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A Civil Action

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A Civil Action is a drama film which was directed by Steven Zaillian, that stars John Travolta and Robert Duvall, and that is based on the book by Jonathan Harr.The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a tort so expensive to prove...

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Peter Jacobson, Mary Mara, James Gandolfini, ...»

Director:

Steven Zaillian

Country:

United States

Release:

1998

IMDb:

6.6

Quality:

Duration:

115 min

KEYWORDS:

#A Civil Action #John Travolta #Kathleen Quinlan #Paramount Pictures #Robert Duvall #Steven Zaillian #Touchstone Pictures #Wildwood Enterprises

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ACTORS OF "A Civil Action"

John Travolta

18 February 1954, Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Robert Duvall

5 January 1931, San Diego, California, USA

Tony Shalhoub

9 October 1953, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

William H. Macy

13 March 1950, Miami, Florida, USA

Zeljko Ivanek

15 August 1957, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bruce Norris

16 May 1960, Houston, Texas, USA

John Lithgow

19 October 1945, Rochester, New York, USA

Kathleen Quinlan

19 November 1954, Pasadena, California, USA

Peter Jacobson

24 March 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mary Mara

21 September 1960, Syracuse, New York, USA

James Gandolfini

18 September 1961, Westwood, New Jersey, USA

Stephen Fry

24 August 1957, Hampstead, London, England, UK

Dan Hedaya

24 July 1940, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

David Thornton

12 June 1953, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA

Sydney Pollack

1 July 1934, Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Ned Eisenberg

13 January 1957, New York City, New York, USA

Margot Rose

17 July 1956, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Daniel von Bargen

5 June 1950, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Caroline Carrigan

26 June 1958, New York City, New York, USA

24 July 1965, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Elizabeth Burnette

Alan Wilder

24 September 1953, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gregg Joseph Monk

23 October 1961, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Harout Beshlian

Josh Pais

21 June 1964, New York City, New York, USA

Haskell V. Anderson III

26 November 1942, Queens, New York, USA

Kaiulani Lee

28 February 1950, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Howie Carr

17 January 1952, Portland, Maine, USA

Denise Dowse

21 February 1958, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Christopher Stevenson

Kevin Fry

Brian Turk

Rikki Klieman

1948, Chicago, Illinois, USA

14 April 1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1 January 1964, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Sayda Alan

Catherine Leahan

Bruce Holman

29 June 1954, Seal Beach, California, USA

John Lafayette

Charles Levin

12 March 1949, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Byron Jennings

Jay Patterson

22 August 1954, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Taylor Bernard

David Barrett

Kathy Bates

28 June 1948, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

24 May 1978, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Phil Hawn

20 April 1957, Warrensburg, Missouri, USA

Aaron Henry

December 10, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California, USA

Sheila Korsi

Sarah Krasner

29 June 1968, England, UK

Robert Steven Anderson

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DIRECTORS OF "A Civil Action"

Steven Zaillian

30 January 1953, Fresno, California, USA

CREATORS OF "A Civil Action"

Steven Zaillian

30 January 1953, Fresno, California, USA

Jonathan Harr

1948, Wisconsin, USA

HEROES OF "A Civil Action"

Jan Schlichtmann

Played by: John Travolta

Jerome Facher

Played by: Robert Duvall

Kevin Conway

Played by: Tony Shalhoub

James Gordon

Played by: William H. Macy

Bill Crowley

Played by: Zeljko Ivanek

Judge Walter J. Skinner

Played by: John Lithgow

Anne Anderson

Played by: Kathleen Quinlan

Kathy Boyer

Played by: Mary Mara

Al Love

Played by: James Gandolfini

John Riley

Played by: Dan Hedaya

Mr. Granger

Played by: Daniel von Bargen

CRITICS OF "A Civil Action"

Reeling Reviews

I expected a harder hitting indictment against the uncaring power of corporate America. Instead, we get a middlin' courtroom drama that lacks the intensity of such films as the 1982 Sidney Lumet/Paul Newman film, The Verdict.

April 09, 2005

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Time Out

Delivering the verdict two thirds into the movie is anti-climactic, while Schlichtmann's belated atonement feels beside the point.

February 09, 2006

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TV Guide

This is a case in which the material really is better served in book form.

November 22, 2009

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Village Voice

A slick, shameless job that takes way too long to make its point (namely, we need the EPA).

January 01, 2000

Film Threat

While Travolta is passable as Schlichtmann, it is the outstanding work from Duvall, Macy and briefly Tony Shalhoub that drive the story.

December 06, 2005

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eFilmCritic.com

The movie becomes one more David-and-Goliath morality play.

July 30, 2007

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

... hints at the complex moral issues that vein the story.

February 05, 2005

Draxblog Movie Reviews

the film is slightly overlong and the ending is anti-cathartic.

February 28, 2005

New York Magazine/Vulture

I'm all for films that don't flow from the usual Hollywood test tubes, but A Civil Action is basically the standard formula with a dash of downbeat.

January 01, 2000

Variety

Based on a true story, this is an intelligent legal thriller, very much in the mode of 1970s issue-oriented films, that may be too subtle and complex for the damands of today's market.

June 01, 2006

Los Angeles Times

As proficient a job as writer-director Steve Zaillian and his team do, A Civil Action has unmistakably unraveled by its close.

February 14, 2001

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CNN.com

Schlichtmann may have gone through this conversion in real life, but I just didn't buy it the way Zaillian presents it.

January 01, 2000

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