hayden reads all 5,000+ names collected by the end in his sentencing statement to frustrate the judge.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_2f4a50be	type	Thoughtcrime
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_2f4a50be	comment	Thought Crime: What Schultz's questioning of Abbie Hoffman amounts to:
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_3036294e	type	Scary Black Man
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: The obvious reason why Seale is on trial with the white defendants: so the jury can lump the scary Black Panther Party with the white protestors.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_31cd5fe7	type	Apologetic Attacker
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_31cd5fe7	comment	Apologetic Attacker: When pacifist Dave Dillinger finally snaps and punches a marshal while being dragged away, he apologizes profusely.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_33d5b7f2	type	Adapted Out
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_33d5b7f2	comment	Adapted Out: The defense team is cut down from seven lawyers* William Kunstler, Leonard Weinglass, Michael Kennedy, Michael Tigar, Charles Garry, Gerald Lefcourt, and Dennis Roberts. down to just 3: Kunstler, Weinglass, and Charles Garry. The former two are major players in the film, while the latter is completely absent in a way that causes tension in the courtroom.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_35b241c0	type	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_35b241c0	comment	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Baron Cohen's command of Abbie Hoffman's New England accent is noticeably shakier than the other British actors playing Americans.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_3bd0924c	type	Jury and Witness Tampering
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_3bd0924c	comment	Jury and Witness Tampering: Kunstler and Weinglass note that jurors 6 and 11 seem to be listening to them more than the prosecution. A few days later, Judge Hoffman states that 6 and 11's families have received threatening mail, purportedly from the Black Panthers, rendering them unable to deliver an impartial verdict. It is strongly implied that the letters actually came from the FBI rather than the Panthers, who would have been unlikely to pull a stunt like that.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_3e086ab9	type	Misplaced Accent
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_3e086ab9	comment	Misplaced Accent: The result of Artistic License in this case; Mark Rylance gives Kunstler a southern drawl. The real Kunstler was from New York, and sounded like it.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: The testimony of the police and FBI agents is intercut with flashbacks to what actually happened during the period they are telling the court about. At best, they choose the least-charitable interpretation possible of the protestors' actions (such as describing Alan Ginsberg's megaphone Om as an inciting warlike chant) if they don't lie outright. John Mitchell feels the need to complain about Ramsey Clark slighting him. When he says Clark only did it to embarrass him, he then states that Clark was probably more embarrassed. His frequent bitching about it in just one scene says otherwise.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Abbie Hoffman is loud mouthed and obnoxious, but itâ€™s clear that he cares deeply about his country and the men who died in Vietnam. When asked what it would take to call off the revolution, his response is â€œMy lifeâ€�. When it is revealed that Hayden was responsible for an overexcited incitement to a militant march, it was Abbie Hoffman who realized it was an accident through a slip of the tongue and explains, albeit in a mocking tone. Regardless, since that incident makes Hayden unacceptable to take the stand, Hoffman volunteers to do so as the most eloquent of the defendants with the spine and wit to stand up to Schultz's cross-examination.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: The film uses quite a bit of it: The film opens with footage of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy giving speeches, juxtaposed with a picture of his freshly-killed corpse and footage of his assassination, respectively. The plot-kicking riot jumps back and forth between Sorkin's dramatization and NBC news footage. Photo variant on the same idea; when Fred Hampton, a minor character who has provided support to Bobby Seale throughout the trial, is murdered by police officers, Sorkin depicts the event using the graphic photos of his death.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_49f20c6a	type	Gory Discretion Shot
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_49f20c6a	comment	Gory Discretion Shot: Mostly not in use; the violence and Police Brutality are on full display. The exception is when Kunstler goes over the night the riots began. The police remove their badges and nameplates, the window shatters, and the next thing we see is the wrecked bar afterwards.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_4a852458	type	Big Good
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_4a852458	comment	Big Good: William Kunstler, a dedicated attorney who does all he can to defend his clients in the face of a clearly biased judge.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_51c70be6	type	Obliviously Evil
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_51c70be6	comment	Obliviously Evil: Judge Hoffman's shock when he is accused of discriminating against Seale because of his race is apparently genuine, and he is sufficiently rattled by it that he grants Schultz's request for a mistrial without further resistance. It seems that, while he is openly pro-government and can't possibly fail to realise that he's undermining the defendants at every turn, he honestly didn't notice that he was treating the one black defendant far worse than the others.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_52ae74d	type	Undercover Cop Reveal
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_52ae74d	comment	Undercover Cop Reveal: At the trial, we see a lot of the people who were introduced to people like Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman were actually undercover cops and FBI agents. Lampshaded by Lee Weiner, who wonders if there were 10,000 policeman and only seven actual protesters in Chicago.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_557a31ce	type	Actual Pacifist
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_557a31ce	comment	Actual Pacifist: Several of the defendants, but most explicitly David Dellinger, who was such an example he draft-dodged WWII.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: The sentencing is wildly changed from the court record. In the film, Judge Hoffman asks Hayden to give a short statement about his sentencing, to which Hayden replies with a list of the 5000 soldiers who have died since the trial began.note Dellinger did read out the names of Vietnam soldiers who died that week on one trial day. In real life, each one of the seven remaining defendants took the stand to give Judge Hoffman separate "reason you suck" speeches. Dick Schultz is depicted as having stood up during the aforementioned name list as "respect for the fallen." Schultz himself confirmed that did not happen. In the film, Bobby Seale's case is declared a mistrial almost immediately after he's dragged back to court in a gag and chains, which is a compression from reality â€” he was brought into court this way for four days. Sorkin said in an interview with The Economist that this was done to not have the audience get used to seeing him that way and therefore not normalize it. Further, the film depicts that Seale's anguished outburst over the killing of Fred Hampton is what led to this appalling treatment. In reality, Hampton's killing happened after Seale's trial had already been separated from the other seven defendants. The real Abbie Hoffman was quite a bit more radical than he's portrayed as here. While the film character praises American democratic institutions, saying the problem is corrupt people are in charge, Hoffman actually felt that they were imprisoning people, part of a decaying system. He was an anarchist and "hedonistic communist" in his words, wanting a revolution rather than simply reform. The "take the hill" scene in Grant Park was much the opposite from what was portrayed here. In reality, protesters had "taken" it already, climbing onto the statue there. After that, the police moved in and arrested/attacked them. Jerry wasn't arrested while rescuing a female protester from assault (there's no evidence that even happened) but later on the street. There was no undercover agent who seduced Jerry. Rather, one served as his bodyguard, while two more also infiltrated the protestors (all were male). The film portrays the violence as wholly one-sided. While it's true the police did often engage in brutality against protestors, journalists and even bystanders caught up in the fracas, almost two hundred officers were also injured (largely by hurled objects, such as makeshift weapons). This is all on film. It's not to say this justified the police brutality, but it also omits this. Schultz was actually strongly onboard with the prosecution, verbally attacking the defendants and their lawyers often. It's portrayed here that Bobby Seale is only on trial to make the white defendants appear more dangerous by association with a scary black man. However, he'd made a speech calling for people to shoot police who were threatening them, saying that it would be self-defense and he would congratulate those who did. Based on this he was indicted for crossing state lines to incite riot. It's probable the government wanted him indicted regardless though since they were seeking to destroy the Black Panther Party, which is shown in the film. David Dellinger never punched a marshal in reality (he did push officers who were trying to drag his daughters out of the courtroom, but that's not the same thing). Ramsay Clark didn't discuss any call with LBJ which contradicted the prosecution. Tom Hayden's contentious quote about "blood flowing all over the city" wasn't used as evidence in the trial. Hayden and Abbie Hoffman didn't actually disagree the way this is portrayed. Though Hayden was more civil and restrained, he also said some explosive things just as Hoffman did. Additionally, they had less contrasting hair and dress styles (Hayden was long-haired as well, for instance).
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_583ec33e	type	Snark-to-Snark Combat
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_583ec33e	comment	Snark-to-Snark Combat: This film is full of them. Abbie Hoffman and Hayden with each other, Seale with Judge Hoffman, Kunstler with Hoffman and with his clients, Schultz with more or less everyone in the courtroom...
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_5aa4ec8a	type	Ambiguous Syntax
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_5aa4ec8a	comment	Ambiguous Syntax: At one point, Tom Hayden makes a speech where he says "If blood is gonna flow, then let it flow all over the city". As Abbie later explains, what he meant was "If OUR blood is gonna flow", as in "if they're going to beat us up, then everyone should see it". It is, however, overall interpreted as "If the cops are going to die, then let them all die", and used as proof that he intended to start a riot. Abbie also explains that this is one of Tom's quirks and he does this sort of thing constantly.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_5ce2c9c6	type	Suddenly Shouting
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_5ce2c9c6	comment	Suddenly Shouting: William Kunstler manages to keep a calm tone of voice for most of the trial, even when he's clearly upset. However, after seeing Judge Hoffman screaming at Bobby Seale and yet again making false claims about his representation, Kunstler has had enough and roars back.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_5d3e7c6	type	Kangaroo Court
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_5d3e7c6	comment	Kangaroo Court: Judge Hoffman's bias against the defendants is obvious from the moment he gavels the court into order; any attempt by the defense to try and introduce a modicum of fairness is punished with contempt of court charges. The trial itself was brought by the Nixon administration against the advice of the US Prosecutor who is assigned to it because the former Attorney General determined that there was no case. But the miscarriage of justice becomes absolutely undeniable when Seale is beaten, chained, and gagged in court. Even the prosecutor is shocked.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_729c69f3	comment	Judge Julius Hoffman is a corrupt judge who has already decided to find the defendants guilty before the case has begun, and does everything he can to ruin their chances of appearing innocent, denying Seale the basic legal right to have legal counsel of his own choice, getting rid of jury members on their side, refusing to allow the jury to see a major witness who could turn the tide of the case, and then thereâ€™s the moment where he has Bobby Seale gagged.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_744e3311	type	Police Brutality
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_744e3311	comment	Police Brutality: 99% of the police footage in this film is of them beating and arresting protestors (usually without any cause), including one scene where they rip off their badges before assaulting them right outside a fancy diner. Fred Hampton is also killed by police offscreen when he was already helpless. "Executed", Seale rightly says.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_7bb1296b	type	"Rashomon"-Style
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_7bb1296b	comment	"Rashomon"-Style: The same events are described in wildly different terms by Abbie Hoffman when he does stand-up, and the unsympathetic witnesses when they testify.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: When Judge Hoffman responds to Kustner's comment with "That's the first time anyone's accused me of racism", Weinglass says "Let me be on the record for being the second."
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_87c7f99d	type	Sidetracked by the Analogy
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_87c7f99d	comment	Sidetracked by the Analogy: Done when Tom says "You're trading a cow for magic beans." Jerry points out that actually worked out pretty well for Jack.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_8f612013	comment	Judge Hoffman has one at the end when he praises Tom Hayden as the only defendant who behaved decently throughout the trial, and makes it clear that he's being sincere when stating that he believes Hayden will undergo a Heelâ€“Face Turn. While this statement is far from what Hayden wants to hear, Hoffman's attempt at kindness is genuine. In addition to that, Hoffman also notes that if Hayden follows his orders for his closing statement, it will be reflected positively in the defendants' sentences.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Though he had moments of Suddenly Shouting even before the end of the film, Judge Hoffman flies into a desperate and hostile rage not only when the fallen soldiers' names are read and everyone's standing, but while his own demands for order while he futilely bangs his gavel also canâ€™t carry over the cheers too.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Judge Julius Hoffman, who shows open bias against the defense and rules one-sidedly for the government.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_9b06e314	comment	Greater-Scope Villain: Attorney General John N. Mitchell, who orders Schultz to prosecute the Eight to make an example of them.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The first thing the US Attorney General does is note that his predecessor, Ramsey Clark, snubbed him during his inauguration. Sure enough, Clark shows up in the latter half of the film to cause problems for the prosecution. Hayden mentions at one point that the actions of radical left-wing groups will cause the mainstream left to keep on losing elections and thereby not achieving anything. In real-life, following the Chicago riots of 1968, five of the next six presidential elections resulted in landslide victories for the Republicans — the exception being in 1976, when Jimmy Carter was just barely able to squeak in off the back of Watergate — which has been attributed in no small part due to the events in Chicago allowing the Republicans and the sections of the press favorable to them to paint the Democrats as being too extreme.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: Hayden's realization that he started a militant march that ended in a police riot over a slip of the tongue. Dellinger is horrified with himself when he loses his temper and hits one of the marshals.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The end text cheekily points out that it's hard to tell how many copies of Abbie Hoffman's book are in circulation because he titled it Steal This Book. Then it tells us that he took his own life in 1989.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Two In-Universe examples: Both Lee Weiner and John Froines are included in the Chicago Seven, even though theyâ€™re nowhere near as important as the other five. The group itself notes that theyâ€™re only there so that the court can pardon them, so they appear merciful while sentencing the others. An even more noticeable example with Bobby Seale, who's in the trial with the Chicago Seven, even though he has zero affiliation with them. Heâ€™s noted as only being there so that his presence as a Black Panther makes the others look guilty.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a7e47a11	type	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a7e47a11	comment	Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Judge Hoffman commends Tom Hayden for being the only defendant who has behaved responsibly throughout the trial. Hayden is visibly mortified by Hoffman's perspective of him and promptly defies his orders during his final statement.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_a80ad52c	comment	Hanging Judge: Judge Hoffman soon makes it clear that he is not interested in presiding over a fair trial.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ac1e30d8	type	Red Scare
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ac1e30d8	comment	Red Scare: A variant of it comes up early in the film when Schultz, the prosecutor, calls the SDS* Represented by Hayden and Davis, the Yippies* Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, and the Black Panthers* Who are represented by Seale, but physically present in the courtroom as well "the radical left, in different costumes." The use of that wording is clearly inspired by the term "radical left" becoming something of a scare word in the latter half of The New '10s and the early New Twenties, bringing to mind Bomb-Throwing Anarchists or communist revolutionaries.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Schultz is the one who asks that a mistrial be declared for Seale, much to Judge Hoffman's shock. Kunstler spells out that beating, shackling, and gagging Seale in open court has just taken him from a Scary Black Man into a sympathetic figure because he is now an obvious victim of racism.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_b1d44353	type	Courtroom Antics
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_b1d44353	comment	Courtroom Antics: Hoffman and Rubin provide plenty of antics for a legal system they have utter contempt for. The standout example comes when they come in dressed in judges' robes, are asked to remove them, and then reveal they're wearing police costumes beneath them.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_b6cebad3	comment	Double Standard: Bobby Seale speaks out and gets a dehumanizing beating and gagging. David Dellinger punches a guard and is otherwise treated much better. Take a guess why the former got the worse treatment.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_b77808f2	type	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_b77808f2	comment	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: The film's audio fades out from Hayden's reading of the names to give brief sentence summaries of what happened after the trial in general and to the main defendants in their lives.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: A meta-example. The receptionist for the Seven is a young girl named "Bernardine." This is supposed to be Bernardine Dohrn, a co-founder of the Weather Underground who spent a fair amount of the same period as the trial on the FBI's Most Wanted List.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_c02f148d	type	Both Sides Have a Point
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_c02f148d	comment	Both Sides Have a Point: Hayden is frustrated that Hoffman and the Yippies are undermining the Left's necessary goal to win elections to get the power needed to achieve their idealistic goals through the system, while Hoffman argues that the system, as represented by the unfair trial they are enduring, is not going to let them get that power anyway.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_c4ea54f6	type	TheyCallMeMrTibbs
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_c4ea54f6	comment	They Call Me Mr Tibbs: From former Attorney General Ramsey Clark to the DOJ attorneys he asked to observe his interview with Kunstler.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_c819533b	type	Rage Breaking Point
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_c819533b	comment	Rage Breaking Point: Various characters have them at different points. Kunstler is the first to raise his voice to the judge in anger after multiple polite and professional attempts to object to the massive breaches of legal ethics Hoffman's committing. Dellinger's stands out, as he is the only one to resort to physical violence (after months of keeping his cool better than the others, he has a momentary loss of control that horrifies him, and leads to him immediately and sincerely apologising to the guard he punched).
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_c9597a03	comment	Self-Deprecation: A common Sorkinism. An example is when the characters argue over Jack and Beanstalk.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_cb0743c0	comment	Lame Pun Reaction: When Jerry Rubin meets Daphne O'Connor in a bar, he tells her about the history of the drink she bought him (a Tom Collins), and she tells him this joke:
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_cbdd9a55	type	We ARE Struggling Together
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_cbdd9a55	comment	We ARE Struggling Together: Honestly this is a central theme of the movie. The defendants are from a number of different movements on the left. Hayden despises Hoffman and Rubin for their antics and how they overshadow and subsequently undermines their progressive goals. Hoffman counters that the establishment is fundamentally flawed and thus working within the system is pointless. Seale coldly confronts Hayden over his "co-defendants actions" by pointing out that his actions are partially a rebellion against his overbearing father "and can you see how that might be different from a noose on a tree." The film also depicts the fractures in the right as well. The new Attorney General and Judge Hoffman just want them convicted and are willing to go to illegal lengths to get it. To them the law is secondary compared to eliminating perceived threats to the American way of life. Schultz is also a staunch Republican genuinely believes in the law and when given the case he starts poking holes and believes this is pointless. Until he is informed that "he is being given the ball here." i.e. do it or your career is over. See I Don't Pay You to Think above. Kunstler is not pleased with Abbie Hoffman narrating the events of each trial day as a stand-up routine in front of a crowd.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_d001c42c	comment	Fitting with his Anti-Villain status, Richard Schultz is shown to be a loving father when heâ€™s not working.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: The defendants silently agree not to stand with the "all rise" after Hoffman orders Seale to be shackled and gagged. Hayden does anyway out of reflex and is seared by the looks of the others, along with the former Attorney General's Black housekeeper later on.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_dc7c48c6	type	Historical Downgrade
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_dc7c48c6	comment	Historical Downgrade: Hayden greeted the courtroom with a fistpump on the first day (for which he was admonished) and was specifically cited for his refusal to stand on the "all rise" at one point, contrasting with his portrayal here as a polished, nervous moderate who missed the cue to not stand.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ddeaea82	type	Miscarriage of Justice
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ddeaea82	comment	Miscarriage of Justice: What the whole trial is, with the treatment of Bobby Seale such as denying him legal counsel of his choice, denying him the chance to defend himself, and when he will not stand for this, he is beaten, chained, and gagged in the courthouse, being merely the most obvious.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e16217f8	type	Historical Villain Upgrade
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e16217f8	comment	Historical Villain Upgrade: David Stahl's Obstructive Bureaucrat interactions with the defendants doesn't mention that Stahl was against the Vietnam War itself; he was just against protests to.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e21cfc56	type	Newhart Phonecall
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e21cfc56	comment	Newhart Phonecall: Bernadine the receptionist has a few of these. One has her talking to a rather nasty person.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e484500b	type	Scary Minority Suspect
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e484500b	comment	Scary Minority Suspect: An In-Universe example. Bobby Seale has never met any of the other defendants, but heâ€™s grouped up with them because having an intimidating Black Panther appear alongside them will help make the group look guilty.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: Judge Julius Hoffman has practically nothing in the way of redeeming qualities, being absolutely determined to give the defendants the most unfair trial possible.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e6743c96	type	Pacifism Backfire
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e6743c96	comment	Pacifism Backfire: Seale's primary point-of-view.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e70127	type	The Mole
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e70127	comment	The Mole: It comes out that there were several cops disguised as hippies, radicals, and drug dealers. They all proceed to testify in the trial.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e9505dd1	type	Crusading Lawyer
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_e9505dd1	comment	Crusading Lawyer: Legendary civil rights attorney William Kunstler. "High-Priced Lawyers are working for free. It is the support-staff..."
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Judge Julius Hoffman is a corrupt judge who has already decided to find the defendants guilty before the case has begun, and does everything he can to ruin their chances of appearing innocent, denying Seale the basic legal right to have legal counsel of his own choice, getting rid of jury members on their side, refusing to allow the jury to see a major witness who could turn the tide of the case, and then thereâ€™s the moment where he has Bobby Seale gagged. John N. Mitchell certainly counts. He uses questionable law to get a group of people he hates convicted for a crime they didn't commit, and it's implied that a major reason why he's doing this is because Ramsey Clark snubbed him and he wants to strike back by messing with a group that Clark sided with. Even putting all that aside, Mitchell comes across as a rude asshole even in casual conversation.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_eda30d58	comment	0% Approval Rating: Judge Hoffman is the extremely corrupt Hanging Judge doing everything he can to be completely unfair to the defendants and railroad them into convictions. The ending title card reveals that the city later deemed him "Unqualified".
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_edeafb2e	type	Malicious Misnaming
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_edeafb2e	comment	Malicious Misnaming: The trial starts with Judge Hoffman flubbing Dellinger's name and getting into an argument about what the correct name actually is, despite the man sitting right there and telling him.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: The aversion of this trope is the subject of a joke early on:
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_f85354eb	type	Attempted Rape
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_f85354eb	comment	Attempted Rape: A number of right-wing thugs assault a female protestor for using the American Flag in the march, tearing off her shirt and clearly intending on far worse, but Jerry Rubin manages to stop them. Rubin is promptly arrested after trying to get said female protestor first aid, and the wannabe-rapists get off scot-free.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: David Dellinger comes across as quite possibly the most likable of the defendants, being highly opposed to violence. But once the months-long trial has taken its toll on him and heâ€™s repeatedly manhandled by security, he loses his composure and punches an officer. Tom Hayden is noted for being much more moderate than the likes of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, but when he sees his friend Rennie Davis being beaten by the police, he loses it and goes on a passionate rant. An unfortunate example since due to a miscommunication on his part, this leads to a riot and his arrest. Itâ€™s clear that Jerry Rubin has no intentions to let the protest get violent, and at first when they do, heâ€™s horrified and tries to get out of there. But when he sees a woman about to be raped, he immediately attacks her assaulters.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_fdbd6162	type	With Friends Like These...
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_fdbd6162	comment	With Friends Like These...: Discussed by Abbie Hoffman, who, when telling the audience during his stand-up bit about how the Yippies and the SDS were penetrated by the police and FBI (see Undercover Cop Reveal above), says, "We'll call this the 'with friends like these' segment."
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
The Trial of the Chicago 7 / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Fitting with his Anti-Villain status, Richard Schultz is shown to be a loving father when heâ€™s not working. During that same scene, Schultz is also able to have a fairly friendly conversation with Abbie Hoffman, furthering emphasizing his status as a Punch-Clock Villain. During this moment he does act like a bit of a Jerkass to Jerry Rubin, but you really can't blame the guy considering Rubin ditched any pleasantries and started lashing out at him. Schultz objects to Bobby Seale being gagged and tied down alongside the defense attorneys and helps convince Judge Hoffman to declare his case as a mistrial. Judge Hoffman has one at the end when he praises Tom Hayden as the only defendant who behaved decently throughout the trial, and makes it clear that he's being sincere when stating that he believes Hayden will undergo a Heelâ€“Face Turn. While this statement is far from what Hayden wants to hear, Hoffman's attempt at kindness is genuine. In addition to that, Hoffman also notes that if Hayden follows his orders for his closing statement, it will be reflected positively in the defendants' sentences.
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