Based on Nathaniel Rich’s New York Times Magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare.” The lawyer in question is Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), a legal counselor who worked as a corporate defense attorney for eight years before taking on a landmark environmental lawsuit against the chemical company DuPont. Robert Bilott is one of the world’s finest environmental lawyers. With a combination of innovative litigation, scientific understanding, and extraordinary perseverance, he has achieved one of the most significant victories for environmental law and corporate accountability of this century. In a legal battle lasting 19 years, he represented 70,000 citizens whose drinking water had been contaminated with Perfluorooctanic acid (PFOA) by the chemical giant DuPont.
Todd Haynes (Director)
Michael Sledd (Producer)
Christine Vachon (Producer)
Jeff Skoll (Producer)
Pamela Koffler (Producer)
Mark Ruffalo (Producer)
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