Pop Culture References
- In the film The Big Lebowski, Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (played by Jeff Bridges) demands representation by Kunstler or Ron Kuby during the Malibu Police Station scene.
- Kunstler appeared as himself for one episode of the television series Law & Order in the 1994 episode of "White Rabbit".
- Kunstler appeared as a lawyer for Jim Morrison in The Doors (Oliver Stone, 1991)
- Kunstler appeared as a judge in Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992).
- Kunstler was parodied as an attorney representing R. Kelly during his trial for ‘soliciting a minor’ and/or ‘sex with a minor’ on the animated comedy series The Boondocks.
- In the 1996 Law & Order episode "Blood Libel", Jack McCoy says, "He's a political prisoner? Alice please, Bill Kunstler is spinning in his grave."
- Chicago 10, an animated documentary covering the trial of the Chicago Seven, includes original footage of Kunstler, and he is featured prominently in the animated reenactments.
- According to Lionel Shriver, the character of Joel Litvinoff in Zoë Heller's 2008 novel The Believers may be modelled on Kunstler.
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