Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago Eight Movie Review 1987

Courtroom drama focuses on the rambunctious trial of the Chicago Eight radicals, charged with inciting a riot at the Democratic National Convention of 1968. Dramatized footage mixed with interviews with the defendants. Imaginative reconstruction of history.

Distribution

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Politics, Vietnam War, Period Piece: 1960s, Docudrama, Order in the Court

Cast

Peter Boyle, Elliott Gould, Robert Carradine, Martin Sheen, David Clennon, David Kagen, Michael Lembeck, Robert Loggia

Director

Jeremy Paul Kagan

Producer

HBO