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A Civil Action is a 1998 film, starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. Both the book and the film are based on the real-life case of Anderson v. Cryovac that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The real life case at the heart of the book and film is Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants'... full article at wikipedia
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Initial release date
  • Dec 25, 1998
Tagline
  • Justice has its price.
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Runtime
runtime
  • 125.0min
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  • 60,000,000.0
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film
initial release date
  • Sep 22, 2006
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Netflix ID
  • 18171092
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Created by Metaweb Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by robert Apr 4, 2008

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