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  1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › a-civil-action-1999A Civil Action movie review & film summary (1999) - Roger Ebert

    Jan 8, 1999 · January 8, 1999. 5 min read. “Civil Action” is like John Grisham for grownups. Watching it, we realize that Grisham’s lawyers are romanticized hotshots living in a cowboy universe with John Wayne values. The real world of the law, this movie argues, has less to do with justice than with strategy and doesn’t necessarily arrive at truth.

  2. www.supersummary.com › a-civil-action › themesA Civil Action Themes - SuperSummary

    Get unlimited access to SuperSummary. for only $0.70/week. Subscribe. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “A Civil Action” by Jonathan Harr. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › A_Civil_Action_(film)A Civil Action (film) - Wikipedia

    Box office. $56 million. 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. Based on the 1995 book by Jonathan Harr, it tells the true story of a court case ...

  4. www.enotes.com › topics › civil-actionA Civil Action Summary - eNotes.com

    Nov 3, 2023 · A Civil Action Summary. Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action tells the story of a legal case concerning several companies that contaminated the water supply in Woburn, MA, causing numerous cases of ...

  5. gradesfixer.com › analysis-of-movie-a-civil-actionAnalysis of Movie "A Civil Action" - GradesFixer

    Mar 6, 2024 · A key theme in A Civil Action is the question of corporate responsibility for environmental damage. The film portrays the legal battle between the families of Woburn and two companies, Beatrice Foods and W.R. Grace, which were accused of dumping toxic chemicals that contaminated the town's water.

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  7. www.imdb.com › title › tt0120633A Civil Action (1998) - Plot - IMDb

    Jerry Facher (Robert Duvall) and William Cheeseman (Bruce Norris) are the lawyer for the defendants. Bringing a class action lawsuit in federal court, Jan represents families who demand an apology and a clean-up of contaminated areas. However, the case develops a life of its own and takes over the lives of Jan and his firm.

  8. www.sfgate.com › style › articleThe story behind the movie - SFGATE

    Dec 29, 1998 · The story behind the movie. In the new movie, "A Civil Action," John Travolta, in the role of a flashy Boston personal injury lawyer, makes a momentous decision to take a difficult environmental ...

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