Tag Archives: lawsuit

Dark Waters (2019)

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Todd Haynes Writers: Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan (Based on the magazine article “The Lawyer Who Become DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by Nathaniel Rich)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2019, anne hathaway, attorney, bill camp, bill pullman, biography, cancer, chemical, company, corporation, crime, dark waters, drama, dupont, history, lawsuit, lawyer, louisa krause, mare winningham, mario correa, mark ruffsalo, matthew michael carnahan, nathaniel rich, poison, pollution, teflon, thriller, tim robbins, todd haynes, true story, victor garber, water, william jackson harper | Leave a comment

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017)

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Brian Knappenberger Writer: Brian Knappenberger

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2017, brian knappenberger, censor, censorship, donald trump, first amendment, free press, freedom of speech, gawker media, hulk hogan, internet, journalism, journalist, lawsuit, media, money, nick denton, nobody speak, press, privacy, sex tape, trial | Leave a comment

Bee Movie (2007)

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: Steve Hickner & Simon J. Smith Writers: Jerry Seinfeld and Spike Feresten & Barry Marder & Andy Robin

Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy | Tagged adventure, andy robin, animated, animation, barry levinson, barry marder, bee, chris rock, chuck martin, comedy, court, honey, insect, jerry seinfeld, john dimaggio, john goodman, kathy bates, larry king, larry miller, lawsuit, lawyer, matthew broderick, megan mullally, michael richards, new york, new york city, nyc, oprah winfrey, patrick warbuton, pollen, ray liotta, renee zellweger, rip torn, simon j. smith, spike feresten, steve hickner, sting, tom papa, trial | Leave a comment

The Rainmaker (1997)

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Francis Ford Coppola Writer: Francis Ford Coppola (Narration written by Michael Herr) (Based on the novel by John Grisham)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, claire danes, crime, danny devito, danny glover, dean stockwell, drama, Elmer Bernstein, francis ford coppola, fraud, insurance, john grisham, jon voight, judge, law, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, mary kay place, matt damon, michael herr, mickey rourke, roy scheider, the rainmaker, thriller, virginia madsen | Leave a comment

A Civil Action (1998)

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Zaillian Writer: Steven Zaillian (Based on the book Jonathan Harr)

Posted in Drama | Tagged a civil action, adaptation, bryan greenberg, company, conrad l. hall, corporation, court, danny elfman, drama, illness, james gandolfini, john lithgow, john travolta, jonathan harr, josh pais, judge, kathleen quinlan, kathy bates, lawsuit, lawyer, peter jacobson, rob mcelhenney, robert duvall, robert redford, scott rudin, sick, small town, stephen fry, steven zaillian, tony shalhoub, toxic waste, trial, william h. macy, zeljko ivanek | Leave a comment

Erin Brockovich (2000)

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Susannah Grant

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2000, aaron eckhart, albert finney, biography, california, cancer, corporation, danny devito, david brisbin, drama, erin brockovich, julia roberts, law, lawsuit, lawyer, marg helgenberger, poison, single mother, steven soderbergh, susannah grant, thomas newman, true story, unemployed, water, water supply | Leave a comment

Philadelphia (1993)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Ron Nyswaner

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1993, aids, ann dowd, antonio banderas, bradley whitford, court, densel washington, disease, drama, gay, hiv, homosexual, howard shore, illness, jason robards, jonathan demme, judge, lawsuit, lawyer, mary steenburgen, pennsylvania, philadelphia, roberta maxwell, roger corman, ron nyswaner, sick, tak fujimoto, tom hanks, trial | Leave a comment