Erin Brockovich, only against all

Erin Brockovich, only against all ( Erin Brockovich ) is a American Film , carried out by Steven Soderbergh, left in 2000.

Synopsis

Erin Brockovich only raises his/her three children. Being with unemployment, she seeks work hopelessly, but its vestimentary choices do not favor it in its steps. It succeeds in nevertheless being made engage in a small law firm, that one even who did not obtain compensations following an traffic accident to him.

It will discover, in a minor file, that a company of water supply, the Pacific Gas and Electricity (PGE), subsidiary of a large company, repurchases at houses of a Californian small town, where many inhabitants are touched by cancer and various health issues. Inquiring on the spot, it establishes the bond which these grave diseases are caused by drinking water containing of the toxic rejections, containing chromium, resulting from the treatment plant of water.

Only at the beginning, it mêne the combat, gathers evidence, motivates the inhabitants one by one, convinces his owner of the extent of the business, to finally obtain to a consequent compensation for chacunes victims near the faulty company.

Besides this film is drawn from an actual fact, true the Erin Brockovich made there a short appearance in the role of a waitress (carrying a badge marked Julia).

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Rewards

  • Four nominations with the Oscars 2001: male best supporting role, better actress, better realizer and better original screenplay
  • Oscar 2001 of the best actress for Julia Roberts

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