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

Corrupt trials = timely content

In 1968 thousands of young people got angry and rioted as an unpopular President expanded an unpopular war overseas. As Ryan Harvey sung recently "The Times They *Aren't* A Chaning". The documentary footage from the protests is amazing, timely, and very reminiscent of news footage from recent political protests in North America. The animated sequences could have been better. They have the look of a very low budget show on Cartoon Network. Occasionally, a different kind of animation is used and this one is less realistic but much more effective. I'm not sure why this type of animation wasn't used throughout the trial sequences.

Roy Scheider I must add was very effective and creepy as Judge Hoffman, the authoritarian and one-sided judge who presided over the trial.

The movie is a reminder that things aren't changing but it's always important to fight.