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...convinced her firm to bring action against the company, resulting in 1996 in a $330 million settlement, the largest-ever toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history. Brockovich-Ellis’ crusade was dramatized in the 2001 Hollywood blockbuster “Erin Brockovich,” starring actress Julia Roberts, who won an Oscar for the role.But many scientists insist that no link has been established between the contaminants in the water and the cancer cases in Hinkley, Calif. According to studies published by the Environmental Protection Agency and available on its website, “No data were...
...distinguish your film from the variety of courtroom dramas? NC: How I distinguish this from a great film like “Erin Brockovich” is sex. I feel that the issue of the film was pretty unsexy and the lead character was very sexy. I mean, Julia Roberts in a pushup bra—you take notice, right? But in a film like this—which is essentially about sex and a new way of talking and thinking about sex—it’s easy to take that approach with your female actresses. As stunningly...
...They never explicitly told me Yo-Yo was going to play, but I thought it was a reasonable assumption to make,” says Cabot House Master Jay Harris. But any mumblings of disappointment were soon swept away by the music and the spirit of improvisation. As Julia I. Bertelsmann ’09 put it, “When you’re playing with people doing such amazing things with their instruments, it makes you feel freer with your...
...unlike any she had ever had. The five-year-old facility is the only one in the world dedicated entirely to espionage and features artifacts, interactive displays, films, video and historic photos. Exhibits show how to create and hide coded messages, tell the story of celebrity spies such as Julia Child and Marlene Dietrich, and offer a glimpse of espionage in biblical times...
...feet, mother and daughter are separated. Lots of frantic searching and intense, emotionally charged dialogue ensue. Soon, Kyle’s sanity comes into question as everyone around her begins to doubt that Julia ever boarded the plane at all. Mistrusted by both the flight’s reserved but compassionate captain (Sean Bean) and its reticent Air Marshal, Carson (Peter Sarsgaard, in a well-executed performance), Kyle is left to struggle alone...