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A Civil Action
Running Time: 112 min.
MPAA Rating: PG13
Sound By: Dolby/SDDS
Produced By: / Paramount / Touchstone Pictures
Released: December 25, 1998 (USA)
Release By: Buena Vista

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 t... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
John Travolta (Jan Schlichtmann)
Robert Duvall (Jerome Facher)
Tony Shalhoub (Kevin Conway)
William H. Macy (James Gordon)
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Review:
A respectable adaptation of a rather stuffy story, Steven Zaillian's account of a man who fought the law and the law won is never a bulls-eye, but has too many solid components to be written off as a misfire. Chief among them are John Travolta, sharp ... Continue >>