A civil action
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LC Subjects
Anderson, Anne, -- 1936?- -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Drama.
Drinking water -- Contamination -- Massachusetts -- Woburn -- Drama.
Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Woburn -- Drama.
Liability for water pollution damages -- Massachusetts -- Woburn -- Drama.
Schlichtmann, Jan -- Drama.
Trials (Toxic torts) -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Drama.
W.R. Grace & Co. -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Drama.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Anderson, Anne, -- 1936?-
Beatrice Foods Company.
Drinking water -- Contamination.
Feature films.
Liability for water pollution damages.
Massachusetts -- Boston.
Massachusetts -- Woburn.
Schlichtmann, Jan.
Trials (Toxic torts)
Trials in motion pictures.
Trials, litigation, etc.
W.R. Grace & Co.
Other Subjects
Anderson, Anne -- 1936?- -- Fiction.
Closed caption video recordings.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Legal drama.
Schlictmann, Jan -- Fiction.
Trials (Toxic torts) -- Fiction.
Videodiscs.
W.R. Grace & Co. -- Fiction.
Water pollution -- Law and legislation -- Fiction.
Woburn (Mass.) -- Fiction.

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Published
Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c1998.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
UPC
717951001917

Notes

General Note
Based on the book by Jonathan Harr.
General Note
"Based on a true story."
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
General Note
Special features: Production featurette; Theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; edited by Wayne Wahrman ; music by Danny Elfman.
Participants/Performers
John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Stephen Fry, James Gandolfini, Dan Hedaya, John Lithgow, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, Tony Shalhoub.
Description
A cynical lawyer agrees to represent eight families whose children died of leukemia after two corporations leaked toxic chemicals into Woburn, Massachusetts' water supply.
System Details
DVD; 5.1 surround; region 1.
Language
Soundtrack in English and French; subtitles in English.
Language
Closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Travolta, J., Duvall, R., Fry, S., Gandolfini, J., Hedaya, D., Lithgow, J., Macy, W. H., Quinlan, K., Shalhoub, T., Zaillian, S., Rudin, S., Redford, R., Pfeffer, R., & Harr, J. (1998). A civil action (Widescreen format.). Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John Travolta et al.. 1998. A Civil Action. Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John Travolta et al.. A Civil Action Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1998.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Travolta, John, et al. A Civil Action Widescreen format., Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1998.

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