Watch a behind-the-scenes video podcast for Pinchas Perry's The Chicago 8, starring Gary Cole, Philip Baker Hall and Orlando Jones. The film is based on actual court transcripts of 8 anti-war protesters on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Also in the cast are Danny Masterson, Mayim Bialik, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Steven Culp. The Chicago 8 is the true story from the notorious 1968 trial that resulted when seven leaders of a Vietnam anti-war movement, and a member of the Black Panthers, were charged with conspiracy to incite devastating riots in Chicago.
- 9/26/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch a behind-the-scenes video podcast for Pinchas Perry's The Chicago 8, starring Gary Cole, Philip Baker Hall and Orlando Jones. The film is based on actual court transcripts of 8 anti-war protesters on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Also in the cast are Danny Masterson, Mayim Bialik, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Steven Culp. The Chicago 8 is the true story from the notorious 1968 trial that resulted when seven leaders of a Vietnam anti-war movement, and a member of the Black Panthers, were charged with conspiracy to incite devastating riots in Chicago.
- 9/26/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
During the 1968 Democratic National Convention in late August, various rallies and demonstrations took place in protest of President Lyndon B Johnson’s policies for the Vietnam War. One particular rally, The Grant Park rally, was attended by thousands of protesters and after it was over some attempted to march to the International Amphitheater—where the convention was being held—but were stopped by police.
This marked the beginning of physical confrontations between protesters and the police for five days. Hundreds of police officers as well as protesters were injured.
As a result, eight protesters were charged with various crimes, including conspiracy to incite a riot. The eight–David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, John Froines and Lee Weiner–were reduced to seven when Seale was severed from the case and sentenced to four years for contempt of court. The trial lasted for months and...
This marked the beginning of physical confrontations between protesters and the police for five days. Hundreds of police officers as well as protesters were injured.
As a result, eight protesters were charged with various crimes, including conspiracy to incite a riot. The eight–David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, John Froines and Lee Weiner–were reduced to seven when Seale was severed from the case and sentenced to four years for contempt of court. The trial lasted for months and...
- 11/29/2010
- by Cynthia
- ShadowAndAct
Millennium Films has acquired the rights to Irvin D. Yalom's international best-seller When Nietzsche Wept. Pinchas Perry will direct, based on a screenplay he is writing. Shooting is set to begin in March in Austria and Lithuania. Casting is under way. Perry will produce, while Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson will executive produce. The novel, first published by Basic Books in 1992, sets up a fictional encounter between 19th century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and Josef Breuer, a Viennese doctor who is one of the founders of psychoanalysis. The story takes place in 1882, when Breuer decided to help Nietzsche fight his hemicrania and despair.
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