8 Audiobook
8 Audiobook
- Brad Pitt, George Clooney
- LA Theatre Works
- 2012-06-01
- 2 h 8 min
Summary:
An unconstitutional proposition.
An unprecedented decision.
An all-star cast.
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Martin Sheen, “”8″” is compiled by Academy Award earning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Dairy, J. Edgar) and directed by acclaimed acting professional and director Rob Reiner.
The play is a robust account of the case filed from the American Federation for Equal Rights (AFER) in the U.S. Region Court this year 2010 to overturn Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that eliminated the rights of about 8 same-sex lovers to marry in the condition of California. Framed around the trial’s historical closing arguments in June 2010, 8 provides an intimate look what unfolded when the problem of same-sex marriage was on trial.
Exclusive interviews included:
– Dustin Lance Dark and Rob Reiner, playwright and director of “”8″”
– David Boies and Ted Olson, attorneys for Prop 8 plaintiffs in California
– Backstage interview montage with actors George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Jamie Lee Curtis, John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and James Pickens Jr.
A full-cast performance featuring:
George Clooney seeing that David Boies
Brad Pitt mainly because Chief Judge Vaughn Walker
Martin Sheen as Theodore B. Olson
Kevin Bacon as Charles Cooper
Jamie Lee Curtis seeing that Sandy Stier
Christine Lahti as Kris Perry
John C. Reilly as David Blankenhorn
Jane Lynch while Maggie Gallagher
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Dr. Ilan Meyer
Matthew Morrison as Paul Katami
Chris Colfer as Ryan Kendall
Yeardley Smith as Dr. Nancy Cott
Matt Bomer as Jeff Zarrillo
George Takei as Dr. William Tam
Rory O’Malley as Dr. Gregory Herek
Cleve Jones seeing that Evan Wolfson
James Pickens, Jr. simply because Dr. Gary Segura
Jansen Panettiere as Elliott Perry
Bridger Zadina while Spencer Perry
Vanessa Garcia as Clerk
Campbell Brown mainly because Broadcast Journalist
Directed by Rob Reiner. Documented before a live target audience at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles on March 3, 2012.