Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
1h 58m
Running Time
May 16, 1987Release Date
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987)
1h 58m
Running Time
May 16, 1987Release Date
Plot.
A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
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Cast & Crew.
Peter Boyle
David Dellinger
Elliott Gould
Leonard Weinglass
Brian Benben
Tom Hayden
Robert Carradine
Rennie Davis
Martin Sheen
James Marion Hunt
David Clennon
Richard Schultz
Michael Lembeck
Abbie Hoffman
Robert Loggia
William M. Kunstler
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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 is a 1987 HBO original courtroom drama made for television and directed, written and produced by Jeremy Kagan. The film tells the story of the 1969 - 70 trial of the Chicago Eight (later known as the Chicago Seven), and is adapted from the trial transcripts and a play The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Ron Sossi and Frank Condon.Jason Bailey writes for The New York Times that "the attorneys, defendants and judge address the camera as if it were the jury; all of the dialogue is drawn from the original transcripts and, aside from superimposed flashes of archival footage and brief interview snippets from the real participants, all of the action is confined to the courtroom."