Six of the Chicago 7 defendants appear in 1970. Abbie Hoffman, from left, John Froines, Lee Weiner, Jerry Rubin, Rennie Davis and Tom Hayden were acquitted of conspiracy, but five were convicted of… ...

The trial judge, Julius Hoffman, was both impatient and imperious. He's played here by Frank Langella, who gives the strongest performance of the movie, but as an unpredictable antagonist.

That day in September 1969, U.S. District Judge Julius Hoffman halted the trial after he was informed that a juror had received a threatening letter purportedly sent from the Black Panthers.

In Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong) appeared in court wearing flowing black judge’s robes to taunt the judge ...

But how does its portrayal measure up to history? Let’s look. Frank Langella as Julius Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7. (Netflix) ...

(RNS) — ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ on Netflix hints at the internal Jewish drama that played out in the trial of Abbie Hoffman and his accomplice, Jerry Rubin.

In the most draconian moment of The Trial of the Chicago 7, he orders Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) to be gagged and bound. Hoffman really did do all of these things during the infamous ...

Abbie Hoffman described the trial of the Chicago 7 as “a great show,” and for the past 50 years, moviemakers have agreed. Aaron Sorkin’s new Netflix production “The Trial of the Chicago 7 ...

‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Fact Check: Was Bobby Seale Really Bound and Gagged in Court? The real Bobby Seale called Judge Julius Hoffman “a bigot, a racist, and a fascist” and in an ...

That high-handed jurist, Judge Julius Hoffman, is played by Frank Langella with a mix of glacial authority and doddery belligerence in one of the superlative ensemble’s many incisive ...

Get to know Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and more of The Chicago 7 — plus, what happened to them.

The Chicago 7 were activists who were charged with conspiring to start a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Jon Wiener's 2006 book, recently reprinted, is Conspiracy in the Streets.