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A Civil Action

Name: A Civil Action
Released: 1998
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 68

68 Metascore
1998
1 hr 55 mins
Drama
PG13

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John Travolta and Best Supporting Actor nominee Robert Duvall face off in this intense courtroom drama. Travolta plays a lawyer who sues two giant corporations for polluting water that sickened and killed children living in a small Massachusetts town. Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Kathleen Quinlan, Stephen Fry, James Gandolfini, John Lithgow, Sydney Pollack.

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Awards

1999 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - nominated
1999 - Critics' Choice Awards - Alan J. Pakula Award - winner
1999 - Writers Guild Awards - Adapted Screenplay - nominated
1998 - Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - winner