Fresh
Chicago 10 is that nearly perfect marriage of style -- edgy, different -- to documentary subject: 1968, that seminal year so celebrated in 2008 for changing the America that came after it.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Chicago 10
The convention was drama. The trial was comedy.
2008 · 1h 50m · R
Animation, Documentary, History, War
Directed by
Brett Morgen
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Chicago 10
Overview
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 and cast
- Brett Morgen Director
- Dylan Baker as David Dellinger / David Stahl (voice)
- Hank Azaria as Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
- Nick Nolte as Thomas Foran (voice)
- Mark Ruffalo as Jerry Rubin (voice)
- Roy Scheider as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
- Liev Schreiber as William Kunstler (voice)
- Jeffrey Wright as Bobby Seale (voice)
- Debra Eisenstadt as Mary Ellen Dahl / Waitress (voice)
- Lloyd Floyd as Robert Pierson / Arthur Aznavoorian / Police Officer (voice)
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Paul Krassner (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Makes skillful use of documentary footage to relate what happened in the streets of Chicago, culminating in what was routinely described at the time as 'a police riot.'
Harper Baines, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
A vibrant, unconventional documentary about the conspiracy trial of the so-called inciters of the riots that occurred during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
If nothing else, it's a welcomed alternative to the more straightforward and serious film that Spielberg is likely to deliver.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Rotten
Given the filmmaker's privileged perspective of hindsight, to notconsider the real-world repercussions of their theater, to not connect the dots between 1968 and 2008 is a squandered opportunity.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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