Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
A civil action [videorecording] ; The insider / Touchstone Pictures.
Edition:
[DVD].
Publisher, Date:
Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Video, [1999]
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1999]
©1999
Description:
2 videodiscs (273 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital 5.1
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
A Civil Action: A high-priced personal injury attorney takes on a case that becomes an epic legal battle ... one that may cost him his career, reputation and all that he owns.
The Insider: When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations and more.
Target Audience Note:
A Civil Action: MPAA rating: PG ; The Insider : MPAA rating: R.
Subjects:
Schlichtmann, Jan -- Drama.
Anderson, Anne, 1936?- -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Drama.
Wigand, Jeffrey S. -- Drama.
Bergman, Lowell -- Drama.
W.R. Grace & Co -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Drama.
Trials (Toxic torts) -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Drama.
Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Massachusetts -- Woburn -- Drama.
Drinking water -- Contamination -- Massachusetts -- Woburn -- Drama.
Liability for water pollution damages -- Massachusetts -- Woburn -- Drama.
Whistle blowing -- United States -- Drama.
Tobacco industry -- United States -- Drama.
Television journalists -- United States -- Drama.
Genre:
Feature films.
Legal films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:
Zaillian, Steven, film director.
Rudin, Scott, 1958- film producer.
Redford, Robert, film producer.
Pfeffer, Rachel (Producer), film producer.
Based on (work): Harr, Jonathan. Civil action.
Travolta, John, 1954- actor.
Duvall, Robert, actor.
Lithgow, John, 1945- actor.
Macy, William H., 1950- actor.
Quinlan, Kathleen, 1954- actor.
Mann, Michael, 1943- film director.
Pacino, Al, 1940- actor.
Crowe, Russell, 1964- actor.
Plummer, Christopher, actor.
Venora, Diane, actor.
Hall, Philip Baker, 1931-2022 actor.
Crouse, Lindsay, actor.
Mazar, Debi, actor.
Tobolowsky, Stephen, 1951- actor.
Feore, Colm, 1958- actor.
McGill, Bruce, 1950- actor.
Gershon, Gina, actor.
Gambon, Michael, actor.
Torn, Rip, 1931-2019 actor.
Touchstone Pictures, production company.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.
Wildwood Enterprises, production company.
Scott Rudin Productions, production company.
Forward Pass Productions, production company.
Touchstone Home Video (Firm), publisher.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Other Title:
Container of (work): Insider (Motion picture)
Notes:
Widescreen.
A Civil Action is based on the book by Jonathan Harr.
The Insider is based on the Vanity Fair article: The man who knew too much / by Marie Brenner.
A Civil Action is presentation of Touchstone Pictures and Paramount Pictures. It was released as a motion picture in 1998.
The Insider is presentation of Touchstone Pictures and Forward Pass Productions. It was released as a motion picture in 1999.
"2-movie collection."--Container.
ISBN:
0788886819
9780788886812
Publisher or Distributor Number:
M3643
56739
Other Number:
297115341
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3665517
Call Number:
791.4372
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
1
Medium:
[videorecording]