A Civil Action (Film)

A Civil Action is a 1998 American film starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. Both the book and the film are based on a true story that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The case involved is Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss). Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. Travolta and Duvall had previously worked together in the 1996 Touchstone Pictures film Phenomenon. In 2007, Travolta and Macy were paired up once more by Touchstone Pictures as Woody Stevens and Dudley Frank in the comedy film Wild Hogs.

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A Civil Action is a 1998 American film starring John Travolta (as plaintiff's attorney Jan Schlichtmann) and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr. Both the book and the film are based on a true story that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The case involved is Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss). Duvall was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. Travolta and Duvall had previously worked together in the 1996 Touchstone Pictures film Phenomenon. In 2007, Travolta and Macy were paired up once more by Touchstone Pictures as Woody Stevens and Dudley Frank in the comedy film Wild Hogs.