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A Civil Action

Rated PG-13 for some strong language.

PG-13 112min.
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Directed by Schindler's List screenwriter Steve Zaillian, this courtroom drama is based on a true story and non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr. The case revolves around an incident in 1979 in East Woburn, MA, where two drinking wells supplying water ... Read More
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Jan Schlichtmann
Jerome Facher
Kevin Conway
James Gordon
Bill Crowley
William Cheeseman
Judge Skinner
Anne Anderson
Neil Jacobs
Al Eustis

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