जैन एक निजी क्षति वकील है जो केवल ऐसे बड़े मामले लेता है जिन्हें अदालत के बाहर सुलझा सके। हालाँकि यह नया मामला शुरू में सीधा लगता है, वह जल्द ही एक ज़बरदस्त जंग में फँस जाता है, जिसमें वह अप... सभी पढ़ेंजैन एक निजी क्षति वकील है जो केवल ऐसे बड़े मामले लेता है जिन्हें अदालत के बाहर सुलझा सके। हालाँकि यह नया मामला शुरू में सीधा लगता है, वह जल्द ही एक ज़बरदस्त जंग में फँस जाता है, जिसमें वह अपना करियर दांव पर लगाने को तैयार है।जैन एक निजी क्षति वकील है जो केवल ऐसे बड़े मामले लेता है जिन्हें अदालत के बाहर सुलझा सके। हालाँकि यह नया मामला शुरू में सीधा लगता है, वह जल्द ही एक ज़बरदस्त जंग में फँस जाता है, जिसमें वह अपना करियर दांव पर लगाने को तैयार है।
- 2 ऑस्कर के लिए नामांकित
- 5 जीत और कुल 10 नामांकन
- Mr. Granger
- (as Daniel Von Bargen)
कहानी
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाBased on a true story.
- गूफ़Al Eustis tells Jan he won't pay the amount of money to settle the lawsuit because once the amount is disclosed to the public, they'll file lawsuits as well. With all his years of experience in civil law, Jan should've known this is only an excuse because all contract settlement terms will remain confidential to any outside party, as the judge states at 1 hour and 30 minutes into the movie.
- भाव
Jan Schlichtmann: [narrating] The odds of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in civil court are two to one against. Think about that for a second. Your odds of surviving a game of Russian roulette are better than winning a case at trial. 12 times better. So why does anyone do it? They don't. They settle. Out of the 780,000, only 12,000 or 11/2 percent ever reach a verdict. The whole idea of lawsuits is to settle, to compel the other side to settle. And you do that by spending more money than you should, which forces them to spend more money than they should, and whoever comes to their senses first loses. Trials are a corruption of the entire process and only fools who have something to prove end up ensnared in them. Now when I say prove, I don't mean about the case, I mean about themselves.
- क्रेज़ी क्रेडिटThe producers wish to thank the people of Boston, Waltham, Northbridge, Charlestown, Dedham, Brimfield and Palmer, MA.
- इसके अलावा अन्य वर्जनIn the North American prints, the 1985 Touchstone Pictures logo played first, followed by the 1995 version of the 1987 Paramount Pictures plays at the beginning. The international prints had the logos alternating with Paramount played first followed by Touchstone. The North American prints ending it with the Buena Vista Pictures Distribution disclaimer, followed by the closing version of the Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures logos. The international prints meanwhile had also removing the Buena Vista references and it goes directly to the closing version of Touchstone Pictures and Paramount Pictures logos.
- साउंडट्रैकHard Workin' Man
Written by Jack Nitzsche, Ry Cooder, Paul Schrader
Performed by Don Van Vliet (as Captain Beefheart)
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
Robert Duvall is excellent as his opposing counsel, and his character's interplay in the courtroom drama with Travolta is worth seeing the film for alone. Duvall plays quirky characters like few else in modern cinema.
Given the job of prosecuting a tannery over water pollution that has led to the death of many children, this is well written and structured - as well as being brilliantly acted and well directed.
The one complaint I would have is that this petered out a little in the finish, which was perhaps inevitable as it's a true story, and sometimes the climax of real life isn't as good as in fiction.
टॉप पसंद
विवरण
- रिलीज़ की तारीख़
- कंट्री ऑफ़ ओरिजिन
- भाषा
- इस रूप में भी जाना जाता है
- A Civil Action
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बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- बजट
- $7,50,00,000(अनुमानित)
- US और कनाडा में सकल
- $5,67,09,981
- US और कनाडा में पहले सप्ताह में कुल कमाई
- $70,079
- 27 दिस॰ 1998
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $5,67,09,981
- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 55 मिनट
- रंग
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.85 : 1