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A Civil Action(Movie, 1998)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Genre: Drama
A Civil ActionRating: 3.2/5 (with 184184 votes)
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 of the same name by Jonathan Harr, it tells the true story of a court case about environmental pollution that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The film and court case revolve around the issue of trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent, and its contamination of a local aquifer. A lawsuit was fil... ()
Movie poster of A Civil Action

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Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 54min
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Duration: 1h 55min
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Awards & Nominations for A Civil Action

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography

About A Civil Action

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

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Trailer for A Civil Action + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Civil Action (1998)(Trailer, 2:34)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Boston
Based on the work of: Jonathan Harr ("A Civil Action")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 24 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/25/1998
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Qualquer Preço"
"公民行动"
"民事诉讼"
"禁止的真相"
"Гражданский иск"
"Civil Action, A"
Budget: 70,000,000 USD
Revenue: 56,709,981 USD (= 81%)

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