This was a great movie. I'm taking law classes and this was recommened by two instructors. I've watched it twice and working on a third. John Travolta was perfect for this part. Thanks for sharing.
My Mother Father and wife all have cancer. Tow have passed from cancer. Come walk a lifetime in my shoes. Many friends have passed from this comtamanated water. All true.
I consider "A Civil Action" one of the greatest legal movies of all time. Other great ones (in no particular order) include "Anatomy of a Murder," "My Cousin Vinny," "Presumed Innocent," "Class Action," "The Verdict," and "Twelve Angry Men."
This movie had such a strong impact in revisiting this case that W.R Grace had to do a push back p.r effort. I wonder when a community will bring a suit against an oil driller using hydraulic fracturing, and in the process contaminating local water supplies.
One of the extraordinary aspects of "A Civil Action" is that both opposing lead attorneys (i.e., characters played by John Travolta and Robert Duvall) are likable, even though Duvall's character is representing some bad people. This seems to be rare in the movies. In the more classic legal confrontation, such as "The Verdict," Paul Newman's character is pitted again the "prince of darkness" attorney played brilliantly by James Mason. The only other great legal movie where opposing attorneys were likable that I can think of was "My Cousin Vinny," pitting Joe Pesci's character against Lane Smith's character.
In the 1970s the environment was important. When my son was born in 70 they wanted to cast his hips but gave him waist/hip/leg/feet braces, autism, learning disabilities, unable to graduate, etc. My mother whose sister worked for Monsanto with a degree in education made it an issue. Agent Orange killed jungle leaves and Agent Blue sprayed killed rice patties sprayed in Vietnam Jason's father walked thru in Viet Nam in 1968/69 before our son's birth. In the 1970s Admiral Zumwalt was in a Sunday edition of a Parade Magazie article discussing Agent Orange, his son and his grandson affected by Viet Nam and Agent Orange. Articles were found in the 70s about the high incidence of violence with children and families living in Onslow County, NC near Camp Lejeune USMC Base where the base had chemicals stored, used oil based metal degreasers. Chemicals permeated base soil and water supply for many decades causing diseases, miscarriages and deaths of Marines and their families. Officials lied. Covered up. Marines and their families suffer, die. Officials have proven they do not care about anyone but themselves and their money. Obama signed an Executive Order protecting Monsanto then Bayer in Germany acquired Monsanto. Semper F***ing Fi
I used Tri-clore-ethylene to clean circuit boards and I now know that it affected me adversly...causing me to spend obscene amounts of time and money on fishing tackle for trout streams and bass ponds when I should have been putting my nose to the grindstone working.
This was a great movie. I'm taking law classes and this was recommened by two instructors. I've watched it twice and working on a third. John Travolta was perfect for this part. Thanks for sharing.
My Mother Father and wife all have cancer. Tow have passed from cancer. Come walk a lifetime in my shoes. Many friends have passed from this comtamanated water. All true.
I consider "A Civil Action" one of the greatest legal movies of all time. Other great ones (in no particular order) include "Anatomy of a Murder," "My Cousin Vinny," "Presumed Innocent," "Class Action," "The Verdict," and "Twelve Angry Men."
I work for WR grace! In France... I didnt know there was a movie about that ...
I worked for WR Grace Co. in the 70's and this and asbestos litigation is what took the company down.
This movie had such a strong impact in revisiting this case that W.R Grace had to do a push back p.r effort.
I wonder when a community will bring a suit against an oil driller using hydraulic fracturing, and in the process contaminating local water supplies.
One of the extraordinary aspects of "A Civil Action" is that both opposing lead attorneys (i.e., characters played by John Travolta and Robert Duvall) are likable, even though Duvall's character is representing some bad people. This seems to be rare in the movies. In the more classic legal confrontation, such as "The Verdict," Paul Newman's character is pitted again the "prince of darkness" attorney played brilliantly by James Mason. The only other great legal movie where opposing attorneys were likable that I can think of was "My Cousin Vinny," pitting Joe Pesci's character against Lane Smith's character.
In the 1970s the environment was important. When my son was born in 70 they wanted to cast his hips but gave him waist/hip/leg/feet braces, autism, learning disabilities, unable to graduate, etc. My mother whose sister worked for Monsanto with a degree in education made it an issue. Agent Orange killed jungle leaves and Agent Blue sprayed killed rice patties sprayed in Vietnam Jason's father walked thru in Viet Nam in 1968/69 before our son's birth. In the 1970s Admiral Zumwalt was in a Sunday edition of a Parade Magazie article discussing Agent Orange, his son and his grandson affected by Viet Nam and Agent Orange. Articles were found in the 70s about the high incidence of violence with children and families living in Onslow County, NC near Camp Lejeune USMC Base where the base had chemicals stored, used oil based metal degreasers. Chemicals permeated base soil and water supply for many decades causing diseases, miscarriages and deaths of Marines and their families. Officials lied. Covered up. Marines and their families suffer, die. Officials have proven they do not care about anyone but themselves and their money. Obama signed an Executive Order protecting Monsanto then Bayer in Germany acquired Monsanto. Semper F***ing Fi
😢I Hope it will remake it and the Actor is Keanu Reeves...
I used Tri-clore-ethylene to clean circuit boards and I now know that it affected me adversly...causing me to spend obscene amounts of time and money on fishing tackle for trout streams and bass ponds when I should have been putting my nose to the grindstone working.
Wat happened in the end, we never got to finish the movie.
Jan had to abandoned the case. It was delivered over to the EPA and they brought the companies to justice
@@LeighMet You live under a rock if you believe justice was served. EPA ended up with the families'/patients' evidence.
@@patriciadileonardo4620 and they the epa punished the companies