Chicago 10 - February 2008

From his Academy Award-nominated “On the Ropes, to his singular blend of fact and legend in the Robert Evans portrait “The Kid Stays in the Picture,” Brett Morgen has explored increasingly provocative ways to transform documentary materials into new and exhilarating kinds of movies. CHICAGO 10 tells the story of the buildup and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy trial not as “history,” but as an electrifying experience felt with up-to-the- moment immediacy. Interweaving footage of the brutal clashes between police and demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic convention with 3-D animated reenactments of the outrageous trial that followed it, Morgen turns the audience into eyewitnesses of violent turmoil and absurdist spectacle. Set to a blazing soundtrack that ranges from Black Sabbath and Steppenwolf to the Beastie Boys and Eminem, “Chicago 10” is a stirring account of young Americans taking a stand in the face of an oppressive government—a story with deep resonance to the world of today.

Directed by Brett Morgen
Produced by Laura Bickford, William Pohlad, Peter Schlessel, Jeff Skoll, Ricky Strauss and Diane Weyermann
Written by Brett Morgen
In Theathers February 29, 2008
Genre: Documentary / Drama / Animation / History
Rating: R

Voice casts:

• Megan Armitage voice
• Hank Azaria voice of Himself
• Dylan Baker voice of David Dellinger / David Stahl
• David Boat voice of Norman Mailer - Marshal 1
• David Dellinger voice of Himself
• Debra Eisenstadt voice of Mary Ellen Dahl - Waitress
• Daniel Hagen voice of Aznavoorian, Meany, Murray, Oklepek, Weaver, Bailiff

Chicago 10 is a 2007 animated film written and directed by Brett Morgen and tells the story of the Chicago Seven. The film features the voices of Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber, and Jeffrey Wright and contains archive footage of David Dellinger, Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, and Leonard Weinglass. The title refers to the collection of the Chicago Seven, Seale (a member of the original Chicago Eight), and Kunstler and Weinglass, defense attorneys for the Seven.