Erin Brockovich Movie
Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
Tagline
- She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.
Movie Info
- Year:
- 2000
- IMDB Rating:
- 7.2
- IMDB Votes:
- 33948
- Countries:
- USA
- Genres:
- Drama, Biography
- Tags:
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Motorcycle, Character name in title, Poker, Twist in the end, Single mother, Title spoken by character, Profanity, Humor, Bar, Courtroom
- Domestic:
- $125,595,205 (49.0%)
- + Foreign:
- $130,676,081 (51.0%)
- = Worldwide:
- $256,271,286
- Opening
Weekend: - $28,138,465 (2,848 theaters, $9,880 average) % of Total Gross: 22.4%
- Release:
- 3,070 theaters