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On the Basis of Sex
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
2018 · Directed by Mimi Leder · 120 min · Drama · History · 10 frames
Tagline
Her story made history
Crew
- Screenplay: Daniel Stiepleman
- Cinematography: Michael Grady
- Edited by: Michelle Tesoro
- Music: Mychael Danna
- Production design: Nelson Coates
- Produced by: Robert W. Cort, Jonathan King
Cast
- Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Armie Hammer as Martin D. Ginsburg
- Justin Theroux as Mel Wulf
- Sam Waterston as Erwin Griswold
- Kathy Bates as Dorothy Kenyon
- Cailee Spaeny as Jane C. Ginsburg
- Callum Shoniker as James Steven Ginsburg
- Jack Reynor as James H. Bozarth
- Stephen Root as Professor Brown
- Ronald Guttman as Professor Gerald Gunther
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Participant, Alibaba Pictures Group, Robert Cort Productions
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $38,755,968
- Themes: 1970s, biography, based on true story, supreme court, lawyer, justice, harvard law school, woman director, 1960s, courtroom drama
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