Chicago 10 (2007)

Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Director:

Brett Morgen

Writer:

Brett Morgen

Stars:

Hank Azaria, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hank Azaria	...	Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
Dylan Baker	...	David Dellinger / David Stahl (voice)
Nick Nolte	...	Thomas Foran (voice)
Mark Ruffalo	...	Jerry Rubin (voice)
Roy Scheider	...	Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Liev Schreiber	...	William Kunstler (voice)
Jeffrey Wright	...	Bobby Seale (voice)
Debra Eisenstadt	...	Mary Ellen Dahl / Waitress (voice)
Lloyd Floyd	...	Robert Pierson / Arthur Aznavoorian / Police Officer (voice)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Paul Krassner (voice)
James Urbaniak	...	Rennie Davis / Richard Schultz (voice)
Leonard Weinglass	...	Himself (voice)
David Boat	...	Norman Mailer / Marshal 1 (voice)
Catherine Curtin	...	Barbara Callender (voice)
Julian Dean	...	Reporter 2 (voice)

Storyline

Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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Plot Keywords:

anti war | trial | democratic national convention | political convention | nudity | 

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Taglines:

The convention was drama. The trial was comedy.

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Genres:

Documentary | Animation | History | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief sexual images

Details

Official Sites:

PBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$42,724 (USA) (29 February 2008)

Gross:

$176,545 (USA) (18 July 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Consolidated Documentaries, Participant Productions, Public Road Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 110 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 1 March 2008 (2008)

User Reviews

Chicago 10

The story telling in Chicago 10 is inviting. Once inside it transforms the audience into witnesses. With your own senses you see what many have for decades refused to see. It is a work well done. 1968 was a year that changed the US of A as much as May '68 changed France. The movie is not an history lesson. This movie brings us into that time in a way that allows us to reflect not only upon what happened in Chicago, but moreover what was yet to come in the USA. The trial of the Chicago 7 almost did not happen. Ramsey Clark the US Attorney General until January 20, 1969 was not going to allow this case to be prosecuted. After January 20th, Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell made sure that the silent majority got their show trial. It backfired. The rest is in the movie.