Erin Brockovich

film by Soderbergh [2000]

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The film Erin Brockovich (2000) is a biographical drama starring Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich, a legal assistant who investigates a case against a company accused of polluting the water supply of Hinkley, California. This pollution led to severe health problems, including cancer, among the town's residents. The film dramatizes Brockovich's efforts to help the affected citizens win a significant settlement against the responsible utility company. The substance at the center of the case was hexavalent chromium, a toxic industrial chemical used in various processes, which is hazardous when ingested, inhaled, or touched.12

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- Steven Soderbergh
  Breakthrough: sex, lies, and videotape; Erin Brockovich; and Traffic
  …director with the release of Erin Brockovich and Traffic. The former was based on the true story of a woman (played by Julia Roberts) who discovers that a power company is polluting the groundwater of a small town and aids the residents in a successful lawsuit. Traffic, a pseudo-documentary, depicts…
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  …director with the release of Erin Brockovich and Traffic. The former was based on the true story of a woman (played by Julia Roberts) who discovers that a power company is polluting the groundwater of a small town and aids the residents in a successful lawsuit. Traffic, a pseudo-documentary, depicts…
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