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A Civil Action (1998)
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Steven Zaillian Director

previously directed Searching for Bobby Fischer

Jan Schlichtmann is a personal injury lawyer who is representing six families of Woburn whose children died of leukemia after contamination of the water supply. Based on a true story of the case of Anderson v. Cryovac.

Writers
	Jonathan Harr
	Steven Zaillian

Cast
	John Travolta	Jan Schlichtmann
	Robert Duvall	Jerome Facher
	Tony Shalhoub	Kevin Conway
	William H. Macy	James Gordon
	Zeljko Ivanek	Bill Crowley
	Bruce Norris	William Cheeseman
	John Lithgow	Judge Walter J. Skinner
	Kathleen Quinlan	Anne Anderson
	Peter Jacobson	Neil Jacobs
	Mary Mara	Kathy Boyer
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General Information Edit

Name	A Civil Action
US Release	Dec. 25, 1998
UK Release	April 9, 1999
AUS Release	April 29, 1999
Runtime	115
Language(s)	Add a new language English
Genre(s)	Add a new genre Drama
Theme(s)	Add a new theme true story police
Rating	PG-13
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