Return of the Secaucus 7 is a 1980 film which tells the story of seven friends who reunite for the anniversary of their arrest ten years previously, on their way to a political demonstration. It stars Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, Karen Trott, Mark Arnott, David Strathairn and John Sayles. The movie was written and directed by Sayles.
The film served as the inspiration for the 1983 film The Big Chill and has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
