{"product_id":"the-trial-of-the-chicago-7-the-screenplay-paperback","title":"The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Screenplay - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Sorkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant screenplay of the Academy Award-nominated film \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of the Chicago 7 \u003c\/i\u003eby Academy and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSorkin's film dramatizes the 1969 trial of seven prominent anti-Vietnam War activists in Chicago. Originally there were eight defendants, but one, Bobby Seale, was severed from the trial by Judge Julius Hoffman--after Hoffman had ordered Seale bound and gagged in court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe defendants were a mix of counterculture revolutionaries such as Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, and political activists such as Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, and David Dellinger, the last a longtime pacifist who was a generation older than the others. Their lawyers argued that the right to free speech was on trial, whether that speech concerned lifestyles or politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trial of the Chicago 7\u003c\/i\u003e stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella, and Mark Rylance, among others, directed by Aaron Sorkin. This book is Sorkin's screenplay, the first of his movie screenplays ever published.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAaron Sorkin is a writer, producer, and director who has worked in film, television, and theater. He first gained attention for his play \u003ci\u003eA Few Good Men\u003c\/i\u003e, a major success on Broadway, which he later adapted into an acclaimed movie. He is the author of many screenplays including \u003ci\u003eMalice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American President\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCharlie Wilson's War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Social Network\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of an Academy Award for best-adapted screenplay), and \u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e. His well-known work in television includes the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e, which won nine Emmy Awards in its first season alone, and \u003ci\u003eThe Newsroom\u003c\/i\u003e. Sorkin made his directorial debut with \u003ci\u003eMolly's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which he adapted from a memoir by Molly Bloom (and which was nominated for an Academy Award for best-adapted screenplay). In 2018 Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's classic \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e premiered on Broadway, and was nominated for nine Tony Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53429871542579,"sku":"9781982163242","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/3e7bxodoPV9781982163242.webp?v=1780647058","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-trial-of-the-chicago-7-the-screenplay-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}