Civil action john travolta left stars as a lawyer in civil action. John travolta, robert duvall, tony shalhoub, william h. A civil action 1998 film complet soustitree en francais a civil action 1998 full movie subtitled in german a civil action 1998 full movie in deutsch untertitelt a civil action 1998 full movie subtitled in turkish a civil action 1998 turk altyazili. A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving a major company responsible for. So, i suppose i have to say something about a civil action. A civil action film a civil action is a 1998 american legal drama film directed by steven zaillian and starring john travolta as plaintiffs attorney jan schlichtmann and robert duvall, that is based on the book of the same name by jonathan harr. Jan schlichtmann is a cynical, highpriced personal injury attorney who only takes bigmoney cases he can safely settle out of court. A civil action 1998 stream and watch online moviefone. Roger ebert january 08, 1999 civil action is like john grisham for grownups.
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Healed by a mysterious princess and supported by a hidden tribe, he believes he was chosen to lead a final. A civil action 1998 movie john travolta, robert duvall, kathleen quinlan the families of children who died sue two companies for. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Based on a true story about a smalltime, selfpossessed personalinjury attorney whose greed entangles him in a case that threatens to. A civil action 1998 movie john travolta, robert duvall. The real world of the law, this movie argues, has less to do with justice than with strategy and doesnt necessarily arrive at truth. Even though a civil action is based on a reallife, environmental civil lawsuit, it just proves something that john grisham knows all too well. John travolta in a civil action 1998 john travolta and steven zaillian in a civil. A civil action 1998 in this legal thriller based on a true story, john travolta stars as jan schlichtmann, a tenacious personalinjury attorney whose fierce determination entangles him. In the beginning of the film he is on top of the world due to all of his wins in. A warrior leading a destructive war campaign is betrayed by his own and left for dead. Based on a true story, this is an intelligent legal thriller, very much in the mode of 1970s issueoriented films, that may be too subtle and complex for the damands of todays market. That only happens in the movies, though, and this, so to speak, is real life.
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