Script Analysis: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ — Part 5: Dialogue

Read the script written by Aaron Sorkin which won the Golden Globe and is nominated for the WGA and Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay.

Reading scripts. Absolutely critical to learn the craft of screenwriting. The focus of this bi-weekly series is a deep structural and thematic analysis of each script we read. Our daily schedule:

Monday: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Tuesday: Plot
Wednesday: Characters
Thursday: Themes
Friday: Dialogue
Saturday: Takeaways

Today: Dialogue.

This week: The Trial of the Chicago 7. You may download the screenplay here.

Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.

Plot summary: The story of seven people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Major kudos to Andrew Lightfoot and Karen Liu for doing this week’s scene-by-scene breakdowns.

To download a PDF of either or both breakdowns for The Trial of the Chicago 7, go here and here.

Speaking of dialogue, how about this scene?

For Part 1, to read the Scene-By-Scene Breakdown discussion, go here.

For Part 2, to read the Plot discussion, go here.

For Part 3, to read the Character discussion, go here.

For Part 4, to read the Themes discussion go here.

To access over 90 analyses of previous movie scripts we have read and discussed at Go Into The Story, go here.

I hope to see you in the RESPONSE section about this week’s script: The Trial of the Chicago 7.