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Nov 25, 2019 · As happened in real life, the movie depicts Ruffalo’s Bilott as a lawyer who defends large chemical companies before he is approached for help in 1998 by Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), a West Virginia...
Nov 30, 2019 · Dark Waters follows Robert Bilott's (Mark Ruffalo) real-life legal battle against DuPont over the release of a toxic chemical into Parkersburg, West Virginia's water supply, affecting...
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- What Happened at The Tennant Family Farm?
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Like in Dark Waters, Bilott began his post-school law career working on behalf of chemical companies for his employer, the Taft Stettinus & Hollister firm. During his time there, he would provide his clients with guidance on how best to comply with the "Superfund" law (or Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) which,...
Given the fact that the events depicted on the Tennant cattle farm in Parkersburg, West Virginia, are Dark Waters' most important evidence, the filmmakers should have treated them with the utmost authenticity – to their credit, they did for the most part. Wilbur Tennant's brother Jim really was a DuPont employee who got sick with a disease the doct...
As shocking and as sad as it may sound, in the 1960s, DuPont really did offer some of its staff Teflon-laced cigarettes to test the potential side effects of PFOA. The results found that 9 out of the 10 employees unknowingly studied upon grew noticeably ill, experiencing flu-like symptoms that included chills, backache, fever, and coughing. Similar...
Nov 22, 2019 · What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Dark Waters Did DuPont test chemicals on its own employees? Did they send a helicopter to frighten a farmer? We break down the new movie.
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Jul 9, 2022 · ‘Dark Waters’ is based on the real-life legal battle fought between Robert Bilott and the DuPont chemical company. Bilott, an environmental lawyer, who specialized in representing corporate clients, received a call from Wilbur Tennant, a farmer in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Nov 25, 2019 · The Todd Haynes-directed movie Dark Waters, now playing in theaters, tells the story of how the lawyer, played by Mark Ruffalo, switched allegiances. As happened in real life, the movie...
Mar 5, 2020 · Legal thriller Dark Waters tells the story of tenacious attorney Mark Ruffalo, who takes a stand against a chemical company that has been poisoning a local town. From director Todd Haynes...
