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Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart
Julia Roberts stars in this legal drama based on the true story of a woman who helped win the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit. Erin Brockovich (Roberts) is a single mother of three who, after losing a personal injury lawsuit, asks her lawyer, Ed Masry (Albert Finney), if he can help her find a job. Ed gives her work as a file clerk in his office, and she runs across some information on a little-known case filed against Pacific Gas and Electric. Erin begins digging into the particulars of the case, convinced that the facts simply don't add up, and persuades Ed to allow her to do further research; in time, she discovers a systematic cover-up of the industrial poisoning of a city's water supply, which threatens the health of the entire community. Erin Brockovich was directed by Steven Soderbergh; Julia Roberts earned a $20 million payday for her work on the film, the highest salary paid to a female film star up to that time. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
3/17/00
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
131 mins. (V)
Locations
- Los Angeles, CA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$125,548,685
Awards
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2000 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2000 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2000 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2000 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2000 Awards.
- Winner of the AFI's Top 10 Films of the Year award at the 2000 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2000 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2000 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2000 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2000 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2000 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
Distributor
- Universal
- Universal Pictures
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
