TY - ADVS AU - Rudin,Scott AU - Redford,Robert AU - Pfeffer,Rachel AU - Zaillian,Steven ED - Touchstone Pictures ED - Paramount Pictures ED - Scott Rudin Productions ED - Touchstone Home Video (firm) ED - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (firm) TI - A civil action SN - 0788816020 PY - 1999///] CY - [United States] PB - Touchstone Home Video, distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment KW - Trials (Toxic torts) KW - Massachusetts KW - Boston KW - Drama KW - Groudwater KW - Pollution KW - La and legislation KW - Woburn KW - Drinking water KW - Contamination KW - Liability for water pollution damages N1 - Based on the book by Jonathan Harr; Music by Danny Elfman ; director of photography, Conrad L. Hall; edited by Wayne Wahrman; Cast : John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan N2 - The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste. A tort so expensive to prove that the lawyer were almost bankrupt in the process ER -