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El Juicio De Los 7 De Chicago Screenbox EL JUICIO DE LOS 7 DE CHICAGO SCREENBOX FICHA NÚM. 2.304 T.O.: THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 NACIONALIDAD: ESTADOS UNIDOS Estreno Screenbox: 02-10-2.020 DURACIÓN: 129’ Estreno España: 02-10-2.020 AÑO: 2.020 WWW.SCREENBOX.CAT TEL: 630 743 981 PI I MARGALL, 26. LLEIDA FICHA ARTÍSTICA Tom Hayden: Eddie Redmayne SINOPSIS Rennie Davis: Alex Sharp En 1969 se celebró uno de los Abbie Hoffman: Sacha Baron juicios más populares de la Historia Cohen de Estados Unidos, en el que siete Jerry Rubin: Jeremy Strong individuos fueron juzgados tras ser David Dellinger: John Carroll acusados de conspirar en contra de Lynch la seguridad nacional. Este hecho Bobby Seale: Yahya Abdul-Ma- traería una serie de conflictos so- teen II ciales (manifestaciones, movimien- William Kunstler: Mark Rylance tos ciudadanos) que pasarían a la posteridad en una época de gran- FICHA TÉCNICA des cambios en todos los niveles Director: Aaron Sorkin del pueblo norteamericano. Guion: Aaron Sorkin Productores: Stuart M. Besser, FILMOGRAFÍA DEL DIRECTOR: Matt Jackson, Marc Platt, AARON SORKIN (Nueva York, Tyler Thompson Estados Unidos, 09-06-1.961) Música: Daniel Pemberton -El Juicio de los 7 de Chicago Fotografía: Phedon Papamichael (2.020) Montaje: Alan Baumgarten -Molly's Game (2.017) AARON SORKIN LLAMA A LA REVOLUCIÓN EN LAS tres dimensiones y como actor da mucha seguridad estar CALLES CON “EL JUICIO DE LOS 7 DE CHICAGO” con alguien tan brillante”, reconocía Sacha Baron Cohen, (publicado por Pepa Blanes en cadenaser.com) que es uno de los protagonistas de esta cinta. Interpreta a Abbie Hoffman, un judío hippie y activista por los derechos Hollywood está en campaña electoral. Estados Unidos humanos sobre el que el actor ya había hecho una tesis se juega mucho el próximo noviembre con las elecciones en su época universitaria. “Hice mi tesis doctoral sobre los presidenciales y la mayor parte de la industria echa el resto activistas judíos y blancos en el activismo negro desde los antes de la campaña electoral. Si hay un creador progresista 60 hasta el año 76. Abbie Hoffman fue uno de esos judíos en Hollywood capaz de unir las críticas al partido demócrata, de izquierdas estudiante, que ayudó a los negros a conseguir con la demostración de cómo debe ser la política, es Aaron el derecho a voto. Estaba en un comité no violento de la Sorkin. Mostró el fracaso de los demócratas en la serie “The universidad. Es curioso que dos tercios de los activistas Newsroom”, pero antes ya había dejado claro que otra blancos que luchaban contra el racismo eran judíos en política es posible, en “El Ala Oeste de la Casa Blanca”. En aquellos movimientos izquierdistas”, explica con orgullo el cine, Sorkin también ha tratado de mostrar la decadencia de actor, que podría estar nominado al Oscar con uno de sus un sistema y de un país. De eso iba también “La Red Social”, primeros papeles dramáticos de su carrera. película de David Fincher de la que Sorkin firmaba el guion. En “El Juicio de los 7 de Chicago”, película que escribe y Sorkin, culto y amante de la literatura, no solo bebe de dirige lo que muestra es la división de la izquierda y la traición Shakespeare, también de Cervantes. De ahí la frase en e inacción de la izquierda más moderada. Algo así como una la película de “que vas a conquistar a España”. Y de ahí izquierdita cobarde. la dicotomía entre dos de los protagonistas. Porque si el personaje de Sacha Baron Cohen es el Quijote de “Empiezo con un hecho histórico, pero a partir de ahí tienes esta historia, el Sancho Panza es el que interpreta Eddie que tomar decisiones. Estamos contando una historia y tienes Redmayne. El actor británico interpreta al niño bueno, que que tomar decisiones sobre intenciones, obstáculos que se no quiere romper nada y que cree que el propio sistema encuentran. Si coges a diez guionistas distintos y los pones cambiará solo. La moderación. Mark Ryalnace, en el papel de a escribir una película sobre este caso, tendrías diez piezas abogado defensor de los muchachos, Jeremy Strong en el completamente diferentes. Podría haber sido más cínica, con papel de un hippy con ingenio y Frank Langella en el del juez, otro tono...”, explica Sorkin en un encuentro con los medios, o Joseph Gordon Levitt haciendo de acusación particular, entre ellos la Cadena SER. El tono al que se refiere es el la que pagó el Partido Republicano de Nixon, en el poder mezclar varios relatos durante el juicio. Multiperspectiva, cuando se celebró el juicio. cambios temporales. Planos cortos, rápidos, guiones incisivos, divertidos, inolvidables y actores en estado de gracia. Esa es “La película habla sobre la celebración de la protesta. Sobre la decisión del director que escribió esta historia en 2007 la libertad de protestar cuando el poder te oprime, como para Spielberg y, por suerte, la ha llevado él a la gran pantalla. ocurre hoy”, dice el actor ganador del Emmy por “Succesion”, Jeremy Strong. Y es que las comparaciones con el momento “El Juicio de los 7 de Chicago” va y viene entre ese juicio actual son evidentes. Sorkin no las obvia, no les tiene miedo. a siete chavales de varios colectivos de izquierdas que Todo su universo ha tenido el valor de hablar del momento protestaban contra la Guerra de Vietnam frente a la presente, también esta cinta que se estrena, primero en cines Convención Demócrata celebrada en Chicago. Una juventud y luego en Netflix, y que llegará semanas antes de uno de los que veía cómo sus amigos y familiares morían en Vietnam comicios más importantes en décadas. o asesinados en las calles de su país. Martin Luther King o Kennedy habían sido eliminados de un país que se revolvía Las manifestaciones del Black Lives Matter, el racismo de en su conservadurismo y racismo. La caza de brujas emergía las instituciones, la violencia policial en Estados Unidos o en de nuevo y eso fue el motivo para esa pantomima de juicio las manifestaciones de cualquier otro país, Chile, España... que Sorkin recrea con tono teatral, casi shakespeariano. resurgen en la mente del espectador cuando la película recrea “Es el Shakespeare moderno. Por eso todos queremos las cargas policiales que tuvieron lugar en la época y que decir un guion suyo. Está claro que esta es una pieza en sirvieron para condenar a estos activistas por conspiración contra el gobierno. Un gobierno que mandó la policía para Jackson). Durante la sentencia, Hoffman sugirió al jurado que acallar las protestas que denunciaban la inoperancia y la probasen el LSD, y se ofreció para ponerles en contacto con un violencia del ejército fuera y dentro de su territorio. “En las traficante que conocía en Florida. manifestaciones siempre va a haber un pequeño grupo que haga daños, queme cosas, que haya caos; pero la derecha Finalmente, el 18 de febrero de 1970, los siete acusados fueron explota eso para decir que todo el movimiento y las protestas encontrados no culpables de los cargos de conspiración, hacen eso, y pretende que quede invalidado. Esa es la pelea dos de ellos (Froines and Weiner) fueron completamente entre los dos personajes, que representan dos facciones. Una absueltos, y cinco fueron declarados culpables de sobrepasar pelea que ahora se da también entre una izquierda moderada las reglas estatales con la intención de incitar a la violencia. y una izquierda más a la izquierda. Una parte que dice que el Esos cinco fueron sentenciados a cinco años de prisión cambio debe producirse en las elecciones y que no se caliente a cada uno y multados con 5000 dólares el 20 de febrero de la policía. La otra, dice que estamos tan mal que es el momento 1970. Las condenas fueron todas revocadas por la apelación de romper cosas”, explica Sorkin. “El coraje de esta gente que del United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit retratamos en la película no es una fanfarronería. Ellos creen el 21 de noviembre de 1972. Las razones para la revocación en la revolución. El personaje de Sacha Baron Cohen dice que incluían parcialidad por el juez y su rechazo a permitir que los el precio de la revolución es su vida. Cuando han militarizado abogados de la defensa preguntasen a los posibles miembros las calles, ya hay una confrontación”, añade el director. El del jurado acerca de su parcialidad cultural. El Departamento dilema de quién ejerce la violencia en una manifestación, si los de Justicia decidió no reabrir el caso. Durante el juicio, todos manifestantes o los policías, y la demonización de la protesta los acusados y ambos abogados defensores habían sido es uno de los debates que ha acompañado a la izquierda desde juzgados por desacato al tribunal y condenados a ir a la cárcel, décadas y que emergen de este drama judicial. “¿Qué hacen los pero todas estas penas fueron revocadas. Los cargos sobre individuos cuando nos amenazan con quitarnos la democracia? desacato al tribunal fueron reabiertos ante otro juez diferente, ¿Nos levantamos o no? Ya no sé si hay otra opción y me da que encontró a Dellinger, Rubin, Hoffman y Kunstler culpables miedo que las protestas sean la única opción si las elecciones de algunos de los cargos, pero decidió no sentenciar a los no salen bien. ¿Vamos a ir a las calles o dejaremos que esto acusados a ser encarcelados ni tener que pagar ninguna multa. acabe en una autocracia? No sé lo que pasará, pero viendo la situación de las instituciones políticas, el maquillaje de la Corte ASÍ ES “EL JUICIO DE LOS 7 DE CHICAGO”, LA OBRA Suprema..
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