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Dark waters, out november 22, is adapted from a new york times magazine story that cast bilott as a worst nightmare for dupont, a centuriesold american chemical company. Art buchwald said the plot of last tango in paris could be understood as the story of what people were willing to do to get an apartment in paris. Dark waters chronicles the true story of bilotts nearly 20year battle to hold dupont accountable. Poisoned water, corporate greed, and one lawyers twentyyear battle against dupont is now available. Most viewers will walk away thinking they watched a movie that documents the true story of a relatively isolated case of dupont contaminating the local soil and water of an unfortunate town, parkersburg, west virginia. Sep 18, 2019 from participant spotlight, dark waters tells the shocking and heroic story of an attorney mark ruffalo who risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the worlds. Mark ruffalo plays an attorney suing dupont in todd haynes impressive legal thriller dark waters. A modern david and goliath story, dark waters sees robert acting out of nothing more than a sheer sense of righteousness. How my sons first film role and my fathers cancer are connected while my son, 6, worked on his first feature film, i. Some extras in dark waters have reallife ties to the.
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