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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.
1998 · Directed by Steven Zaillian · 115 min · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
Justice has its price.
Crew
- Screenplay: Steven Zaillian
- Cinematography: Conrad Hall
- Edited by: Wayne Wahrman
- Music: Danny Elfman
- Production design: David Gropman
- Produced by: Scott Rudin, Steven Zaillian, Rachel Pfeffer, Robert Redford
Cast
- John Travolta as Jan Schlichtmann
- Robert Duvall as Jerome Facher
- Tony Shalhoub as Kevin Conway
- William H. Macy as James Gordon
- Željko Ivanek as Bill Crowley
- Bruce Norris as William Cheeseman
- John Lithgow as Judge Walter J. Skinner
- Kathleen Quinlan as Anne Anderson
- Peter Jacobson as Neil Jacobs
- Mary Mara as Kathy Boyer
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Scott Rudin Productions
- Budget: $70,000,000
- Box office: $56,709,981
- Themes: right and justice, pollution, advancement, massachusetts, success, leukemia, lawyer, business start-up, civil action, legal drama
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