A Qualquer Preço

Título original: A Civil Action

1998
14
1 h 55 min

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John Travolta in A Qualquer Preço (1998)

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Um tenaz advogado assume um caso envolvendo uma grande corporação responsável por várias pessoas serem diagnosticadas com leucemia devido à contaminação do abastecimento de água da cidade, c... Ler tudoUm tenaz advogado assume um caso envolvendo uma grande corporação responsável por várias pessoas serem diagnosticadas com leucemia devido à contaminação do abastecimento de água da cidade, com o risco de arruinar sua firma e sua carreira.Um tenaz advogado assume um caso envolvendo uma grande corporação responsável por várias pessoas serem diagnosticadas com leucemia devido à contaminação do abastecimento de água da cidade, com o risco de arruinar sua firma e sua carreira.

Direção
- Steven Zaillian
Roteiristas
- Jonathan Harr
- Steven Zaillian
Artistas

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Direção
- Steven Zaillian
Roteiristas
- Jonathan Harr
- Steven Zaillian
Artistas

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Indicado a 2 Oscars
- 5 vitórias e 10 indicações no total

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Trailer 0:58

A Civil Action

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Curiosidades
Based on a true story.

Erros de gravação
Al 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.

Citações
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.

Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
The producers wish to thank the people of Boston, Waltham, Northbridge, Charlestown, Dedham, Brimfield and Palmer, MA.

Versões alternativas
In 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.

Conexões
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Star Trek: Insurrection/Jack Frost/Shakespeare in Love/Psycho/The General (1998)

Trilhas sonoras
Hard 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

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6/10

Straightforward legal case with environmental overtures...

John Travolta gives a dandy performance as a cocky Boston personal injury lawyer who heads up a small but burgeoning firm, almost passing up on headline-making case of a major food company subsidiary found to be dumping toxic chemicals into the water supply of a small-town Massachusettes town, causing many of the children there to get sick or die. Neatly directed and scripted film from Jonathan Harr's factual book allows for both legal statistics and some dry legal humor, and avoids exploiting an emotionally-wrenching theme (the death of children) for hug-tugging sentiment. The film is direct and compact, pausing only occasionally for a dramatic character turn, and is handsomely-made if not terrifically entertaining. Travolta and nemesis lawyer Robert Duvall (smiling like the Cheshire Cat) are wonderful to watch sparring with one another, and the specifics of the case are intriguing. **1/2 from ****