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An Enemy of the People (1978)

 -  Drama  -  17 March 1978 (USA)
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A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.

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Based on a play by Henrik Ibsen. A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the theraputic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann, however, makes the inconvenient discovery that the nature around the village is not so unspoiled. In fact, the runoff from the local tanning mill has contaminated the water to a dangerous degree. The town fathers argue that cleaning up the mess would be far too expensive and the publicity would destroy the town's reputation, so therefore news of the pollution should be suppressed. Dr. Stockmann decides to fight to get the word out to the people, but receives as very mixed reaction. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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The tragedy of a an honest man destroyed by a town's greed. [Video] See more »

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17 March 1978 (USA)  »

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O Inimigo do Povo  »

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$2,500,000 (estimated)
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Steve McQueen wanted his wife Ali MacGraw to star opposite him, until they broke up just before production began. See more »

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10 May 2007 | by (France) – See all my reviews

Hello, I am an enthusiastic admirer of the actor Steve McQueen, unfortunately too early disappeared. I am for a long time with the research of film "an enemy of the people" of George Schaefer left in 1978.

This film was it published in DVD ? I am not able to find it despite everything my research on Internet.

I was not likely yet to see this film but I hope to be able to see it one day. I have almost all the catalog of films of this actor except standard but this film still misses with my collection.

If somebody has information on this subject, I am strongly interested.

Thank you very much for your help.


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