A Civil Action (1998)

Cast

John Travolta
as Jan Schlichtmann
Robert Duvall
as Jerome Facher
Kathy Bates
as Bankruptcy Judge
William H. Macy
as James Gordon

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Genres & Description

Drama

6.5 / 10

Jan Schlichtmann, a tenacious lawyer, is addressed by a group of families. When investigating the seemingly non-profiting case, he finds it to be a major environmental issue that has a lot of impact potential. A leather production company could be responsible for several deadly cases of leukemia, but also is the main employer for the area. Schlichtmann and his three colleagues set out to have the company forced to decontaminate the affected areas, and of course to sue for a major sum of compensation. But the lawyers of the leather company's mother company are not easy to get to, and soon Schlichtmann and his friends find themselves in a battle of mere survival.

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Comments on this trailer
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Sean Plunkett

this is not a very accurate trailer of what actually comes out in the movie, especially regarding the characters - @Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:40 PM

rajat mittal

because travolta is as awesome as hell!!! - @Tuesday, December 4, 2012 6:33 PM

DamienNightwing

Great trailer!!!!! very good movie. Fantastic cast. - @Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:47 PM

xnewtime

Isn’t it like the film with Julia Roberts? It’s a fiction or from true events? - @Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:21 PM

Zoe Busch

This movie is one thing that inspired me to study law. :) - @Saturday, November 3, 2012 1:32 PM

pogba52

Good movie - @Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:32 AM

Jacopo Bertini

Who is the dubber? - @Saturday, October 6, 2012 10:03 PM

Gibbsian36

I only realized now that it's Tony Soprano playing the conflicted working-class dad. - @Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:34 AM

Richard

Why Travolta? Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks, even Kevin Costner, would have given a better performance than Barbarino did. - @Sunday, November 14, 2010 3:08 PM

IsaandLea

My dad lived that incodent in that part of my town this movie takes place in - @Friday, October 1, 2010 6:50 PM

IsaandLea

Welcome to the WOOOOO! home of the movie this trailers for, volcinaztion of rubber thanx Mr. Goodyear, and the Flying car - @Friday, October 1, 2010 6:49 PM