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Erin Brockovich
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Erin Brockovich is a 2000 American biographical drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The cast includes Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, and Marg Helgenberger. Susannah Grant wrote the screenplay, while Danny DeVito, Stacey Sher, and Michael Shamberg served as producers. Edward Lachman was the director of photography, Anne V. Coates edited the film, and Thomas Newman composed the music. The movie was filmed in California and distributed by Universal Pictures and Ivi.ru.
The film has a runtime of 131 minutes and was produced with a budget of 52,000,000. It earned 256,271,286 at the box office. Julia Roberts received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. The film was also nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.5 based on 246,948 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.434 from 3,637 votes.
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7.4A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
Cast
- Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich
- Albert Finney as Ed Masry
- Aaron Eckhart as George
- Marg Helgenberger as Donna Jensen
- Cherry Jones as Pamela Duncan
- Veanne Cox as Theresa Dallavale
Themes
- biography
- based on true story
- single mother
- water pollution
- environmental law
- legal drama
- corporate negligence
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenwriter
- Susannah Grant
- Cast member
- Pat Skipper
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Michael Shamberg
- Cinematographer
- Edward Lachman
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 657177
- Distribution format
- DVD
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- publication date
- 2000-00-00
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- film editor
- Anne V. Coates
- title
- Erin Brockovich
- distributed by
- Ivi.ru
- box office
- 256271286
- set in period
- 1990s
- review score
- 7.5/10
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Pictures. 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).
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