Just watched "Erin Brokovich" again....

[Baz]

What a great movie...love that part when Julia Roberts dresses down that female lawyer......the phone number segment......that was pretty epic.



Here's the real EB:

[SteamWolf]

I wonder if she'd be jailed as a whistleblower if it happened today.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by SteamWolf

I wonder if she'd be jailed as a whistleblower if it happened today.

She didn't blow any whistles.....no pun intended.

[SteamWolf]

She exposed the situation though.
Still, she's a heck of a person.

[GWN7]

She had a spot in the movie. She was the waitress when "Erin" took her kids out to eat near the beginning.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by SteamWolf

She exposed the situation though.
Still, she's a heck of a person.

She was an investigator working from a legal platform.

I agree she was GOOD!

Julia Roberts said it was her most satisfying role ever.

The real E.B. said she loved everything about the movie - except Julia's skirts were too long.

Albert Finney was fantastic as well.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by GWN7

She had a spot in the movie. She was the waitress when "Erin" took her kids out to eat near the beginning.

Ah that's right...almost forgot about that...good call GWN7!

[71scgc]

Not a fan.
Of either.
Activists are a pain.
Carter

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by 71scgc

Not a fan.
Of either.
Activists are a pain.
Carter

Yes. Exposing the truth is wrong. We should celebrate the messages passed down to us from our corporate overlords without question.

[Danimal16]

So was it the water?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Danimal16

So was it the water?

This Wikipedia article is interesting. If you Google her you can see the mug shot of her for drunk boat driving. Yikes. The mug shot is

Erin Brockovich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

Yes. Exposing the truth is wrong. We should celebrate the messages passed down to us from our corporate overlords without question.

Did Sammy hijack your account?

Oh wait, that was sarcasm, my bad.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by 71scgc

Activists are a pain.

that's why the company poisoned her, eh?

[Nostril Cheese]

Shes hardly the do-gooder portrayed in the movie.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

Shes hardly the do-gooder portrayed in the movie.

How so?

It was a very entertaining movie for me.

What happened in real life - I cannot comment on unless I research it more....

[Baz]

Originally Posted by GWN7

She had a spot in the movie. She was the waitress when "Erin" took her kids out to eat near the beginning.

Here it is:

[rusnak]

I want to point out some things:

(1) You can't find out anything worth knowing about someone through their portrayal by a Hollywood actress in a Hollywoon movie;

(2) P.I. attorneys and the like are not shining paragons of morality, character, and justice. They are not generally thought of as do-gooders. Not by genuine do-gooders, anyway. Nor by their clients.

(3) Julia Roberts is not Erin Brokovich.

(4) Hollywood has a ton of activists in their celeb ranks. They are not shining paragons of morality either. They just play the part.

(5) Real activists (which has nothting to do with the movie, nor with the subject of the movie) shoot for an over-reaction. They sensationalize their cause and try to stir up an over reaction on the part of legislature in order to get ANY reaction. They are not using smart bombs, they are carpet bombers. This type of dramatic over reaction has permeated into popular culture and media. People these days want to call their Congressman if they get bad service at Olive Garden. So the whole assumption that people are victimized has become largely relative. Everyone is a victim, and everyone is being denied their rights.

[RWebb]

[2] the original attorney on this case screwed it up royally (this is a very difficult, specialized area of law); there is a book on the case

[2b] the original attorney on this case owned a 928

[Joe Bob]

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by RWebb

[2] the original attorney on this case screwed it up royally (this is a very difficult, specialized area of law); there is a book on the case

[2b] the original attorney on this case owned a 928

You're thinking of "A Civil Action"-also a movie (Travolta) about the Woburn WR Grace case.