Exposure av Robert Bilott

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<B>ERIN BROCKOVICH meets SILENT SPRING in this astounding true story of a lawyer who spent two decades building a case against one of the world’s largest chemical companies, uncovering a shocking history of environmental pollution and heartless cover-up. <BR/><I>The story that inspired the forthcoming motion picture from Participant Media/Focus Features, starring Mark Ruffalo, </I></B><B><I>Anne Hathaway</I></B><B><I>, Bill Pullman and Tim Robbins, directed by Todd Haynes.</I></B><BR/><BR/> In 1998, Robert Bilott was a 33-year-old Cincinnati lawyer on the verge of making partner when his career and life took an unforeseen turn. He was taken by surprise when he received a call from a man named Earl Tennant, a farmer from West Virginia with a slight connection to Robert’s family. Earl was convinced the creek on his property, where his cattle grazed, was being <B>poisoned by run-off </B>from a neighbouring factory landfill. His cattle were dying in hideous ways, a