Erin Brockovich (2000)

Directed by

Steven Soderbergh

Cast

Wang Jin Song

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 3,678 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother takes on a powerful corporation when she discovers contaminated water is making a small town sick. She fights for justice and wins a big legal case against the utility company.

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What happens

Erin Brockovich is a 2000 American biographical legal drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who initiated a legal case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company over its culpability for the Hinkley groundwater contamination incident. Erin Brockovich premiered in Los Angeles on March 14, 2000, and was released theatrically in the United States by Universal Pictures on March 17, 2000, and internationally by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International. It emerged as a critical and commercial success, grossing $256.3 million worldwide. The film received five nominations at the 73rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor (Albert Finney). Roberts won Best Actress at the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, and the SAG Awards. Additionally, the film won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director (for Soderbergh, also for Traffic) and the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Finney). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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