New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman

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i’m really looking forward to this, hopefully it will improve on whatever shortcomings people had issue with in “steal this movie!” (which had a great cast imo).

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“Were you hoping to draw the police into a confrontation?”

I think we all know that the police are always the ones hoping for a confrontation, and no matter how peacefully you protest, the police will get what they want, by hook or by crook.

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Hearing Sacha Baron Cohen speak as Hoffman, even if briefly, immediately brought me back to this clip from the Soundbites From The Counterculture compilation.

Just Say No!

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Who would have thought “Borat” himself Sacha Baron Cohen would even be considered for a role like this. I think it has to do with his slight resemblance to Abbie Hoffman. Brave move on the part of the director.

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