A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
Acting
Michael Lembeck channels Hoffman's chaotic genius perfectly.
Direction
Kagan's hybrid docudrama style was genuinely innovative for 1987 cable.
Production
Real defendants commenting on their own dramatized chaos — meta before meta was cool.
Director
Jeremy Kagan
Peter Boyle
David Dellinger
Elliott Gould
Leonard Weinglass
Robert Carradine
Rennie Davis
Michael Lembeck
Abbie Hoffman
Robert Loggia
William M. Kunstler
Martin Sheen
James Marion Hunt
Brian Benben
Tom Hayden
Ron Rifkin
Allen Ginsberg
Carl Lumbly
Bobby Seale
Barry Miller
Jerry Rubin
David Opatoshu
Judge Julius Hoffman
Harris Yulin
Thomas Foran
Robert Fieldsteel
Lee Weiner
Billy Zane
Cop
David Clennon
Richard Schultz
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