A Civil Action torrent

Spoken: English 5.1, French 5.1

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Jan Schlichtmann, a tenacious lawyer, is addressed by a group of families. When investigating the seemingly non-profiting case, he finds it to be a major environmental issue that has a lot of impact potential. A leather production company could be responsible for several deadly cases of leukemia, but also is the main employer for the area. Schlichtmann and his three colleagues set out to have the company forced to decontaminate the affected areas, and of course to sue for a major sum of compensation. But the lawyers of the leather company\'s mother company are not easy to get to, and soon Schlichtmann and his friends find themselves in a battle of mere survival.


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

James Gandolfini ... Al Love

Stephen Fry ... Pinder

Dan Hedaya ... John Riley
David Thornton ... Richard Aufiero

Sydney Pollack ... Al Eustis