Cinematical: Sacha Baron Cohen Signs to Play Abbie Hoffman for Spielberg: "The film will be called The Trial of the Chicago Seven and was written by Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War) with presumably Spielberg directing. The story will center on the infamous trial of seven men for riots at the 1968 Democratic convention. Hoffman was an activist and author who, along with Bobby Seale and Jerry Rubin, were put on trial for conspiracy and inciting to riot. He was eventually cleared of the charges and was still a celebrity at the time of his death in 1989."

Wikipedia: "Abbott Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a self-identified Jewish Road Warrior, communo-anarchist, social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party ("Yippies"), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine."