Class action Movies. For a Legal English lesson. September 2020. Argentina. Adela Perez del Viso.

1. CLASS
ACTION
MOVIES
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2. “Class Action”
Gene Hackman and
Mary Elizabeth
Mastrantonio.

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4. ⬗ Class Action is a Movie where one great actor (Gene
Hackman) takes all the credits.
The movie has a made-for-TV script, with a story about the
shark-like legal world and a class-action lawsuit brought
against an unscrupulous car manufacturer.
⬗ But it’s the B-story, about a father and daughter who are
equally cutthroat counselors.
⬗ You realize that Gene Hackman is featured more
prominently in those scenes.
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5. ⬗ Hackman strides through the film like a Berkeley-born Clarence
Darrow, a David eternally chasing corporate Goliaths, and rarely
looking back at the fallout of his life.
⬗ His daughter, Maggie (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), is just as smart
and ruthless, but squirms in her father’s looming shadow, eager to
match his stature.
⬗ They’re assigned to opposite sides of the same case, with Maggie
defending an automobile company that ignored test reports confirming
one of their cars could explode on impact. Then, on the very first day in
court.
⬗ Maggie’s mother dies on the courthouse steps, forcing both of them
closer together despite their natural combativeness
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6. ⬗ You may find some parts of the movie (for free) on Youtube:
⬗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv1fWSPhw3k&list=PL8xF
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7. “DARK WATERS”
With Mark Buffalo

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9. DARK WATERS
Dark waters(2019): The story dramatizes Robert
Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing
corporation DuPont after they contaminated a
town with unregulated chemicals.
The film is based on the 2016 New York Time
Magazine article called "The Lawyer Who
Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare" by
Nathaniel Rich
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11. “ERIN
BROCKOVIC”
With Julia Roberts

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13. Erin Brockovich is a 2000 American biographical film directed
by Steven Soderbergh
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) regarding
its culpability for the Hinkley groundwater contamination
incident.
The film was a box office success, and critical reaction was
positive.
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14. 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 the Best Picture.
Steven Soderbergh, the film's director, was nominated for the
Best Director for both this film and Traffic, but he won the
award for Traffic.
Early in the film, the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo
appearance as a waitress named Julia.
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17. “THE PELICAN
BRIEF”
With Julia Roberts and
Denzel Washington

18. 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 the Best Picture.
Steven Soderbergh, the film's director, was nominated for the
Best Director for both this film and Traffic, but he won the
award for Traffic.
Early in the film, the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo
appearance as a waitress named Julia.
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19. Not a “class action “ movie… but a Lawyer´s movie at least.
The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal thriller film based
on the 1992 novel by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula,
the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student
Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington
Herald reporter Gray Grantham. The film, which features music
composed by James Horner, was the last film that featured
Pakula as both writer and director before his death.
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