| Film: Erin Brockovich. Starring: Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich, Albert Finney as Edward L. Masry and Aaron Eckhart as George. Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Story & Screenplay written by: Susannah Grant. Distributed by: © Columbia Pictures & Universal Pictures. Theatrical Release Date: March 17, 2000 (USA) Niceties by: www.youtube.com Synopsis! "Erin Brockovich" is a 2000 drama film which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich's first fight against the American West Coast energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric Company known as PG&E. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and featured actress Julia Roberts in the lead role for which she subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actress. It is based on a true story and the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia. The film was produced and distributed in North America by Universal Pictures, and was distributed overseas by Columbia Pictures. Plot! Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is an unemployed single mother of three children who, after losing a personal injury lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in, asks her lawyer, Edward L. Masry (Albert Finney), if he can find her a job in compensation for the loss. Ed gives her work as a file clerk in his office, and she runs across some files on a pro bono case involving real-estate and medical records against PG&E. Erin begins digging into the particulars of the case, convinced that the facts simply do not add up, and persuades Ed ... |
