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    'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Wins Big at ACE Eddie Awards 2021

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    One week ahead of the Oscars, film editor Alan Baumgarten picks up the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) gong, while Disney/Pixar’s ‘Soul’ brings home the Animation prize.

    Apr 19, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    “The Trial of the Chicago 7” was the big winner at the 71st annual ACE Eddie Awards on Saturday night, April 17.

    Alan Baumgarten, who edited Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed film, picked up the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) gong to cap the American Cinema Editors prizegiving a week ahead of the Oscars, where the movie is among the favorites to land a handful of trophies.

    Baumgarten thanked Sorkin for his “enthusiasm for editing” in his virtual acceptance speech, adding, “It was a pleasure to collaborate with you.” He also gave a shout-out to his wife, “I think myself, and as everybody understands, I brought the work home literally – thank you for your patience and understanding.”

    Other top film winners included “Palm Springs” (Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy)) and Disney/Pixar’s “Soul”, which picked up the Animation prize a day after dominating the annual Annie Awards.

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    TV winners included the editors behind “Schitt’s Creek”, “Ted Lasso”, “Better Call Saul”, “Ozark”, “Rick and Morty” and “Cheer”, while “The Queen’s Gambit” won for Best Edited Limited Series or Motion Picture and ESPN’s “The Last Dance” took the non-theatrical documentary honor.

    The virtual ceremony also featured a salute to Spike Lee, the recipient of the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, while Lynzee Klingman and Sidney Wolinsky received Career Achievement Awards for their contributions to film editing.

    In his tribute to Lee, Leslie Odom Jr. gushed, “When I was a little boy, Spike Lee was synonymous with film and movie going. My parents took us to see every Spike Lee the weekend it opened. Thank you for all you have given to the arts and for all you’ve brought to my life.”

    The complete winners list is:

    BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC): “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Alan Baumgarten)
    BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY): “Palm Springs” (Matthew Friedman, Andrew Dickler)
    BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: “Soul” (Kevin Nolting)
    BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION: “Ozark”, ‘Wartime’ (Cindy Mollo)
    BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION: “Better Call Saul”, ‘Bad Choice Road’ (Chris McCaleb, Joey Liew)
    BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION: “Ted Lasso”, ‘Make Rebecca Great Again’ (Melissa McCoy)
    BEST EDITED COMEDY SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION: “Schitt’s Creek”, ‘Happy Ending’ (Trevor Ambrose)
    BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE): “My Octopus Teacher” (Pippa Ehrlich, Dan Schwalm)
    BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (NON-THEATRICAL): “The Last Dance”, ‘Episode I’ (Chad Beck, Devin Concannon, Abhay Sofsky, Ben Sozanski)
    BEST EDITED ANIMATION (NON-THEATRICAL): “Rick and Morty”, ‘Rattlestar Ricklactica’ (Lee Harting)
    BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL: “David Byrne’s American Utopia” (Adam Gough)
    BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE: “The Queen’s Gambit”, ‘Exchanges’ (Michelle Tesoro)
    BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES: “Cheer”, ‘God Blessed Texas’ (Kate Hackett, Arielle Kilker, Daniel McDonald, Mark Morgan, David Nordstrom, Sharon Weaver, Ted Woerner)
    ACE GOLDEN EDDIE FILMMAKER AWARD: Spike Lee
    ACE CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Lynzee Klingman, Sidney Wolinsky

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      Aaron Sorkin Keen to Turn 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Into Musical

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      The award-winning filmmaker reveals he has asked for permission from studio bosses to adapt the Sacha Baron Cohen-fronted true-story movie into a stage production.

      Mar 20, 2021

      AceShowbiz –
      Aaron Sorkin considered turning “The Trial of the Chicago 7” into a musical.

      The 59-year-old filmmaker helmed the historical drama, which is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven men charged by the federal government with conspiracy and inciting a riot, as a result of the counterculture protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and revealed that he approached film bosses about turning into a stage production.

      Aaron said, “People laugh at me when I say this, but there was about a year in there where I asked DreamWorks, if I could take a year and try writing Chicago as a play.”

      “And they gave me permission to and I had a really tough time doing it. But I knew in my heart that this, actually, with the right composer and lyricist, can be a great musical.”

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      Aaron has penned the screenplay for acclaimed projects such as “The Social Network” and the TV series “The West Wing” and he believes there is a musicality to writing good speech for characters.

      He told Variety’s “Awards Circuit” podcast, “If you’re going to write a speech, you want the water to boil, you want to be able to get there.”

      “It’s almost like in a musical. A musical number always works best when it’s the result of words no longer being able to do the trick.”

      The director previously explained how he was “scared” of getting behind the camera on the movie because of its all-star cast, which includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Michael Keaton among others.

      Aaron explained, “It was scary directing Chicago 7. I only have one movie under my belt, Molly’s Game, which had three principal characters. This film has 11 stars, most of whom are leads in their own movies.”

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      'Trial of the Chicago 7' and 'Da 5 Bloods' Top Nominations at 2021 Movies for Grownups Awards

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      The legal thriller directed by Aaron Sorkin and the war drama helmed by Spike Lee lead the nominations at the upcoming Movies for Grownups Awards hosted by AARP the Magazine.

      Feb 9, 2021
      AceShowbiz – “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Da 5 Bloods” have landed six nominations apiece for AARP the Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards.
      Aaron Sorkin’s legal thriller will compete for the top prize of Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups, facing off with “Minari”, “Nomadland”, “One Night in Miami…”, and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”.
      The writer-turned-director is also up for Best Director – alongside Spike Lee for “Da 5 Bloods” – while Mark Rylance has earned a mention in the Best Supporting Actor category, as well as for Best Ensemble, which is awarded to a movie’s entire cast.
      Regina King’s “One Night in Miami…” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” by George C. Wolfe secured five nods across the 15 film categories.
      Among the acting nominees are Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”), Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), Gary Oldman (“Mank”), Tom Hanks (“News of the World”), Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”), and Clarke Peters (“Da 5 Bloods”).
      Meanwhile, for the first time in the ceremony’s history, the event will also celebrate TV and streaming projects, with “Perry Mason”, “Succession”, “The Crown”, “This Is Us”, and “Ted Lasso” all shortlisted for Best Series, and “Watchmen”, “Unorthodox”, “Small Axe”, “Mrs. America”, and “The Queen’s Gambit” fighting for Best TV Movie/Limited Series.
      The winners will be unveiled on 4 March (21), with a virtual ceremony taking place on 28 March, when George Clooney will receive the Career Achievement honour.
      The full list of contenders is:
      Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups:

      Best Actress:

      Best Actor:

      Best Supporting Actress:

      Best Supporting Actor:

      Best Director:

      Best Ensemble:

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      Best Intergenerational:

      Best Buddy Picture:

      Best Screenwriter:

      Best Time Capsule:

      Best Grownup Love Story:

      Best Documentary:
      “A Secret Love”
      “Crip Camp”
      “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy”
      “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
      “Sky Blossom: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation”

      Best Foreign Language Film:

      Best Series:

      Best TV Movie/Limited Series:

      Best Actress (TV/Streaming):

      Best Actor (TV/Streaming):

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      Eddie Redmayne Battles Food Poisoning in Morocco When Receiving 'Trial of the Chicago 7' Script

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      Speaking about his involvement in the legal drama film, the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ star recalls how director Aaron Sorkin gave him freedom to explore his portrayal of Tom Hayden
      Sep 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Eddie Redmayne read up on his dream gig while battling food poisoning and a ruptured foot in a Morocco hotel.
      The Oscar winner had always longed to appear in an Aaron Sorkin film and the screenwriter-turned-director’s script for “The Trial of the Chicago 7” could not have arrived at a better time.
      “When I first read Aaron’s script I was in Morocco on holiday,” the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” star, who portrays Jane Fonda’s activist ex-husband Tom Hayden in the film, says. “I had food poisoning, and I had ruptured my foot, so I couldn’t leave the hotel. I was feeling so miserable and sorry for myself when this email pinged through with a script from Aaron Sorkin.”

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      “Quite often as an actor you’re asked what is your bucket list, what character do you want to play, who do you dream of working with? There was only one person on my bucket list and that was Aaron Sorkin. It was by far the most thrilling, funny, enlightening, and emotional piece of writing that I’d ever read. I finished it and called up my agent and said, ‘Count me in, in whatever capacity’.”
      And Redmayne had an early run-in with perfectionist Sorkin as he tried to get Hayden’s voice just right: “Aaron was very strong to liberate me early as I was working on my voice, and Tom had a very specific voice. Aaron said, ‘I don’t want this to be a replica of Tom Hayden. I want you to play my version of him’.”
      “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, which also features Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and 2020 Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, opens in select cinemas this weekend (September 25) before debuting on Netflix on October 16.

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      First Trailer for Aaron Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Shows Its Stellar Cast

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      Highlighting the racial injustice in the trial against seven people accused of inciting a riot, the Netflix original film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen and Eddie Redmayne as the defendants.
      Sep 24, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The first official trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” is here for viewing pleasure. The film is based on the true story of the Chicago Seven, a group of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy in 1969 and 1970, inciting to riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois, on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
      The trailer opens with Eddie Redmayne’s Tom Hayden delivering a speech about the plans to stage a protest in Chicago. On the street, the demonstrators, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s Abbie Hoffman and Jeremy Strong’s Jerry Rubin, are shocked to find dozens of armed officers heavily guarding the protest.
      The protest leads to a trial, during which one of the defendants, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Bobby Seale, receives racist treatment from Judge Julius Hoffman (Frank Langella). He’s bound and gagged in the courtroom.

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      According to the official synopsis, “What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest-including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale-were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.”
      The movie has received rave reviews following a world premiere virtual event screening. “It’s great, a wily marriage of Sorkin’s strengths, timely material (though the film makes a cogent argument this stuff is always timely), and an ensemble cast made of top to bottom standout performances (but that Strong/Cohen combo is particularly inspired),” IndieWire’s deputy editor Kate Erbland writes of the movie.
      Fandango’s Erik Davis gushes, “Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ is absolutely terrific, and will definitely be among the year’s best. Sharp, riveting, timely, tremendous writing and sensational performances across the board. A chilling but inspiring film about the power of protest.”
      “The Trial of the Chicago 7” will be released globally on Netflix on October 16. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton and John Carroll Lynch are also among the stellar cast.

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