EE BAFTA nominations for The Trial of the Chicago 7

    

NEWS!

The nominations for EE BAFTA's were announced today.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 nominated in the Best Film,

Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing category.

Full list of nominees here

Eddie Redmayne didn't get a nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category,

but we can root for the movie and wait for his appearance at the show.

The EE BAFTAs take place on the weekend of 10 and 11 April 2021,

and will be broadcast on the BBC.

New long BTS video for The Trial of the Chicago 7

 

A deep dive into a towering, timely story of conflict and

conviction. Behind the Scenes with Aaron Sorkin and the

cast and crew of The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Interviews with Aaron Sorkin, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen,

Jeremy Strong, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Frank Langella, Mark Rylance,

John Carroll Lynch, Yahya Abdul Mateen II. and more.

My screenshots from the video below.

New BTS video from Netflix with interviews, and clips.

TODAY Show interview on the timeliness of the courtroom drama

Stars Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

chat with Al Roker about the timeliness of ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’.

You can watch the video here

"Most actors love Aaron Sorkin's writing because he writes very intelligent characters

who speak incredibly quickly, and basically substantially brighter than you are..."

"One of the great pleasures of this film for me was being surrounded

by this extraordinary band. It felt like this sort of wonderful clashing

of different types of music. You had a bit of jazz, you had a bit of

punk, and classical, all of these things combining."

“The writing is so muscular and full, that actually we’re just so sad

not to get to say those words again, so maybe they’ll be. I heard, that

originally Aaron thought about doing it as a musical, so maybe...”

Update: Extended interview video below

Links:

Eddie Redmayne on 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Camaraderie

and Film's Parallels to America Now

Interesting interview by Tyler Coates for The Hollywood Reporter

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Deadline's Contenders - The Trial of the Chicago 7 panel

Pete Hammond interviewed writer-director Aaron Sorkin and actors

Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,

and Jeremy Strong at Deadline’s Contenders Film

awards-season event on Saturday, 23rd January 2021.

The full 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' panel video is here

In the video below you can watch the part of the interview when

Eddie was asked about his approach of playing Tom Hayden. 

The video is edited, zooming on Eddie's part of the screen.

For Eddie Redmayne, who plays Hayden, it was all on the page. “Hayden

had an extraordinary facility with speech, but with a quiet integrity that

drew people toward him,” the actor said of the leader of the protests.

Deadline: Aaron Sorkin & Stars On ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’s

“14-Year Collision Course” With Current Events – Contenders Film

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My screenshots, video edit, and gifs from the video by Deadline.

BTS video - An Ensemble Spanning Generations - The Trial of the Chicago 7

In the new Netflix BTS video writer-director Aaron Sorkin and the actors, Eddie

Redmayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sacha Baron Cohen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,

John Carroll Lynch, Frank Langella, and Jeremy Strong discuss the

cast's wide-ranging assortment of players and finding harmony as a vast

ensemble in a film that resonates with the zeitgeist in profound ways.

'The Trial of the Chicago 7' to Receive the first-ever Inaugural

Ensemble Tribute prize at the 2020 IFP Gotham Awards.

The new tribute is aimed at recognizing a group’s performance,

dynamic and contribution to a film’s narrative. 

The 30th Gotham Awards will take place virtually

on Monday, January 11, 2021. 

(via awardsradar)

IFP executive director Jeffrey Sharp said in a press release:

“For our 30th Anniversary, we are proud to introduce a new tribute honor, recognizing

excellence in an ensemble cast. Starting this year and in the years to come, we look

to celebrate a film that demonstrates the collaborative nature of a group performance

and the effect that it has in elevating each individual, and the overall story. Each cast

member of The Trial of the Chicago 7 delivers an intricate and powerful performance,

and we are delighted to celebrate them and their cumulative achievement.”

Deadline article

Awards and Nominations (IMDB)

The Trial Of The Chicago 7 is the Winner of

Best Drama Movie 2020 at IGN’s Best of 2020

The movie was also nominated for:

Movie of the Year 2020 

Best Movie Ensemble  

Best Director - Aaron Sorkin

 

SBIFF - The Trial of the Chicago 7 online Q&A

New Q&A with writer & director Aaron Sorkin and actors Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,

Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, & Jeremy Strong (November 16, 2020)

The online ZOOM event was moderated by Roger Durling • SBIFF executive director

Eddie's smile brightens your day.

“...the first time humor, and any performance I’ve ever done, been connected...”

"Tom, in the way that Aaron organized the film...he is the sort of antithesis

of Abby. He is perhaps straighter and more suit and tied than he actually

was because it plays out that dynamic and infuses the drama with more..."

“... What was important to me was that you saw in those early moments

glimpses of charisma because his charisma was so extraordinary but

it was a quiet charisma. If you ever watch on YouTube his speeches,

he had extraordinary rhetorical capabilities that drew people to him...”

“Aaron said on day one, this is a painting, not a photograph, and

I wanted to be his version of that person."

 More CH7 interviews on my Youtube playlist

THR cover story about The Trial of the Chicago 7

 

"Aaron Sorkin, SachaBaronCohen, Jeremy Strong, YahyaAbdul-Mateen II, and

Eddie Redmayne reveal why it took nearly 20 years to get #TrialOfTheChicago7

made and why it’s still “bracingly current” (09/23/2020)

Click on the link below for the full The Hollywood Reporter article:

THR: The Long Journey and Intense Urgency of

Aaron Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'

Photo by Frank Ockenfels

Sorkin’s script draws a sharp contrast between Hoffman and Rubin’s campy

methods and Hayden’s more reserved approach to the anti-war movement, with

the tensions between Hoffman and Hayden supplying the film’s key relationship

in a kind of begrudging brotherhood of the peace movement. To learn more about

Hayden, Redmayne studied remarks that Jane Fonda, who was married to the

activist and politician from 1973 to 1990, made upon his death in 2016. In his

own life, Redmayne is cautious when it comes to discussing the role that he, as

an actor at the center of a huge studio franchise (Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts)

might have in political life. "I find it endlessly challenging," 

Redmayne says of navigating his public activism. "There’s the elitist thing. It’s

speaking up on climate change but being conscious that you’re traveling a lot.

One has to be aware of one’s own hypocrisies, because they can be detrimental

to something you believe in. So sometimes I find that I have to live my life and

speak to my advocacy in a way in that it’s around friends, family and people

I know rather than making something public."

On the set, from left, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Rylance, Ben Shenkman, Aaron Sorkin

and Eddie Redmayne. (photo Niko Tavernise/NETFLIX)

After Chicago 7 opens in limited release, Netflix will add more theaters in the U.S.

and abroad throughout October, expanding upon the film’s premiere on the service.

Get tickets here!