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A Civil Action

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Calorie Rating: 162
Released: 1998-12-25
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Budget: 70000000
Revenue 56709981
Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Paramount, Wildwood Enterprises, Scott Rudin Productions,


Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

Director / Directors

Jane Goldsmith
Script Supervisor


Cast

John Travolta
Character: Jan Schlichtmann
Robert Duvall
Character: Jerome Facher
Tony Shalhoub
Character: Kevin Conway

William H. Macy
Character: James Gordon
Zeljko Ivanek
Character: Bill Crowley
Bruce Norris
Character: William Cheeseman

John Lithgow
Character: Judge Walter J. Skinner
Kathleen Quinlan
Character: Anne Anderson
Peter Jacobson
Character: Neil Jacobs

Mary Mara
Character: Kathy Boyer
James Gandolfini
Character: Al Love
Stephen Fry
Character: Pinder

Denise Dowse
Character: Judge Constance Mullen
Dan Hedaya
Character: John Riley
David Thornton
Character: Richard Aufiero

Sydney Pollack
Character: Al Eustis
Ned Eisenberg
Character: Uncle Pete
Margot Rose
Character: Donna Robbins

Daniel von Bargen
Character: Mr. Granger
Caroline Carrigan
Character: Evelyn Love
Paul Desmond
Character: Paul Shalline

Michael P. Byrne
Character: Tommy Barbas
Tracy Miller
Character: Grace Worker
Paul Hewitt
Character: Grace Worker

Clayton Landey
Character: Grace Worker
Paul Ben-Victor
Character: Bobby Pasqueriella
Elizabeth Burnette
Character: Lauren Aufiero

Alan Wilder
Character: Insurance Lawyer
Gregg Joseph Monk
Character: Insurance Lawyer
Harout Beshlian
Character: Insurance Lawyer

Josh Pais
Character: Law Clerk
Haskell V. Anderson III
Character: Courtroom #7 Clerk
Kaiulani Lee
Character: Mrs. Granger

Howie Carr
Character: Radio Talk Show Host
Pearline Fergerson
Character: Court Clerk
Scott Weintraub
Character: PI Lawyer

Robert Cicchini
Character: PI Lawyer
Christopher Stevenson
Character: Insurance Plaintiff
Kevin Fry-Bowers
Character: Waiter

Brian Turk
Character: Mover
Rikki Klieman
Character: TV Reporter
Charlie Stavola
Character: Detective

David Barrett
Character: Teenager on Property
Ryan Janis
Character: Teenager on Property
Rob McElhenney
Character: Teenager on Property

Michael Biase
Character: Market Clerk
Richard Calnan
Character: Woburn Traffic Cop
Gene Wolande
Character: Hotel Clerk

Sam Travolta
Character: Grace Attorney
Gregg Shawzin
Character: Reporter
Juliana Donald
Character: Reporter

Sayda Alan
Character: Reporter
Catherine Leahan
Character: Reporter
Bruce Holman
Character: Federal Marshall

John Lafayette
Character: Geologist
Charles Levin
Character: Geologist
Byron Jennings
Character: Geologist

Jay Patterson
Character: Geologist
Taylor Bernard
Character: Trustee's Assistant
Kathy Bates
Character: Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)

Harry Dean Stanton
Character: Land Watcher (uncredited)


Production and Crew


Scott Rudin
Producer

Conrad L. Hall
Director of Photography
Danny Elfman
Original Music Composer

David Gropman
Production Design
Shay Cunliffe
Costume Design
Lauren Beth Strogoff
Unit Publicist

Tracey A. Doyle
Set Decoration