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A Civil Action (1998) More at IMDbPro »

• Based on a true story.
  
  
• Steven Zaillian adapted the screenplay with nobody else but Robert Duvall in mind for the role of Jerome Facher.
  
  
• During the phone conversation in the radio booth, a confused Schlictmann asks Anne Anderson, "Is this Rikki?" Rikki Klieman is a real-life lawyer and love interest of Schlictmann's in the novel.
  
  
• A number of scenes described in the book are reproduced in the film, such as Facher's asking for the hotel pen at the settlement conference, Schlictmann's meeting with Eustis at the Harvard Club in New York, Gordon's attempts to keep the firm solvent (even purchasing lottery tickets and giving money to televangelists) and Riley's behavior at his deposition.
  
  

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