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Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role 1999 · Winner
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 1999 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1999 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography 1999 · Nominated
Duvall was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. Plot. Environmental toxicants in the city of Woburn, Massachusetts, contaminate the area's water supply and become linked to a number of deaths of local children.
- $56 million
- December 25, 1998
- $75 million
- Danny Elfman
A Civil Action. Jump to. 5 wins & 10 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1999 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Robert Duvall. 1999 Nominee Oscar. Best Cinematography. Conrad L. Hall. Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. 1999 Nominee Blockbuster Entertainment Award. Favorite Actor - Drama. John Travolta.
Jan 8, 1999 · A Civil Action: Directed by Steven Zaillian. With John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy. A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.
- (31K)
- Drama
- Steven Zaillian
- 1999-01-08
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.
- Jonathan Harr
- 500
- 1995
- August 29, 1995
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Jan 8, 1999 · 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.
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.
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