Aaron Sorkintook home the Golden Globe for best screenplay — motion picture forThe Trial of the Chicago 7on Sunday, over 50 years after the events that inspired the film transpired.
With a star-studded cast includingEddie Redmayne,Frank Langella,Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIandSacha Baron Cohen, Sorkin delivers his take on the real-life trial that shook the U.S. in 1969.
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Seale was bound and gagged in the courtroom and later given his own, separate trial, which never happened, according to theChicago Tribune.
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The protests turned violent on Oct. 11, 1969, during the Days of Rage riots where several anti-war groups entered into skirmishes with police, causing violence and commercial damage to the city.
The trial ended with Hoffman deciding that just five of the defendants (Rubin, Hoffman, Hayden, Davis and Dellinger) had incited riots during the 1968 convention but that they hadn’t conspired to do so. Weiner and Froines were acquitted of all charges.
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Seale, whose case was severed from the Chicago Seven’s, was never convicted on the charges related to the convention but was sentenced to four years for criminal contempt of court. The sentence was later reversed on appeal.
“I don’t always agree with what the characters I write do or say, but Abbie said, ‘Democracy is not something you believe in or where you hang your hat, but it’s something you do. It’s something you participate. You stop doing it, democracy crumbles,’ " Sorkin said before referring to the riots that took place in January at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. “I don’t need any more evidence beyond what happened on January 6 to agree with this.”
The movie also stars Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Alex Sharp, Michael Keaton and John Carroll Lynch.
The Trial of the Chicago 7is now streaming on Netflix.
The 78th AnnualGolden GlobesAwards are airing live on NBC from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
