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A cynical lawyer agrees to represent eight families whose children died of leukemia after two corporations leaked toxic chemicals into Woburn, Massachusetts' water supply.

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Corporate Authors:	Touchstone Home Video (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927), Wildwood Enterprises
Other Authors:	Travolta, John, 1954-, Duvall, Robert, Fry, Stephen, 1957-, Gandolfini, James, Hedaya, Dan, Lithgow, John, 1945-, Macy, William H., 1950-, Quinlan, Kathleen, 1954-, Shalhoub, Tony, 1953-, Zaillian, Steven, Rudin, Scott, 1958-, Redford, Robert, Pfeffer, Rachel, 1958-, Harr, Jonathan
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French
Published:	Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Ã1998.
Edition:	Widescreen format.
Subjects:	Anderson, Anne, > 1936?- > Trials, litigation, etc. > Drama. W.R. Grace & Co. > Trials, litigation, etc. > Drama. Trials (Toxic torts) > Massachusetts > Boston > Drama. Groundwater > Pollution > Law and legislation > Massachusetts > Woburn > Drama. Drinking water > Contamination > Massachusetts > Woburn > Drama. Liability for water pollution damages > Massachusetts > Woburn > Drama. Schlichtmann, Jan > Drama. Film adaptations. Feature films.
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Summary:	A cynical lawyer agrees to represent eight families whose children died of leukemia after two corporations leaked toxic chemicals into Woburn, Massachusetts' water supply.
Item Description:	Based on the book by Jonathan Harr. "Based on a true story." Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Special features: Production featurette; Theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; 5.1 surround; region 1.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; edited by Wayne Wahrman ; music by Danny Elfman.
ISBN:	0788816020 9780788816024
Author Notes:	Television and motion picture actor John Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey on February 18, 1954. He dropped out of school when he was 16 to become an actor. Travolta starred as Vinnie Barbarino in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, and has appeared in a wide array of movies, including Carrie, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Saturday Night Fever (for which he received an Oscar nomination), Grease, Urban Cowboy, Look Who's Talking, Pulp Fiction, Face\Off, A Civil Action and The General's Daughter. An avid aviation enthusiast, in 1997 he published a book titled Propeller One-Way Night Coach. (Bowker Author Biography)