2014 American film
The Case Against 8 Directed by Produced by Music by Blake Neely (themes)Release date
January 18, 2014 (2014-01-18 ) (Sundance ) Running time
112 minutes Country United States Language English
The Case Against 8 documentary film , which premiered at the2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. Directed and produced by Ben Cotner andRyan White , the film documents the legal battle to overturnCalifornia 'sProposition 8 ,[ 1] David Boies andTheodore Olson during thePerry v. Schwarzenegger [ 1]
Theodore Olson - Himself (billed as Ted Olson) Christopher D. Dusseault - Himself (billed as Chris Dusseault) Jeffrey J. Zarrillo - Himself (billed as Jeff Zarrillo) Paul T. Katami - Himself (billed as Paul Katami) Kristin M. Perry - Herself (billed as Kris Perry) Sandra B. Stier - Herself (billed as Sandy Stier) David Boies - Himself Ted Uno - Himself Chad Griffin - Himself,American Foundation for Equal Rights Kristina Schake - Herself, American Foundation for Equal Rights co-founder Adam Umhoefer - Himself - Executive director, American Foundation for Equal Rights Elliott Perry - Himself (billed as Elliot Perry) Frank Stier - Himself Tom Stier - Himself Spencer Perry - Himself Cotner and White won the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.[ 2] [ 3] SXSW festival, where it won an Audience Award.[ 4]
The film screened at the 2014Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival inToronto ,Ontario [ 5] Maryland Film Festival . The film also received a limited theatrical release in June 2014,[ 1] New York City ,Los Angeles and other major US cities before airing onHBO on June 23.[ 6]
In Australia, it screened in conjunction withQueer Screen andAustralian Marriage Equality on the 20th of August.[ 7] Crosby Textor Group and the research that has polled the biggest support for same-sex marriage in Australia where 72% of Australians support legalising same-sex marriage.[ 8]
Proposed film adaptation [ edit ] On April 21, 2016,Marielle Heller was set to direct the feature film adaptation forPeter Chernin 's Chernin Entertainment and20th Century Fox .[ 9] Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox was completed.[ 10]
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