Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss
. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
Title: Erin Brockovich
Release Date: 2000
Genres: Biography, Drama
- Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
- Actors:
- Roberts, Julia as Erin Brockovich
- Brisbin, David as Dr. Jaffe
- Didawick, Dawn as Rosalind
- Finney, Albert as Ed Masry
- Rodriguez, Valente as Donald
- Ferrell, Conchata as Brenda
- Sullivan, George Rocky as Los Angeles Judge
- Skipper, Pat as Defending Lawyer
- Gill, Jack as Defendant
- López, Irene Olga as Mrs. Morales
- Marks, Emily as Beth Brockovich - 8 Months
- Marks, Julie as Beth Brockovich - 8 Months
- Leavenworth, Scotty as Matthew Brockovich
- de la Peña, Gemmenne as Katie Brockovich
- Brockovich-Ellis, Erin as Julia, the Waitress