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Erin Brockovich (2000)
7.2
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 70,124 users
Metascore:
73/100
Reviews: 463 user | 151 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. Director:Steven SoderberghWriter:Susannah Grant |
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Dr. Jaffe
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Dawn Didawick | ... |
Rosalind
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Donald
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George Rocky Sullivan | ... |
Los Angeles Judge
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Jack Gill | ... |
Defendant
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Irene Olga López | ... |
Mrs. Morales
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Emily Marks | ... |
Beth Brockovich - 8 Months
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Julie Marks | ... |
Beth Brockovich - 8 Months
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Matthew Brockovich
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Gemmenne de la Peña | ... |
Katie Brockovich
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| Erin Brockovich-Ellis | ... |
Julia, the Waitress
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Storyline
Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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Lawsuit | Single Mother | Toxic Waste | Real Estate | Hexavalent Chromium | See more »Taglines:
She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Erin Brockovich - Forte come la verità See more »Box Office
Budget:
$52,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$28,138,465 (USA) (19 March 2000) (2848 Screens)Gross:
$256,271,286 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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regarding a plant in Kettleman Hills, CA. See more »
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Coincidentally, four supporting players here went on to appear as regulars on highly successful TV series: Conchata Ferrell (legal secretary) played Berta in Two and a Half Men, Marg Helgenberger (plaintiff) played Catherine Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cherry Jones (plaintiff) played President Allison Taylor in 24 and Wade Williams (plaintiff) played Brad Bellick in Prison Break. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: George and Erin's kids are playing the "Harley-Davidson" Edition of Monopoly which was not released until 1999. See more »Quotes
Erin Brockovich: Are you going to be something else that I have to survive? Because... to tell you the truth... I'm not up to it.See more »
Crazy Credits
Erin and Ed have seven other cases pending, including one against PG&Eregarding a plant in Kettleman Hills, CA. See more »
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