A civil action /

A high-priced personal injury attorney takes on a case that becomes an epic legal battle ... one that may cost him his career, reputation and all that he owns.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Civil action (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Elfman, Danny (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Wildwood Enterprises, Touchstone Home Video (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Rudin, Scott, 1958- (Producer), Redford, Robert (Producer), Pfeffer, Rachel (Producer), Zaillian, Steven (Screenwriter), Travolta, John, 1954- (Actor), Duvall, Robert (Actor), Lithgow, John, 1945- (Actor), Shalhoub, Tony, 1953- (Actor), Macy, William H., 1950- (Actor), Ivanek, Zeljko, 1957- (Actor), Norris, Bruce (Actor), Quinlan, Kathleen, 1954- (Actor), Hall, Conrad (Cinematographer), Wahrman, Wayne (Film editor), Cunliffe, Shay (Costume designer), Gropman, David (Production manager), Harr, Jonathan
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned. In English or French.
Published:	Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video : [1999]
Edition:	Widescreen.
Subjects:	Anderson, Anne, > 1936?- > Trials, litigation, etc. > Drama. W.R. Grace & Co. > Trials, litigation, etc. > Drama. Trials (Toxic torts) > Massachusetts > Boston > Drama. Groundwater > Pollution > Law and legislation > Massachusetts > Woburn > Drama. Drinking water > Contamination > Massachusetts > Woburn > Drama. Liability for water pollution damages > Massachusetts > Woburn > Drama. Schlichtmann, Jan > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Legal films. Films for the hearing impaired. Film adaptations.
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Description
Summary:	A high-priced personal injury attorney takes on a case that becomes an epic legal battle ... one that may cost him his career, reputation and all that he owns.
Item Description:	Based on the book by Jonathan Harr. Originally produced as motion picture in 1998. Digitally mastered. Special features include Production featurette and Theatrical trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital, 5.1 stereo; aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for some strong language. BBFC rating: 15; for infrequent strong language.
Awards:	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 1998: Best Supporting Actor (William H. Macy). Florida Film Critics Association Awards, 1999: Best Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall). Political Film Society, USA, 1999: Human Rights. Screen Actors Guild Awards, 1999: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Duvall). USC Scripter Award, 1999 (Jonathan Harr, Steven Zaillian).
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editor, Wayne Wahrman ; music by Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Shay Cunliffe ; production designer, David Gropman.
ISBN:	0788816020 : 9780788816024