will bring you a visual feast of enthusiasm, but will also make you feel passionate. Welcome to my movie special. I am an erudite maple leaf with dreams. Today I will recommend a movie " Chicago Seven Gentlemen Trial " adapted from real events in the United States. It's a big controversy. Why do I say that? Next, I will take you to understand the original intention and process of the filming director of this film, and you will understand something.
This is a 13-year late movie. Once in 2007, the great director Spielberg invited Hollywood gold medal screenwriter Alan Sorkin to create such a script with real historical events. However, due to various reasons, it was stranded.
In 2018, the movie finally has news. The film will be starred by leading Hollywood stars such as Eddie Redmayne , Sasha Byron Cohen , Joseph Gordon Levitt , etc. Movie. At this time, Alan Sorkin also became the director of the film.
"Chicago Seven Gentlemen Trial" Douban reputation from the beginning of 7.5, all the way up to 8.6. What is the wonderful story of
? Why is it so concerned? Today I will talk about it.
This movie is based on real history. It is about , the most notorious trial in American history. After the riot , Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, Bobby Seale were accused of planning riots, creating explosives, and inciting riots across state boundaries. Among them, is black. Bobby Seale, one of the founders of the Leopard Party , was tried in another case midway because of unfair treatment that caused concerns about the authorities’ response to public opinion. The defendant was reduced from eight to seven.)
Seven gentlemen and two lawyers (first from the left, Right one)
In 1968, the Democratic Party held a national convention in Chicago to select the party’s presidential candidate. By then, half of the important politicians in the United States will come here.
The leaders of various anti-war movements are keenly aware that this is a good time to seek public opinion exposure. Plans are not as good as changes. A series of unexpected events caused them to clashed with the police on a large scale, resulting in thousands of injuries and one death. A year later, Nixon came to power with the campaign slogan "Law and Order" and soon started the trial of the eight people, known in history as the "Eight Gentlemen of Chicago." The eight representatives of the rally were formally charged with "conspiring to incite violence across states." They have student leaders, hippies, social figures. Several groups of people have never been in contact in private, and they don't know each other, so how can they conspire?
The new Attorney General John Mitchell takes office. As a Conservative Party, he needs to slaughter the chickens and curse monkeys and get rid of the "unpeaceful" elements. He found the so-called "best" prosecutor and forced him to file a public lawsuit against the "seven gentlemen", leaving 8 of them guilty and imprisoned. The biggest highlight of this controversial action like
lies in the entire process of the trial.
In fact, for the seven gentlemen, they are not guilty. Because, from the cessation of demonstrations to the court, there is a year between. For them, it does not constitute a crime.
Judge Hoffman, he is arrogant, indifferent, and ruthless.
exhausted various means throughout the trial process, prompting the final conviction. For example, if you have a good impression of Seven GentlemenThe members of the jury also quarantined the jury. The crime of contempt of the court is always used, forcing the seven gentlemen not to speak to refute. I disagree with his approach. The law represents fairness and justice and should be the incarnation of justice, but he is inconsistent in doing so and appears cold and ruthless, which reveals the essence of human nature: selfishness and inhumanity. . The
trial was the first major trial against civil anti-government organizations in the United States in the 1960s, and it has attracted widespread attention in the United States. Under the camera of the TV, the audience saw a strange scene: the prosecutor was in suit and leather shoes, holding a briefcase, and taking notes seriously, while the defendants were disheveled, covered with ornaments, and put their feet on the table. Chewing snacks while laughing at the judge unscrupulously, even the defense lawyers invited by the defendant were all long-haired shawls and smelled of marijuana.
This is probably the most comical trial in American history ended on February 20, 1970. A jury with an overwhelming majority of white men convicted 7 people, and Justice Mitchell sentenced them to 5 years. Imprisonment, plus a fine of $5,000. After the trial ended, the "seven gentlemen" immediately appealed. After two and a half years of long deliberation, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned all judgments on November 21, 1972, and the "seven gentlemen" were acquitted. The movie
was selected before the presidential election, spanning more than 50 years, and the irony is obvious.
said that the past satirizes the present, just like "the whole world is watching" in the movie.
