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A Civil Action is a 1998 American legal drama film directed and written by Steven Zaillian and starring John Travolta with Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, and Tony Shalhoub.
Jan 8, 1999 · A movie based on a true story of a lawyer who sues a leather company for causing leukemia in a town's water supply. Starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, and Kathleen Quinlan, directed by Steven Zaillian.
A Civil Action is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr about a water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.
In this legal thriller based on a true story, John Travolta stars as Jan Schlichtmann, a tenacious personal-injury attorney whose fierce determination entangles him in a case that...
A Civil Action is a drama based on a true story of a lawyer who sues two corporations for polluting a town and causing leukemia deaths. Roger Ebert praises the film for its realistic portrayal of the law as a strategy and not a justice, and for its complex characters and themes.
A movie based on a true story of a lawyer who sues two corporations for poisoning a town's water supply and causing leukemia deaths. The plot summary provides details of the case, the characters, the challenges and the outcome.
Dec 25, 1998 · Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
