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  2. Nov 25, 2019 · As happened in real life, the movie depicts Ruffalos Bilott as a lawyer who defends large chemical companies before he is approached for help in 1998 by Wilbur Tennant (Bill Camp), a West...

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    • Who Is Robert Bilott?
    • What Happened at The Tennant Family Farm?
    • What Else Did Dupont do?

    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...

  3. Jul 9, 2022 · Dark Waters’ is based on a true story that shook America to its core and brought an enormous company to its knees. The characters appearing in the movie are also based on real-life counterparts. First off, we have Robert Bilott, played by Mark Ruffalo.

  4. 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...

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  5. Dark Waters is a 2019 American legal thriller film directed by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan. The story dramatizes Robert Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town with unregulated chemicals.

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  6. May 4, 2024 · Phil Donnelly Represents DuPont’s Legal Team. As it turns out, Phil Donnelly, the man who represented DuPont in ‘Dark Waters,’ is not actually a real person. Portrayed exquisitely by actor Victor Garber, the on-screen executive of the chemical company does not actually exist. That said, the fictional character is not completely a figment ...

  7. Nov 22, 2019 · As a linchpin bolstering Dark Waters ’ case as a message movie, the events depicted on the Tennant cattle farm in Parkersburg, West Virginia, really ought to be accurate, and for the most...

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