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John Travolta and Robert Duvall co-starred previously in the 1996 film "Phenomenon".	D
Based on a true story.	D
Last acting role for Charles Levin before retiring from the industry.	D
Will Smith was first choice to play the lead, which would have made this the second time he would ha [...]	D
The book (upon which the movie is based) is actually required reading for many first year law studen [...]	D
John Travolta and William H. Macy would later go on to co-star in the 2007 film "Wild Hogs".	D
Daniel Von Bargen and John Travolta also starred together in Broken Arrow.	D
John Travolta & James Gandolfini previously starred in Get Shorty	D
Steven Zaillian adapted the screenplay with nobody else but Robert Duvall in mind for the role of Je [...]	D
The only non-Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be nominated for Best Cinematography.	D
The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Robert Duvall, Kathy Bates, and Sydney Pollack; and four [...]	D
During the phone conversation in the radio booth, a confused Schlictmann asks Anne Anderson, "Is thi [...]	D
The real Jerome Facher was thrilled at the way he was portrayed by Robert Duvall.	D
Several scenes described in the book were reproduced in the film, such as Facher's asking for the ho [...]	D
Marlon Brando turned down the role of Jerry Facher.	D
Multiple characters make subtle fun of Mr. Cheeseman's name, emphasizing CHEESE-man. James Gandolfin [...]	D
In the same year John Travolta & Kathy Bates shared a scene in the final scene in this movie & starr [...]	D

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Errori

With all his years of experience of practicing civil law, Jan would have known the settlement terms [...]	D
Jan didn't state the amount only for punitive damages and not for compensation because not all civil [...]	D
When Boston and Jan Schlichtmann's office suffers a widespread power outage during an evening thunde [...]	D
Jan races his Porsche toward Woburn to meet with the families for the first time. He zooms along one [...]	D
Al Eustis tells Jan there is an unspoken rule at the Harvard club that business is never transacted [...]	D
Near the end of the movie, Jan states that only 5 out of 50 appeals win and that the odds are easy t [...]	D
Even though Gordon would have needed Jan's signature and consent in order to mortgage his house, it' [...]	D
At the end of the movie when the woman comes out on her front porch and picks up the newspaper, she [...]	D
Al Eustis tells Jan he won't pay the amount of money to settle the lawsuit because once the amount i [...]	D
Towards the end of the movie, the newspaper that Anne is holding flips over and back again between s [...]	D
In the Crane vs. Massachusetts General Hospital case with the wheelchair plaintiff, the defense lawy [...]	D
At the meeting in the hotel where Jan asks for $300+ million, Cheeseman begins calculating the figur [...]	D
When Jan saw Riley liter on his own property he should've testified to this in court or at the very [...]	D
Near the end of the movie a fork lift truck drives a skid of boxes of paper onto an elevator. The el [...]	D
Anne Anderson tells Jan she'll be sitting in the back left hand corner everyday in court but we see [...]	D
Near the end of the movie, the envelope from the EPA appears on Facher's desk before the employee pl [...]	D
When Uncle Pete turned down Jan and Gordon's request for a loan, even though they could have tried a [...]	D

Frase

Judge Walter J. Skinner: [Reading the verdict for [...]	D
Jerome Facher: How's business by the way? Jan Sch [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [during his deposition] Back in [...]	D
James Gordon: [to Kevin] No, let me stop you right [...]	D
Jerome Facher: [sitting across from each other in [...]	D
James Gordon: [after the lawyers for the defendant [...]	D
James Gordon: [to the victim's families with Jan, [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: Do me a favour, Gordon, will you [...]	D
Jerome Facher: [meeting inside the judge's chamber [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [to Kevin referring to Bill and [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [Narrating] The appeals process [...]	D
Jerome Facher: [to his class] And one last thing: [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [On the radio talk show] Persona [...]	D
Uncle Pete: [looking at their firm's assets] Where [...]	D
Last Title Card: Judge Skinner found out that John [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: Experts have testified in this c [...]	D
[first lines] Jan Schlichtmann: [narrating] It's [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: I can appreciate the theatrical [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: Let me picture how they happened [...]	D
Al Love: [to Anne Anderson on a picnic table in he [...]	D
Al Eustis: [after Jan showed up late to the Harvar [...]	D
Jerome Facher: [after clerk interrupts his lunch t [...]	D
[last lines] Bankruptcy Judge: Mr. Schlichtmann? [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [Plaintiff opening statement] la [...]	D
[LAST TITLE CARDS]: Judge Skinner found out that J [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [Reviewing company profiles and [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [siting in Skinner's chambers wi [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [Narrating] Lawsuits are war, it [...]	D
John Riley: [during his deposition in Jan's office [...]	D
James Gordon: Every dollar is a dollar we don't ha [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [narrating] The odds of a plaint [...]	D
James Gordon: [Seeing Uncle Pete for another loan [...]	D
Anne Anderson: [to Jan during a meeting with the o [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [looking through the list of exp [...]	D
Anne Anderson: When you first came out here Mr.Sch [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [to her and the family members o [...]	D
James Gordon: [to secretary] Every credit-card app [...]	D
Last Title Card: Faced with the prospect of return [...]	D
Jerome Facher: [lecturing to his class] A plaintif [...]	D
James Gordon: [Regarding the case and the followin [...]	D
Jerome Facher: You were aware that when you moved [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: So what are you saying? You want [...]	D
Jerome Facher: [Defendant opening statement] The i [...]	D
William Cheeseman: [Defense opening statement] Its [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: Oh, I see. When you say it's ove [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [narrating] The lawyer who share [...]	D
[LAST TITLE CARDS]: It took several years to settl [...]	D
Jerome Facher: In forty five years of practicing l [...]	D
Last Title Card: It took several years to settle h [...]	D
Last Title Card: W.R Grace was indicted by the Gra [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [disappointed, after Beatrice ha [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [stating the constract settlemen [...]	D
[LAST TITLE CARDS]: W.R Grace was indicted by the [...]	D
Al Eustis: [siting on his couch in his office acro [...]	D
William Cheeseman: That water hasn't made anybody [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: We start with the scientific evi [...]	D
Judge Walter J. Skinner: [in his chambers, to Jan, [...]	D
Judge Walter J. Skinner: [beginning the preliminar [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: Nobody calls anymore? Not even t [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: [during a settlement agreement m [...]	D
Jerome Facher: [to law students] Now the single gr [...]	D
Jan Schlichtmann: Oh, I see, when you say it's ove [...]	D
Last Title Card: He now practices environmental la [...]	D

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