from Universal Pictures
Directed by
Steven
Soderbergh
Starring
Julia
Roberts (Erin Brockovich)
Aaron Eckhart (George)
Albert
Finney (Ed Masry)
Marg Helgenberger (Donna Jensen)
Cherry Jones (Pamela Duncan)
Peter Coyote (Kurt Potter)
Scotty Leavenworth (Matthew)
Gemmenne De la Peña (Katie)
Scarlett Pomers (Shana Jensen)
Written by
Susannah Grant
Richard LaGravenese
Rated: 
(for language)
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 Erin Brockovich stars two time Academy
Award® nominee Julia Roberts (Notting
Hill), four time Oscar® nominee Albert Finney (Tom
Jones) and Aaron Eckhart (In
The Company of Men) for award-winning director Steven Soderbergh
(sex,
lies and videotape).
Erin Brockovich, which was written by Susannah Grant (Ever After) and Richard LaGravenese
(The Horse Whisperer) stars Julia
Roberts in the true story of a twice-divorced mother of three
young children, who struggles to be taken seriously. While working
as a file clerk in a small law firm, she stumbles upon a cover-up
involving contaminated water in a nearby town which is causing
devastating illnesses. Through sheer determination, she convinces
her boss (Finney) to allow her to investigate, and in the process
uncovers the company causing the contamination. Although the
local citizens are initially leery of becoming involved, Erin's
brash manner and ability to speak to them clearly-and frankly-earns
their trust. With over 600 plaintiffs signed up, the unlikely
duo go on to win the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action
suit...$333 million.
Internationally-renowned actor Albert Finney has been honored
with four Academy Award® nominations as Best Actor for his
work on Tom Jones, Murder
on the Orient Express, The
Dresser and Under
The Volcano. His other film credits include Miller's
Crossing, Shoot
The Moon and Rich
In Love. He can next be seen opposite Bruce
Willis and Nick
Nolte in Breakfast of Champions.
Aaron Eckhart made his mark as a bullish executive in Neil
LaBute's In
The Company of Men. He followed this film with two more from
director LaBute, Your
Friends and Neighbors and Nurse
Betty. He recently finished shooting Any
Given Sunday for director
Oliver Stone, which also stars Al
Pacino, Cameron
Diaz and Dennis
Quaid.
Soderbergh, whose first feature sex,
lies, and videotape won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and earned
him international acclaim, has also directed Kafka,
King
of the Hill, The
Underneath, Schizopolis,
Gray's
Anatomy and Out of Sight, which
Premiere Magazine lists as the third best-reviewed film of 1998.
This fall, his crime drama The Limey, starring Terence
Stamp and Peter
Fonda, will be released.
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