John Travolta
Jan Schlichtmann
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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 and his law firm file a class action suit on behalf of the townspeople against the two large corporations that own the tannery. The townspeople don’t care about money; they just want the area cleaned up and an apology.
Beatrice and Grace are real companies, and "A Civil Action" is based on Jonathan Harr's nonfiction best seller, which won the National Book Award. But the movie takes fictional liberties, which have been much discussed in the financial press.
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Jan 8, 1999 · A Civil Action. At the risk of bankrupting his firm and career, lawyer Jan Schlichtman takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's contaminated water supply.
- (31K)
- Biography, Drama
- Steven Zaillian
- 1999-01-08
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 threatens to...
- (72)
- Drama
- PG-13
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Jan 7, 1999 · A Civil Action. Studious, ever-so mature and firmly grounded in the eternal combat between big legal issues and moral backbone, dead serious filmmaker Steven Zaillian (who made Innocent Moves...
