Film record

The Trial of the Chicago 7

2020Feature film129 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
historical film · historical drama · legal drama

Credits

Cinematography

Phedon Papamichael — Cinematography

Costume

Susan Lyall — Costume design

Direction

Aaron Sorkin — Directing

Editing

Alan Baumgarten — Editing

Music

Daniel Pemberton — Music composition

Cast

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — Acting (Bobby Seale)
Sacha Baron Cohen — Acting (Abbie Hoffman)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Acting (Richard Schultz)
Michael Keaton — Acting (Ramsey Clark)
Q310944 — Acting (Judge Julius Hoffman)
John Carroll Lynch — Acting (David Dellinger)
Eddie Redmayne — Acting (Tom Hayden)
Mark Rylance — Acting (William Kunstler)
Alex Sharp — Acting (Rennie Davis)
Jeremy Strong — Acting (Jerry Rubin)
Noah Robbins — Acting (Lee Weiner)
Daniel Flaherty — Acting (John Froines)
Ben Shenkman — Acting (Leonard Weinglass)
Kelvin Harrison Jr. — Acting (Fred Hampton)
Caitlin FitzGerald — Acting (Daphne O'Connor)
John Doman — Acting (John N. Mitchell)
J. C. MacKenzie — Acting (Tom Foran)
Damian Young — Acting (Howard Ackerman)
Wayne Duvall — Acting (Paul DeLuca)
Max Adler — Acting (Officer Stan Wojohowski)
Juliette Angelo — Acting (Juror 6)
Michelle Hurst — Acting (Housekeeper Jane)
Lyndon B. Johnson — Acting (Self (archive footage))
Martin Luther King Jr. — Acting (Self (archive footage))
Robert F. Kennedy — Acting (Self (archive footage))
Walter Cronkite — Acting (Self (archive footage))
C.J. Wilson — Acting (Sergeant Scott Scibelli)
Alice Kremelberg — Acting (Bernardine Dohrn)
Alan Metoskie — Acting (Allen Ginsberg)

Production

Marc Platt — Production
Walter F. Parkes — Executive production
Stuart M. Besser — Production
Laurie MacDonald — Executive production
Matt Jackson — Production
Marc Butan — Executive production
Anthony Katagas — Executive production
Kristie Macosko Krieger — Executive production
Shivani Rawat — Executive production

Writing

Aaron Sorkin — Screenwriting
Documented participation

Film companies and organizations

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
25 Sep 2020Checked 26 Sep 2026
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