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A Civil Action (1998)

A Civil Action (1998)

PG-13 115 minutes EN Drama
Justice has its price.
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.
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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
Stephen Fry
Pinder

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Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Unit Publicist
Script Supervisor
Production companies: Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Scott Rudin Productions
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $70,000,000
Revenue: $56,709,981

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