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Dark Waters
Why this pick
A methodical corporate-accountability drama that shares A Civil Action’s real-world environmental stakes, accumulating evidence, and sobering sense of personal and professional sacrifice.
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MOVIE1998 1h 55m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Environmental toxins in the city of Woburn, Massachusetts contaminate the area's water supply, and become linked to a number of deaths of neighboring children. Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta), a cocky and successful Boston attorney who zips around town in his Porsche, and his small firm of personal injury lawyers are asked by Woburn resident Anne Anderson (Kathleen Quinlan) to take legal action against those responsible.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Robert Duvall
Jerome Facher
Tony Shalhoub
Kevin Conway
Kathleen Quinlan
Anne Anderson
Mary Mara
Kathy Boyer
James Gandolfini
Al Love
Ned Eisenberg
Uncle Pete
Brian Turk
Mover
Rob McElhenney
Teenager on Property