Uma secretária extravagante de um escritório de advocacia trabalha incansavelmente para obter justiça para uma pequena cidade destruída pela poluição de uma empresa de serviços públicos.Uma secretária extravagante de um escritório de advocacia trabalha incansavelmente para obter justiça para uma pequena cidade destruída pela poluição de uma empresa de serviços públicos.Uma secretária extravagante de um escritório de advocacia trabalha incansavelmente para obter justiça para uma pequena cidade destruída pela poluição de uma empresa de serviços públicos.
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Julia Roberts Through the Years
Julia Roberts Through the Years
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- CuriosidadesThe real Erin Brockovich-Ellis claimed that the film was 98-99% accurate.
- Erros de gravação(at around 23 mins) After the kids are playing what appears to be the card game War with George, the children get up, and the son says "Good night, Aaron", when referring to George. Aaron is the actor's name, Aaron Eckhart.
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Kurt Potter: Wha... how did you do this?
Erin Brockovich: Well, um, seeing as how I have no brains or legal expertise, and Ed here was losing all faith in the system, am I right?
Ed Masry: Oh, yeah, completely. No faith, no faith...
Erin Brockovich: I just went out there and performed sexual favors. Six hundred and thirty-four blow jobs in five days... I'm really quite tired.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosThe settlement awarded to the plaintiffs in the case of Hinkley vs. PG&E was the largest in a direct-action lawsuit in United States history.
- Versões alternativasIn the TV version aired on NBC, it mutes the several uses of the f-word [usually changing it from f*cking to freaking, or sometimes even cutting out the line[s] of dialogue]. It also, to supposedly make up for lost time during editing, adds a scene not shown on the theatrical or home video version of the film [although it was added as a deleted scene in the DVD]: Erin goes out to her car after storming into the office and shouting at Ed. She feels still feels very sick and then faints. It lands her in the hospital where George comes to visit [explaining why George would come and take care of Erin's kids while she went to get the signatures]. Ed also comes to visit and pleads her to not make stunts like she did again. Erin apologizes and says she's coming to the town meeting, sick or not.
- ConexõesEdited into Erin Brockovich: Deleted Scenes (2000)
- Trilhas sonorasRedemption Day
Performed by Sheryl Crow
Written by Sheryl Crow
Courtesy of A&M Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
I don't know how much of this drama is factual and how much of it is changed to add to dramatic effect but regardless the story is involving, funny and moving. At the time there was a rash of 'environmental damage' legal films of which this is one of the more polished and classy. The film focuses as much on Erin as it does on the case and at times it risked failing as a legal drama/thriller. However it still grips as the facts pretty much speak for themselves the film adds to this by creating a real sense of PG&E as a monster without scruples or concern for the residents. As a result the events feel more powerful and involving. It feels slow at times, but if you're into it then it feels patient rather than slow and deliberate rather than laboured.
The biggest reason that the focus on Erin works is because Roberts really does very well giving her Erin a down to earth, trashy feel that could have been hammy or unbelievable (she is a multimillion pound actress after all), but it wasn't. Instead it was realistic and quite warm where she could have been annoying. The grumpy Finney is also good value and seems natural in the role. Eckhart is almost too good to be true but gives a likable performance and is a winning non-distraction.
The film benefits from the style that Soderbergh brings to it. It glides with the grace that he brought to Ocean's 11 and has the rich colouring that parts of Traffic had. His direction really adds to the film and makes the sum feel a little greater that the parts put together.
Overall this may not be the legal thriller that you hoped for and it may move a great deal slower that I thought a Hollywood film would, but it is worth it. The film is patient and worth baring with and Roberts is actually pretty good in the lead! Enjoyable.
- bob the moo
- 20 de fev. de 2003
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- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idioma
- Também conhecido como
- Erin Brockovich, una mujer audaz
- Locações de filme
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- Orçamento
- US$ 52.000.000 (estimativa)
- Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 125.595.205
- Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
- US$ 28.138.465
- 19 de mar. de 2000
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 256.271.286
- Tempo de duração2 horas 11 minutos
- Cor
- Mixagem de som
- Proporção
- 1.85 : 1