A Civil Action

(1998)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 513 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1998

Runtime: 115 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Стивен Заиллян

Cast: Джон Траволта, Роберт Дюваль, Тони Шалуб, Уильям Мэйси, Желько Иванек, Bruce Norris, Джон Литгоу, Кэтлин Куинлан, Питер Джейкобсон, Mary Mara

Plot

Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

Jan Schlichtmann, a tenacious lawyer, is addressed by a group of families. When investigating the seemingly non-profiting case, he finds it to be a major environmental issue that has a lot of impact potential. A leather production company could be responsible for several deadly cases of leukemia, but also is the main employer for the area. Schlichtmann and his three colleagues set out to have the company forced to decontaminate the affected areas, and of course to sue for a major sum of compensation. But the lawyers of the leather company's mother company are not easy to get to, and soon Schlichtmann and his friends find themselves in a battle of mere survival.