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    Civil Action

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    Status: IN-STOCK
    Released: 1999-07-13

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    Civil Action DVD Cast & Features Cast:
    Kathy Bates, James Gandolfini, John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Peter Jacobson, Sydney Pollack

    Director(s): Steven Zaillian

    Features:
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    Widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio
    Dolby Digital 5.1 audio
    French-language track
    Production featurette
    Theatrical trailer
    Chapter search
    Civil Action DVD Details
    Video:
    Theatre Wide-Screen
    Audio:
    Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
    Dolby Digital Stereo
    Language:
    English
    French
    		 Running Time: 115
    Genre: Drama
    Item Weight: 1
    UPC: 717951001917
    Product Code: WD01679000DVD
    Format: DVD
    Year:1998
    Studio: Walt Disney Video
    Civil Action DVD Summary Directed by Schindler's List screenwriter Steve Zaillian, this courtroom drama is based on a true story and non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr.

    The case revolves around an incident in 1979 in East Woburn, MA, where two drinking wells supplying water to the town were found to be contaminated with industrial solvents.

    When toxic waste was discovered later that year, suspicions arose that the local factories caused the pollution.

    The residents felt these companies were responsible for the unusually high rate of leukemia deaths amongst the town's children.

    Anne Anderson (Kathleen Quinlan), a mother who lost her son Jimmy to leukemia, fronts an effort to bring a lawsuit against the major conglomerates Beatrice Foods and W.

    R.

    Grace & Co for their pollution crimes -- a heavy-duty problem, because these companies have the money to squash the less powerful citizens.

    Enter Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta), a personal injury lawyer whose small law firm is hired to sue these industrial giants for millions of dollars in damages.

    He's up against Jerome Facher (Robert Duvall) and William Cheeseman (Bruce Norris), high-priced lawyers who represent the big companies.

    Most of the film takes place in the courtroom during the trial.

    It also features William H.

    Macy     as Schlichtmann's accountant and John Lithgow as the judge.