Erin Brockovich (film)

Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich
	File:ErinBrockovichDVDCover.jpg Erin Brockovich DVD cover
Directed by	Steven Soderbergh
Written by	Susannah Grant
Produced by	Danny DeVito; Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher
Starring	Julia Roberts; Albert Finney; Aaron Eckhart; Marg Helgenberger; Peter Coyote
Cinematography	Edward Lachman
Edited by	Anne V. Coates
Music by	Thomas Newman
Distributed by	- USA -; Universal Pictures; - non-USA -; Columbia Pictures
Release dates	March 17, 2000
Running time	130 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$51,000,000 (estimated)

Erin Brockovich is a 2000 movie which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich's first fight against the American West Coast energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric Company known as PG&E. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and featured actress Julia Roberts in the lead role for which she subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actress. It is based on a true story and the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman.

Plot summary

Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother of three who, after losing a personal injury lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in, asks her lawyer, Edward L. Masry, if he can find her a job in compensation for the loss. Ed gives her work as a file clerk in his office, and she runs across some files on a pro bono case involving real-estate and medical records against Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Erin begins digging into the particulars of the case, convinced that the facts simply do not add up, and persuades Ed to allow her further research. After investigation, she discovers a systematic cover-up of the industrial poisoning (Hexavalent chromium) of the town of Hinkley's water supply that threatens the health of an entire community. She finds that PG&E is responsible for the extensive illnesses residents of Hinkley have been diagnosed with and fights to bring the company to justice.

Box office

Made/produced in just 4 months (5 May - August 1999); in its opening weekend (19 March 2000) it grossed $28,138,465 on 2,848 movie screens in the USA. By August 2000 it grossed $125,548,685 in the U.S. Currently, its worldwide total stands at 256,500,000. It is also rated "R." in the United States but '12' in the UK.

Main cast

Actor	Role
Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich
David Brisbin	Dr. Jaffe
Dawn Didawick	Rosalind
Albert Finney	Edward L. Masry
Conchata Ferrell	Brenda
Scotty Leavenworth	Matthew Brockovich
Aaron Eckhart	George
Marg Helgenberger	Donna Jensen
Sarah Ashley	Ashley Jensen
Cherry Jones	Pamela Duncan
Veanne Cox	Theresa Dallavale
Tracey Walter	Charles Embry
Peter Coyote	Kurt Potter
Randy Lowell	Brian Frankel
Erin Brockovich	Julia (cameo role)
James A. vanBuskirk	lawyer (cameo role, local teacher in town where film takes place. Teacher to many of the local people depicted in film)

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Box office

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