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Dark Waters
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2019 film directed by Todd Haynes
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Dark Waters is a United States drama film directed by Todd Haynes. The screenplay was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, with production by Killer Films, Focus Features, DreamWorks, and Participant. Mark Ruffalo, Christine Vachon, and Jeff Skoll served as producers. The cast includes Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, and Victor Garber. Edward Lachman handled cinematography, while Affonso Gonçalves edited the film and Marcelo Zarvos composed the score.
The narrative is set in Parkersburg and Cincinnati during the 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. It focuses on Robert Bilott, DuPont, pollution, and corruption. The film was distributed by Focus Features via video on demand. It has a runtime of 127 minutes or 126 minutes. Review scores include 7.3 out of 10, 89 percent, 75 percent, 73 out of 100, and 7.6. The tagline is "The truth has a man on the inside."
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Film · TMDB
7.5A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.
Cast
- Mark Ruffalo as Robert Bilott
- Anne Hathaway as Sarah Bilott
- Tim Robbins as Tom Terp
- Bill Pullman as Harry Dietzler
- Bill Camp as Wilbur Tennant
- Victor Garber as Phil Donnelly
Themes
- pollution
- grave
- biography
- based on true story
- lawsuit
- west virginia
- cancer
- lawyer
- biting
- farmer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- lawsuit
- Director
- Todd Haynes
- Screenwriter
- Matthew Michael Carnahan
- Composer
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Producer
- Jeff Skoll
- Production company
- Participant
- Cinematographer
- Edward Lachman
- Narrative location
- Cincinnati
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 985274
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.focusfeatures.com/dark-waters
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- publication date
- 2020-02-27
- title
- Dark Waters
- film editor
- Affonso Gonçalves
- set in period
- 1970s
- social media followers
- 3041
- box office
- 11136084
- review score
- 73/100
- production designer
- Hannah Beachler
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