Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7

All those whose birthday falls on June 3rd-

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What we saw were population centers. Schoolhouses, pagodas, women and children. Suddenly the movie screen fills with huge explosions of yellow, black and searing white. RENNIE (CONT'D) And thats American napalm. The women and children were burned alive. Tom? TOM HAYDEN steps out from the darkness.

Hes 30, handsome and serious. TOM The Democratic Party is going to nominate Hubert Humphrey next month in Chicago. We ID the two men with a chyron- Tom HaydenRennie DavisLeaders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) TOM (CONT'D) When it comes to the war, when it comes to social justice, theres simply not enough of a difference between Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon to make a difference. APPLAUSE- TOM (CONT'D) And so were going to Chicago. The APPLAUSE BUILDS- TOM (CONT'D) Young people by busloads will go to Chicago to show our solidarity and our disgust and most importantly-

JERRY 536,000 of us sent to a country not one of these bumper sticker patriots in Washington could find on a map with a motherfuckin map ! We ID the two men with a chyron- Abbie HoffmanJerry RubinLeaders of the Youth International Party (Yippies) ABBIE Were goin to Chicago. Anyone who stays in the park, sings Woody Guthrie, theyre gonna be fine. But the cops are gonna be a half-inch from losin their fuckin minds cause Daleys gonna wind em up to make sure of it. Were goin to Chicago peacefully. (MORE) ABBIE (CONT'D) Were going peacefully, but if were met there with violence, you better believe were gonna meet that violence with-

Always non-violence and thats without exception. DAVE, 55, who looks like (and is) a Boy Scout Troop leader, is talking to his wife and young son as he loads a suitcase and some material for making placards into an old station wagon. We ID the man with a chyron- David DellingerLeader of the Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam (TheMobe) SON What if the police start hitting you? DAVE Why would the police start hitting me? SON What if they do? DAVE Ill duck. MRS. DELLINGER David. He watches the news.

DAVE Why? MRS. DELLINGER You taught him to! DAVE Guys. Ive organized a hundred protests. This one isnt going to be any different in that it almost certainly wont work. The police- MRS. DELLINGER Im not worried about the police.

And Im not worried about Hayden and Rennie Davis. Im worried about Hoffman and Rubin. DAVE Its the Democratic National Convention, honey, every camera in America is gonna be pointed at it and Daley isnt gonna let his city become a theater of war. And Hoffman and Rubin are geniusesin their own special way. MRS. DELLINGER Oh Jesus- DAVE (re the SON) Hes got a Scout meeting tonight at 7.

SON Dad- DAVE If the police try to arrest me Ill do what I always do and what Ive taught you to do, which is what? (beat) Which is what? Tell me, bud. SON Very calmly and very politely-

They tangle, disrupt, intimidate, they play it fast and loose with the First Amendment- SONDRA Robert- BOBBY --they start breaking heads, then no, we will not be on our way. We ID BOBBY with a chyron- Bobby SealeNational Chairman of the Black Panther Party SONDRA You cant give this speech in Chicago. BOBBY Fred Hampton wants me there. SONDRA Let Fred give the speech. BOBBY Between Hayden and Hoffman there could be five-thousand people. Itd be nice to talk to five-thousand people.