The Trial of the Chicago 7 Page #11

DELUCA (O.S.)

So you think we’re idiots.

DELUCA is standing behind him with his partner, BELL.

DELUCA (CONT'D)

Don’t f***in’ move.

BELL:

On your feet.

TOM:

Those are two contradictory

instructions.

DELUCA grabs TOM by the collar, puts him on his feet and

slams him down on the hood of the car.

DELUCA:

Hands behind your head, spread your

legs. Was that a contradictory

instruction?

TOM:

Nope.

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76 INT. COURTROOM -DAY 76

SCHULTZ:

What happened then?

DELUCA:

Someone from the crowd shouted-

77 EXT. GRANT PARK -NIGHT 77

One of the silhouettes from the crowd shouts-

DEMONSTRATOR:

Hey, they’re hassling Tom Hayden!

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BELL:

Paulie, you need to see what I’m

seeing.

DELUCA turns around and sees two-dozen silhouettes begin

moving toward the car-DELUCA

Hey, stay back there! All a you!

BELL:

(showing his badge)

Police! Stay back!

TOM:

(calling to the

silhouettes)

Listen, everybody stay cool!

DELUCA:

(to TOM)

Shut up! Tell ‘em to get back.

Again-TOM

DELUCA:

Tell ‘em to get back.

78 INT. COURTROOM -DAY 78

SCHULTZ:

And did he tell the crowd to get

back?

79 EXT. GRANT PARK -NIGHT 79

TOM:

Everybody get back! I’m alright,

stay cool!

80 INT. COURTROOM -DAY 80

DELUCA:

He was egging them on.

SCHULTZ:

Did you take Hayden under arrest at

that moment?

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DELUCA:

No sir.

SCHULTZ:

Why not?

81 EXT. GRANT PARK -NIGHT 81

Suddenly a white light is shining in DELUCA’s face and he

snaps to it-

DELUCA:

What the hell is--who’s shining

that?

BELL:

(quietly)

It’s a camera. It’s a TV camera.

82 INT. COURTROOM -DAY 82

DELUCA:

We wanted to diffuse the situation

so we arranged to take Mr. Hayden

in the next morning.

83 EXT. GRANT STATUE -DAY 83

TOM’s sitting on the steps with RENNIE and a couple of

friends as two POLICE CARS come rolling up--flashing lights

but no sirens.

TOM:

This is gonna be for me.

RENNIE:

Let me try to explain to them.

TOM:

We should tell ‘em about SaraBeth’s

parents.

RENNIE:

Yeah.

TOM:

I was kidding. Just bail me out and

keep to the schedule, it’s fine

A few OFFICERS, including OFFICER QUINN, step out of their

cars.

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OFFICER QUINN:

Tom Hayden?

TOM:

Yeah.

(to RENNIE)

See you in a bit.

OFFICER QUINN:

You’re under arrest.

TOM:

Got it.

84 INT. COURTROOM -DAY 84

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

We’ll stand in recess for one hour

and court will resume at-

BOBBY:

Your Honor-

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

You wish to address the court, Mr.

Seale?

BOBBY:

I--yes. I have a motion-

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

I will hear you Mr. Seale.

BOBBY:

Just a moment.

We see a YOUNG BLACK woman hand a legal pad to a BLACK MAN

who walks the pad down to FRED HAMPTON who hands it to BOBBY.

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

Mr. Seale, do you have a motion?

BOBBY:

I have a motion pro se to defend

myself. I’d like to invoke the

precedent of Adams vs. U.S. ex rel.

McCann, where the Supreme Court-

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

Alright, that’s enough. Where are

you learning these things. Does

your young friend, Mr. Hampton,

have a background in-

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KUNSTLER:

(standing)

Your Honor, the other defendants

would like to join in Mr. Seale’s

motion.

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

Are you now speaking on behalf of

Mr. Seale?

KUNSTLER:

No sir, I’m speaking on behalf of

the other defendants.

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

You’re standing right next to him,

why don’t you represent him?

KUNSTLER:

Because I’m not his lawyer, sir,

and if I understand Mr. Seale

correctly this last month and a

half, and I believe I have, he is

not represented by counsel.

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

Overruled.

BOBBY:

I am being denied right now-

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

Mr. Seale-

BOBBY:

--my Constitutional right to-

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

Will you be quiet? Will you? Will

you be quiet? That’s all. You have

lawyers to speak for you.

KUNSTLER:

No he doesn’t!

JUDGE HOFFMAN:

Cite Mr. Kunstler with his second

count of Contempt.

79.

85 INT. COLLEGE AUDITORIUM -NIGHT 85

The place is packed and smoke-filled and everyone is there to

see and hear ABBIE, who’s up on stage at the microphone. He

has a style onstage that’s not unlike Lenny Bruce.

We come in on a BIG LAUGH and APPLAUSE...

ABBIE:

So Hayden’s in a holding cell on a

tire-pressure related charge and

suddenly every freak in Chicago is

mobilized. “They got Hayden, they

got Hayden.” We’re gonna march down

to the police station, overcome the

police and the Illinois National

Guard and free Tom Hayden.

(pause)

We couldn’t find our way out of the

park.

A BIG LAUGH...

ABBIE (CONT'D)

Over the course of 10 days, the

government called 37 witnesses,

each and every one of them an

employee of the government. I call

this portion of the trial, “With

Friends Like These...”.

86 INT. COURTROOM -DAY 86

WOJOHOWSKI’s on the stand.

SCHULTZ:

Would you state your full name

please?

WOJOHOWSKI:

Stanley R. Wojohowski.

87 EXT. GRANT PARK -DAY 87

WOJOHOWSKI, who now looks like a biker comes up to ABBIE with

another biker--EDDIE.

EDDIE:

Abbie. This is Stan.

WOJOHOWSKI:

Stan Wojohowski.

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ABBIE:

How you doin’, Stan?

EDDIE:

Stan’s gonna be one of your

bodyguards, he handles himself

pretty well.

88 INT. COURTROOM -DAY

SCHULTZ:

And what is your occupation please,

Mr. Wojohowski?

WOJOHOWSKI:

I’m a Chicago Police Officer.

89 EXT. GRANT PARK -DAY

A MAN is introducing RENNIE to SAM.

MAN:

Rennie, this is Sam, he can be

trusted.

90 INT. COURTROOM -DAY

SAM:

Detective Sam McGiven, Chicago

Police Department.

91 EXT. GRANT PARK -DAY

TOM’s being introduced.

SCOTT:

Scotty Scibelli, Tom. I’m your guy

for ass, weed or whatever you need.

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92 INT. COURTROOM -DAY 92

SCOTT:

Staff Sergeant Scott Scibelli,

Illinois State Police.

93 INT. BAR -NIGHT 93

JERRY’s having a drink at the end of a crowded bar. The

BARTENDER puts another drink in front of him.

BARTENDER:

This is from the woman in the

glasses.

JERRY sees the woman wearing glasses, DAPHNE, at the other

end of the bar.

JERRY:

Really?

JERRY takes his drink and heads over to the woman.

JERRY (CONT'D)

Uh...Did you mean this for me?

DAPHNE:

I did.

JERRY:

Nobody’s ever sent me a drink

before.

DAPHNE:

How do you like it so far?

JERRY:

It’s a Tom Collins. I know it’s

kind of a country club drink but

they’re delicious. A man in England

named Tom Collins claimed in 1894

to have invented it, but then

another man who’s name I’ve

forgotten said, no, he’d invented

it two years earlier and I think

there was a lawsuit.

DAPHNE:

That’s a surprising amount of

controversy for gin and lemonade.

JERRY:

I’m Jerry.

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DAPHNE:

Hey Jerry, do you know why the

French only eat one egg for

breakfast?

JERRY:

No.

DAPHNE:

Because in France, one egg is “un

oeuf.”

(pause)

It’s un oeuf.

JERRY:

Wow.

DAPHNE:

I know.

JERRY:

I feel so much better about my Tom

Collins story.

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