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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Susannah Grant (written by)
Release Date:
17 March 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.
Plot:
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 26 wins
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42 nominations
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(176 articles)
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Everything she does is real
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julia Roberts | ... | Erin Brockovich |
 | David Brisbin | ... | Dr. Jaffe |
| Dawn Didawick | ... | Rosalind |
 | Albert Finney | ... | Ed Masry |
| Valente Rodriguez | ... | Donald |
| Conchata Ferrell | ... | Brenda |
| George Rocky Sullivan | ... | Los Angeles Judge |
 | Pat Skipper | ... | Defending Lawyer |
 | Jack Gill | ... | Defendant |
| Irene Olga López | ... | Mrs. Morales |
| Emily Marks | ... | Beth Brockovich - 8 Months |
| Julie Marks | ... | Beth Brockovich - 8 Months |
 | Scotty Leavenworth | ... | Matthew Brockovich |
| Gemmenne de la Peña | ... | Katie Brockovich (as Gemmenne De la Peña) |
 | Erin Brockovich-Ellis | ... | Julia, the Waitress |
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Rated R for language.
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Runtime:
130 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #37146) |
Iceland:L |
Brazil:Livre |
Malaysia:U |
Italy:T |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:15 |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:A |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:Btl |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Philippines:G
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The amazing car-crash in the opening sequence was done by digitally compositing shots of Julia Roberts taking off with the car and a radio-controlled car being hit by a stunt driver.
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Anachronisms: At the picnic there is a can of Diet Coke that has the 1997 style, rather than the 1986 design used in the early 1990s.
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Quotes:
[last lines]
Ed Masry: Do they teach beauty queens how to apologize? Because you suck at it!
Erin Brockovich: [mumbling] Uh, Ed... uh... thank you...
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Ed Masry: Do they teach beauty queens how to apologize? Because you suck at it!
Erin Brockovich: [mumbling] Uh, Ed... uh... thank you...
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Soundtrack:
Two Shots Of Rye
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FAQ
How does Erin Brockovich feel about Julia Roberts playing her in the film?Did Erin Brockovich purposely use her cleavage to obtain documents like in the film?
The scene where Julia Roberts told one of the defense attorneys, "We had that water brought in special for you folks," did that really happen?
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Julia Roberts stars as an unrelentingly tactless, thoroughly tasteless, charm-school dropout twice divorced, the mother of three who dresses like a Las Vegas whore. We love her. She is a woman who's been disappointed a time or two and generally expects the worst, and when she doesn't get it, she's surprised. She is her own worst enemy with a foul mouth and a skanky style and a chip on her shoulder. She is also very smart and incredibly strong and knows right from wrong (and that's the chip on her other shoulder). We love her.
Stir in Richard Gere or Tom Cruise (no, he's too short)... How about...no, no, NO. Give her someone near her equal. How about a real actor twice her age? How about Albert Finney (whom I first saw in the delightful Tom Jones (1963))? Together they play it like Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy without the romance. Not only does it work, it's a triumph. Finney really is brilliant. His timing is exquisite as is his ability to round his character. Did you catch the shot of him with the one eye comically magnified through his glasses? For love interest give her a bandana-wearing biker whom she turns into a house husband to take care of her kids while she takes on Pacific Gas and Electric (market cap = $28-billion). For the first time in her life she is doing something important. For the first time in her life people respect her. There's something wonderful about this because even without an education people can see, and she can know, that she's their equal and maybe a bit more.
Aaron Eckhart, lately seen as the sociopathic Chad in the startlingly original In the Company of Men (1997) plays the biker house husband with fidelity and a kind of sappy warmth. She neglects him and her kids for her obsession. Susannah Grant, who penned the very clever script must have gotten a good laugh with this unusual household, the poor, stay at home neglected husband, the always on the road wife. Incidentally, don't miss the scene where he first kisses her. It was so real all I could think was this guy is kissing Julia Roberts! She is so powerfully expressive that everything she does is real. That's her gift.
A significant part of the success of Erin Brockovich of course is in the compelling (and substantially true) story of David versus Goliath ("and all his relatives," as Finney quips), of good versus evil, of the "little guy" versus the corporate behemoth. I won't be giving away anything by telling you that there's a happy ending. But this is also a triumph for Director Steven Soderbergh who can now add a box office success to critical acclaim. I haven't seen any of his latest movies, (I'm looking forward to seeing Traffic), but I recall with pleasure the very interesting Sex, Lies, & Videotape from 1989. I am also looking forward to the Academy Awards presentations because I suspect the Academy is going to reward both Julia Roberts and Soderbergh by making Erin Brockovich the Best Picture of the year 2000.