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Jan Schlichtmann, a lawyer with a desire to achieve financial and material success without losing his belief in the justice system, agrees to take on two powerful corporations (Beatrice Foods and W.R. Grace) when members of eight families in the Boston industrial suburb of Woburn are stricken with leukemia due to toxic poisoning in their tap water. Instead of being a quick-win case, it becomes a financial black hole into which Schlictmann pours $2.5 million as he fights for years against the bottomless coffers of the corporate world. Though he eventually negotiates an $8,000,000 settlement from W.R. Grace, he falls into a personal state of financial ruin in the process.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Drama and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 58 min. |
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| Release Date: |
January 8, 1999 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for some strong language. |
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| Distributors: |
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
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| Production Co.: |
Wildwood Enterprises
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| Studios: |
Paramount Pictures, Touchstone Pictures
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$56,702,901 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Northbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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