Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
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Genre	Drama
Written by	Jeremy Kagan
Directed by	Jeremy Kagan
Starring	Peter Boyle Robert Carradine Elliott Gould
Music by	Arthur B. Rubinstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Ron Sossi Charles Hairston (co-executive producer)
Producers	Jeremy Kagan Max A. Keller Micheline Keller
Cinematography	Frederick Elmes
Editor	Michael Jablow
Running time	118 minutes
Production company	HBO Showcase
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	May 16, 1987 (1987-05-16)
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Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 is a 1987 HBO original courtroom drama made for television and directed, written and produced by Jeremy Kagan.^[1] The film tells the story of the 1969-70 trial of the Chicago Eight (later known as the Chicago Seven), and is adapted from the trial transcripts and a play The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Ron Sossi and Frank Condon.^[2][3]

Jason Bailey wrote for The New York Times that "the attorneys, defendants and judge address the camera as if it were the jury; all of the dialogue is drawn from the original transcripts and, aside from superimposed flashes of archival footage and brief interview snippets from the real participants, all of the action is confined to the courtroom."^[3]