Erin Brockovich (2000)
Actors:
Ron Altomare (actor),
David Brisbin (actor),
Charles John Bukey (actor),
Jason Cervantes (actor),
Joe Chrest (actor),
Peter Coyote (actor),
Aaron Eckhart (actor),
Albert Finney (actor),
Jack Gill (actor),
Ronald E. Hairston (actor),
Michael Harney (actor),
Jamie Harrold (actor),
Matthew Kimbrough (actor),
Scotty Leavenworth (actor),
Scott Allen (actor),
Plot: Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.
Keywords: 1990s, accountability, apology, arbitration, at-will-employee, at-will-termination, attorney, baby, babysitter, bad-luck
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
Taglines: She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.
Quotes:
Theresa Dallavale: Okay, look, I think we got off on the wrong foot here...::Erin Brockovich: That's all you got, lady. Two wrong feet in fucking ugly shoes.
Erin Brockovich: Bite my ass, Krispy Kreme!
Erin Brockovich: For the first time in my life, I got people respecting me. Please, don't ask me to give it up.
[last lines]::Erin Brockovich: Ya know why everyone thinks that all lawyers are back stabbing, blood sucking scum bags? cause they are! and I can not believe you expect me to go out, leave my kids with strangers and get people to trust you with *their* lives while all the while your screwing me! You know, Ed, it's not about the number! It's about the way my work is valued in this firm... [She looks at the two million dollar bonus check]::Ed Masry: Like I was saying, I thought that the number you proposed was inappropriate, so I increased it. [Turns to walk away and turns around to her] Do they teach beauty queens to apologize? Because you suck at it!::Erin Brockovich: [Long pause, as Erin looks at the check] Uh, Ed... uh... thank you...
Erin Brockovich: [Erin tries to use her cell phone but has no reception] Oh, you fucking piece of CRAP with no signal!
Ed Masry: What makes you think you can just walk in there and find what we need?::Erin Brockovich: They're called boobs, Ed.
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.
Ed Masry: In a law firm you may want to re-think your wardrobe a little.::Erin Brockovich: Well as long as I have one ass instead of two I'll wear what I like if that's all right with you. You might want to re-think those ties.
Erin Brockovich: Are you going to be something else that I have to survive? Because... to tell you the truth... I'm not up to it.
Erin Brockovich: NOT PERSONAL! That is my WORK, my SWEAT, and MY TIME AWAY FROM MY KIDS! IF THAT IS NOT PERSONAL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS!