A Civil Action The movie A Civil Action is focused on describing and explaining what really goes on in a court of law. The case the movie deals with is a small firm going after a national corporation in order to get them to apologize for what they did to the city’s water. It is believed that the company would dump harmful waste such as trichloroethylene into the back of their site where the company was located into a small running river. However‚ the river was connected to the city’s water wells
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Aly El-Mansy Ms. Baker A Civil Action Essay In this movie‚ Jan Schlichtmann gets played by John Travolta as he goes through the life changing case with his lawyer firm. He had come up with this trial by parents calling him up looking for answers. These parents had one thing in common. They had lost children to Leukemia and they credited it to the water being contaminated by the pouring of a threatening chemical called Trichloroethylene. At first the reason to why he took this case was because
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A Civil Action Essay Jay Lee 9-8-09 In the movie “A Civil Action”‚ the environmental problem was that trichloroethylene and silicone was placed into the water in the town of Woburn. It happened through a tanning company pouring chemicals on the hides of animals and it seeping out. The company also placed a lot of barrels with the dangerous chemicals into the ground and it seeped out into the wells of the town. The damage it caused to the environment and to the people was a huge amount. It
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A Civil Action: Analysis In the wake of information communication technology‚ production of movies‚ films and television programs has gone a notch higher from thematic analysis to the production process. This implies that movie producers and directors source for the best shooting locations‚ best characters as well as the best costumes to amplify their intended messages. In this regard‚ popular movie A Civil Action based on long litigation process exemplifies diverse factors that will form the core
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A Civil Action (movie) Dead child worth least of all Schlichtmann received a call from Anne Anderson because her son died 12 deaths from leukemia >> 8 are children Water from two city wells are contaminated by TCE Case was kicked from firm to firm It’s a hard case because it is most likely unproven Apology from “who?” >> the defendant is sure to have some professionals >> case might not be winnable Beatrice and WR Grace are the perpetrators Lawsuits begin with the complaint Will Cheeseman:
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Movies vs. Books From our mouths‚ to writing and finally to film‚ the way we tell stories has evolved over time and I must say thank God for its advancements. Reading a book can be nice but thanks to movies all the work of deciphering the message of the story is done through the director of the motion picture. He is responsible for researching the story to find the intent of the writers and will often consult with the writer to bring you the true meaning of the story. The director brings the
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Book vs. Movies A long time has passed since the idea that “The book is better than the movie” was accepted without question. There are almost no exceptions. Some key reasons why the film version of a book is so lacking relates to‚ one‚ the lack of depth of the story‚ two time constraints and‚ three‚ the inability for producers to include the full content of a story. Most of the time‚ if the movies follow an original script‚ and there is no book version to compare it to‚ it is most likely
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There are different ways to get a story from different sources in modern times. Books have been good sources for stories‚ but movies are getting more popular and have the same story with the books. Why people still reading books; and others are prefer watching the movies? Reading books and watching movies have a lot in common‚ but there are some differences that makes the readers remain faithful to reading books. Reading books and watching movies are similar because they are telling the same story. They
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Background A Civil Action entails a major class action suit brought forth by several families against major conglomerates (including W.R. Grace chemical company and Beatrice Foods) that were alleged to have negligently damaged the environment of a small town to the extent that its practices led to the spread of leukemia. Jan‚ a personal injury attorney‚ decides to represent a woman that claims that her child and other neighbors of a small town in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with leukemia.
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Many novels are so successful that producers can’t wait to adapt the story into a film. However‚ it is all up to the director who controls how to present it on screen. The movie may be closely similar or far different to the presentation of the book‚ the effectiveness of each may differ. After exploring the novel “Class Action”‚ by Clara Bingham‚ and the screenplay which was inspired by it “North Country”‚ the novel seems to be more effective as it helps the audience understand the storyline. It
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