Erin Brockovich (film)
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| Directed by | Steven Soderbergh |
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Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher |
| Written by | Susannah Grant |
| Starring |
Julia Roberts Albert Finney Aaron Eckhart |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Ed Lachman |
| Edited by | Anne V. Coates |
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Universal Pictures (USA & Canada) Columbia Pictures (International) |
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130 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $52 million |
| Box office | $256.3 million |
Erin Brockovich is a 2000 biographical film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Susannah Grant. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts, who fought against the energy corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The film was a box office success, and critical reaction was positive.
Roberts won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and various critics awards for Best Actress. The film itself was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director for Steven Soderbergh at the 73rd Academy Awards. He won that year, but for directing the film Traffic. Early in the film the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia.
In 1993, Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is an unemployed single mother of three children, who has recently been injured in a traffic accident with a doctor and is suing him. Her lawyer, Ed Masry (Albert Finney), expects to win, but Erin's explosive courtroom behavior under cross-examination loses her the case, and Ed will not return her phone calls afterwards. One day, he arrives at work to find her in the office, apparently working. She says that he told her things would work out and they did not, and that she needed a job. Ed takes pity on Erin, and she gets a paid job at the office.
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