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Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Catherine Curtin, Ted Marcoux, Christopher Murney ... see more see more... , Nick Nolte , Roy Scheider , Jeffrey Wright , Debra Eisenstadt , Chuck Montgomery , Mark Ruffalo , Liev Schreiber , Reg Rogers , James Urbaniak , Amy Ryan , Roger L. Jackson , Leonard Weinglass , John Rubano , Ebon Moss-Bachrach , Jay Potter , David Boat , Lloyd Floyd

The Kid Stays in the Picture director Brett Morgen turns his unique eye toward the infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention in this 2006 documentary. Using a star-studded voice cast along with a b... read more read more...lend of archival footage and animation, Morgen tells the story of the eight demonstrators who were arrested and tried for conspiracy in the wake of the violent anti-war protests. Featuring the voices of Nick Nolte and Mark Ruffalo among others, Chicago 10 premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Brett Morgen

Release Date: February 27, 2008

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  • kenstachnik
    October 23, 2008
    kenstachnik
    Entertaining and informative, but lacking depth
  • wbgoose13
    July 14, 2008
    wbgoose13
    Animated trial segments with celebrity voice actors distract from more gripping news footage about those who protested a government which denied its citizens their rights.
  • mattsigur1
    December 31, 2008
    mattsigur1
    I turned this documentary off. How could you fuck this up? Seriously. I tell you how. You mix terrible animation with Rage Against the Machine playing the first five minutes during the set-up of this damned thing.

    Yeah, the film's about something from the '60s and RATM is playi... read moreng. NICE CHOICE ASSHOLES! And I couldn't hear a damn thing cuz Tom Morello is SOLOING HIS BALLS OFF and the animation makes me want to cry.

    UGH!!
  • Dracula787
    November 13, 2008
    Dracula787
    This is a documentary about the protest at the 1968 Democratic convention and the trial that followed. This is an important story worth telling, and the actual documentary footage works pretty well, but the film shoots itself in the foot with its animated recreations. The first... read more problem is that the animation in these reenactments looks horrible; it?s a form of rotoscope animation drawn over live actors, but it isn?t done anywhere near as well as it was in Richard Linklater?s films, it looks like something that would have been used in a computer game from 1995. Secondly the voice acting is ridiculous on a regular basis, particularly with the judge whose voice sounded like a mix between Mr. Magoo and Froghorn Leghorn, the facts of this trial are more then enough to feel like a miscarriage of justice, the added effect is cheesy and unneeded. The film uses modern protest songs by the likes of Rage Against the Machine and Eminem, this initially felt out of place, then again the last thing the world needed was yet another montage of 60s civil disobedience to the tune of Buffalo Springfield. I think what the film really needed was some contemporary interviews looking back, six of the ten are still alive and I would have loved to hear their take today.
  • fb25827189
    August 29, 2008
    fb25827189
    Chicago 10 delves into the chaotic world of the 1960's where the 1968 Democratic National Convention was the setting for one of the darkest times in history as Chicago becomes more like a police state in trying to control anti-war protesters, and what follows is a trial for eight... read more high profile leaders of the anti-war movement which was as ludicrous as the Vietnam War itself.
    Chicago 10 mixes animation and archived footage to tell an effective story about what the people can do if pushed to get their voices heard. The film features a great cast including Jeffrey Wright, Hank Azaria, Mark Ruffalo, and the late Roy Scheider, who portray the major players of the Chicago Conspiracy Trail in 1969.
    Some 40 years later the events that unfolded in Chicago in 1968 are still just as socially relevant as they were back then, and Chicago 10 is a very engaging film that you shouldn't miss.
  • rosler123
    April 2, 2011
    rosler123
    I learned some history watching this. However, I think that the documentoary could have been a bit more matter of fact. Without having done other reading on this I seems like the story was slanted a bit toward the protestors.
  • karenshaub
    October 29, 2009
    karenshaub
    CHICAGO 10 is an exciting, vibrant recreation of the anti-war protests surrounding the Democratic Convention that resulted in the arrests and subsequent trials of Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger,Lee Weiner, John Froines, and Bobby Seale, co-f... read moreounder of the Black Panthers who had only been IN Chicago for 2 or 3 hours. You may say, that's only 8 and you're right. The other 2 are their lawyers Leonard Weinglass and William Kunstler, who racked up almost 5 years in contempt of court charges during the trial. The film is composed of both live action footage of the real events (most notably the actual the attempts to march upon the convention center and later attacks by police and National Guardsmen upon the marchers) and animation that looks as if it were rotoscoped. The animation is used primarily for the courtroom scenes and uses an extremely colorful pallette, that embues each scene with a garish, almost carnival-like appearance--which is very appropriate given the nature of the trial.This is such a beautifully crafted film that I'm afraid I could never do it justice. The real tale is told in two parallel threads, one is the trial and the other is the protest march. They ultimately twist together to form the complete story of what actually happened and who these people really were. WEll worth watching.
  • bmcguir
    January 24, 2009
    bmcguir
    interesting documentary about the protests in chicago at the democratic national convention in 1968. the voice acted animated recreation of the trial is hit and miss but the archival footage is fascinating.
  • matthewupton
    March 26, 2007
    matthewupton
    Listen, I saw the preimer of this flick at Sundance, and I am telling you, go see it, I do not know when it will be released, or how many theaters are going to take it, but it is a wonderful film, there is info for this film at http://www.participate.net/files/C10_main.html
    check... read more it out. The movie is a mix of live action and animation, which is wonderful, Chicago ten also uses contemporary music to tie the events of 1968, to the events of today, Really I highly reccomend it.

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Roger Moore
July 17, 2008
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

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. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
April 4, 2008
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

A vibrant, unconventional documentary about the conspiracy trial of the so-called inciters of the riots that occurred during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
March 14, 2008
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

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. Full Review

Colin Covert
March 13, 2008
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

If you accept the premise that it's a multimedia happening rather than a history lesson, the half-documentary, half-cartoon Chicago 10 is a smash of a mash-up. Call it 1968, the Remix. Full Review

Richard Roeper
March 3, 2008
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

It's a fresh and important new take on one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.

Claudia Puig
February 29, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

A cacophony of sights and sounds and a disjointed narrative dilute the message. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
February 29, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

In the end, the truest thing that can be said for Chicago 10 is that, though Morgen did just about everything he could to make his movie unwatchable, the story was interesting enough to fight him to a... Full Review

Lou Lumenick
February 29, 2008
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

In eschewing the use of a narrator or talking heads, Morgen leaves out too much crucial information. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
February 29, 2008
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

A provocative reflection of its rule-breaking subjects, Brett Morgen's political documentary re-examines the past while drawing unmissable parallels to the present. Full Review

Carina Chocano
February 29, 2008
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

The director wants to bring recent history to life for people who weren't around to witness it, and in that he succeeds pretty admirably. Full Review

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