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Erin Brockovich - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/GrVSZGBZU7 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

Movie runtime: 2:11:17

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Erin Brockovich - Patreon Version

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beefjerkywizard

I've actually never watched this movie. I've watched clips here and there and know the gist. I'm excited to experience it along with you two.

Jay Davis

A quick reminder that The Pelican Brief (1993) is also a very fine Julia Roberts legal themed movie. Also, Dunkirk and Drive, which have nothing to do with anything, are fine films as well. Ehem. What?

JakeyShakeyBakeyBoy

Well for loitering down under here in Australia, the law is that if police have reasonable grounds to believe a crime may be committed in the area or obstructions caused by your hanging out, or even that loitering would endanger your safety for whatever reason - it’s a finable offence if you don’t comply. Weird shit indeed. Also this movie’s great and George’s shirt is rad haha

Brad Lowry

The Five Man Electric Band said it for you in 1971, George Signs - The Five Man Electrical Band 1971 Sign, sign Everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery Breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that Can't you read the sign? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9lh7lqZojc Another real thing: "[There is a] long list of deaf people who have been brutally assaulted by police officers for what has been described by officers as failure to respond to officers’ verbal commands." https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/police-brutality-and-deaf-people

Brad Lowry

Back to Erin Brockovich... Marg Helgenberger paid for her Malibu Condo (or whatever) for her good work on the Original CSI, but I really believe that she should have gotten a nomination and won for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. She's the first actual woman that Erin meets (Donna Jensen) and we get to know as Erin returns to her throughout. Not a bumbling hillbilly, just a mom that loves her kids and wants a simple life for her family.

PIG

This is one of those movies I can watch over and over. I love those investigation movies like All the President’s Men or The Insider where it’s people like Brockovich that’s just great at their job as they uncover real dirt.

BigGuy209

hey thanks for the Happy Birthday wishes. it is actually my birthday today!

Brad Lowry

Another performance you should rewatch is the waitress at the diner when she took the kids out for dinner after she testified in court... trust me...

WayneC

The woman who played Pamela also played Matt Damon's mother in Ocean's Twelve and the police officer in Signs.

Brad Lowry

So the creepy guy, Charles Embry... the actor's name is Tracey Walter. Remember that name and that face. He pops up in many of your favorite movies in interesting and amazing ways. Midnight Run (not on his IMdb page, but I swear he was the diner owner in that) Silence of the Lambs There are a bunch on his filmography that I haven't seen, but he seems not to disappoint... and at this point seeing that he is in a movie makes me more likely to check it out.

VinnyAhhh

"Is PG&E still around?" Me, glancing at my energy bill: "oh yeah, they're still around..."

Patrick

I still see her on TV doing mesothelioma civil lawsuit cases haha

JediLounger

So if you guys want to watch the director of this movie and the actor from the movie coming this Sunday (The Game), Traffic (2000) is incredible. Fun fact, Steven Soderbergh competed with himself at the Oscar’s in 2001 for this movie and Traffic. He ended up winning for Traffic. Also, I wanted to say something about the poll from this week. Dark City did very well, but won’t win, so it will be a bit before you guys watch it. I strongly suggest that you guys watch the Directors Cut when you watch it. It’s straight up a better version of the film than the theatrical cut.

Dioskur

This film is part of the holy trinity of movies that I, as a 44y old stubborn german man with like 90% male friends, shouldnt like, but in fact love. The other two are Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman. Lets see what you two thought about it :)

Vwlss Nvwls

I saw this in the theater, and many times since. A lot of fun to watch. RIP Albert Finney... I always loved him. :(

Odd Thomas

Other great Julia Roberts films: Flatliners Conspiracy Theory The Pelican Brief

Tyler Foster

A couple of other great Steven Soderbergh movies I'd love to see you cover: Out of Sight (1998) - based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, the same writer as Rum Punch, which was turned into Jackie Brown. I've mentioned this a few times but there's a fun little connection between it and Jackie Brown, so maybe rewatch the reaction (or the whole movie) if you ever put Out of Sight on the schedule. Great cast, really great movie. I know you weren't the biggest fans of Ocean's Twelve (by far my favorite of the three), but Soderbergh also drew inspiration from himself, as that movie's plot (cop-criminal romantic tension) and even one of the flourishes (the little freeze frames) are borrowed from it. Logan Lucky (2017) - A decade after his last Ocean's movie, he returned to the heist genre with this delightful comedy about a bunch of hicks trying to rob a NASCAR-style race event. Features Daniel Craig doing an entirely different hilarious accent and one of the funniest prison riots I've ever seen. Another great cast, too. Also, if you liked Albert Finney, there's never a bad time to watch another Coen Brothers movie, and he gives one of the best performances in their filmography in one of their most underrated movies, Miller's Crossing. A dramatic and funny 1930s gangster movie with great old-timey slang and a convoluted plot filled with twists and turns.

Karl Ries
>>140742820

I was waiting for them to realize this as the credits were rolling, but they didn't catch it.

Odd Thomas

Another great Albert Finney movie is Big Fish

Monica Alarcon

Yaaay you said my name!!! (sorta) yaaay!

Vwlss Nvwls

The real Erin Brockovich had a bit part in this movie as the waitress when Julia Roberts takes the kids to eat at the beginning of the movie.

REDR58

(Dammit, I accidentally deleted below while editing!) “No Loitering” signs are usually at store / mall entrances. They don’t want people standing around there. In or out! I associate “Funky Cold Medina” because the DJ played it at our 8th grade dance…in 1989!!! I always find Simone and George’s predictions and speculation about the movies at the beginning very interesting especially when I know they what they are guessing at is not nearly as bad as what the story ends up being about, as in the case with this movie. Someone’s fight against a big box store is almost quaint compared to what this is about. I’ve not seen the movie yet, but I am very familiar with the real story of Brockovich. On a related note, here is a video about an artist who constructed a lighthouse near the real Hinkley, California where the movie was set: https://youtu.be/VN6PXsAl0so?si=HQg5-Db0-4fS3iIL

dave

OMG please watch Pretty Woman.

Odd Thomas

The lady you sort of recognised is Cherry Jones - she was the deputy in Signs. She's also in another excellent Shyamalan film: The Village.

Fernando Alamán

I liked this movie a lot more this time than when I watched it back when it was released. Great movie, great reaction. Thanks G&S.

Our Patrons thought we were a myth. Well... They were MYTH taken.

🖤George invited us to go on a rant, then that's what I'll do... However, it's not negative. So not a rant. More of a ramble. But we'll just go with "rant" But this might be the cleverest Simpsons shirt George has ever worn. They're all great shirts. Most of them are essentially advertisements for fake businesses in the show instead of being a straight forward simpsons shirt, and I like those kinds of shirts. Some just have a picture or catchphrase from the show like the "No, money down!" shirt (I guess technically that's also an advertisement style shirt too) and I like all of them. They're all great. But this one... this masterpiece. It's not simply a picture of something from the show on a shirt LOL. That picture on his shirt was a picture on a shirt in the show. So it, as a whole, was a shirt that was in the Simpsons. For those who don't know, Marge found a place at the mall (her nose was all stuffy when she said it LOL) who will put a picture of you on a shirt, but they only charged her half price because hers got smudged. Anyway... IDK, I may be over-appreciating it (I'm an overthinker) but borderline an Inception level of merchandise.

Brad Lowry
>>140755475

The Alan Parker film "Shoot the Moon" is where I first remember how good Albert Finney could be... in a rough role honestly portrayed. One must understand what Shooting the Moon in the card game Hearts means to fully get what this film – and get what Albert Finny's character – are about. Dana Hill is great as a child/young actress in this too.

E. D.

The piano score reminds me of The Firm score

Andrew

If you put the tagline “She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees” in the context of a prostitute with a heart of gold it takes on a whole different meaning!

Monica Alarcon

It's probably been mentioned but please watch Big Fish...

Bennett Holleman

A Civil Action is another great legal drama about environmental pollution by corporations.

Logan Kerlee

My birthday was June 3rd, so a little bit past. xD I enjoyed my day but didn't really do anything special. LMAO - wrong movie George! xD THAT MADE ME LAUGH! hahahahaha This is my first time watching as well, so I hope we'll all enjoy this! I remember this being a big deal when this released but I've got no idea on how accurate this movie actually is. :) lol, the two production companies were in opposite order for me. Funky! It's a neck brace, not a cast George so it can be removed at home by the patient. lol, sly Patreon plug there, George! xD I knew that this was a more serious movie but I didn't know it was this sort. Holy shit, this movie was awesome! I had no idea what to expect with this and I'm pleasantly surprised by it. Definitely a chick flick but an awesome one that anybody can enjoy. Great stuff! I've got no idea how much of this was true vs made up - but any of it is flat ridiculous. The case, I mean. Wow - amazing stuff! Big thanks to all who voted for this, I had no idea. :)

Logan Kerlee
>>140739387

Big yeah on that. I had no idea what this movie was before today, but now this movie has my respect, It's good stuff!

Jesse Coombs

Yay! Another Steven Soderbergh movie. He's one of my favorite directors. He's very prolific, and his work shows a lot of variance. I know you guys already watched the Ocean's series, but I hope you'll dig into more. "Out of SIght", "The Limey", "The Informant!", "Logan Lucky", "Haywire", and "Behind the Candelabra" are some of my favorites, but I'd be happy if you watched any of his films.

Jeff Demarest

Other court dramas similar to this: The Rainmaker Sleepers (heavy material) Murder in the First A Time to Kill

Brad Lowry
>>140783356

You're right. Maybe you already did this before posting, but you are so right that it made me check IMdb: the composers for the two films were different.

Magnificent Gojira

It's a real pity that films like Saturday Night and Sunday Morning never get a chance to be viewed and reacted to. You'd not only get to see young Albert Finney (it's Erin's boss here) but would get the acting scope this amazing actor could perform. Hope someday though you might get a chance to see him in leading role somewhere, however besides maybe Miller's Crossing nothing that suitable (i.e. something would get enough interest on youtube) really comes to mind.

Shonnicus

Good movie. Great premise and background. John Travolta has a similar movie in "A Civil Action" 1998. Oh this also starts the John Grishman movies; The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Client and others

E. D.

A similar movie to this is A Civil Action (1998), I highly recommend it, everybody involved in it, in front and behind camera did a great job, including Travolta & Duvall

E. D.
>>140794163

lol after I wrote my comment about A Civil Action I saw you wrote the same^^ ps: I love John Grisham movies & books, there are good court room flicks out there

sarCC

This movie came out right in the middle of one of the best runs of movies in any director's arsenal, 4 years featuring Steven Soderbergh's very best films. Started with his best film, Out Of Sight(1998), then The Limey(1999), one of the coolest edited movies ever(right alongside Memento). In 2000 came his two most award-winningest films, this one and Traffic. And, finally in 2001, his most popular film came out: Ocean's Eleven. These are Soderbergh's infinity gems, collect 'em all!

RipTheRipper

Requests: - The First Omen (2024) - Bottoms (2023) - United 93 (2006) - Julie and Julia (2009) - Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) - Thoroughbreds (2017)

Jake Dinkel

No, Oscar winners do not know ahead of time. Smaller awards shows do that to make sure that celebrities show up to their shows, but not the Oscars.

djKENTO

Loitering laws exist to give cops any reason to restrict people they just don’t like.

RabidMango

$100,000 for the right to write your story seems pretty dope. Stephen King sold Shawshank Redemption for $5,000. I bet Rowling or Tolkien estate got to that $10m range though.

djKENTO

Is PG&E still around? Oh yeah. Hi I’m from Santa Rosa California and in 2017 we had the most expensive wild fire in North American history. Nearly 100,000 displaced people from our community, nearly 50 people dead, hundreds without homes… PG&E’s failing infrastructure and lack of maintenance on power lines was to blame. PG&E is a monopoly. We don’t have another choice. You want electrify, water or gas to your house? that’s the only choice.

Chase Schleich

Oscar winners do not know ahead of time lol. Maybe the MTV Video Music Awards or Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards are, but the Oscars are announced live on stage for the first time. They even have special security measures to ensure that envelopes aren't opened and aren't mixed up. Fuck ups still happen though like when La La Land got announced as Best Picture when it was actually Moonlight because the person in charge of the envelopes gave the presenter the envelope for Best Actress (Emma Stone/La La Land) instead of Best Picture. The producers of La La Land got on stage to accept before the mistake was discovered and the real winner was announced. So yeah, they're definitely announced live lol.

Chase Schleich
>>140808414

Jesus I didn't know the cause was failing power lines. How in the hell can one company have a monopoly on water, power, and gas, yet not have money to invest in their infrastructure? I swear, the fucking corruption in this country is going to be what causes us to collapse like the Roman Empire.

Angela D. Mitchell

This is a great movie, even if I dislike Erin as a person. Soderbergh is a fantastic filmmaker and I love how he always makes the location a character through cinematography. Here, he uses yellow/orange to make everything feel parched, dried-up, and sickly. The town of Hinkley looks sick. I admit that I'm very conflicted on Erin as a character (more on the movie's actual truth farther down). Yes, she's beautiful and brave in some ways. I love watching her realize her potential and use her intelligence. I love the realness of her struggle and poverty and that she's a good mom. BUT. She's also an ass. And a ginormous hypocrite. She body-shames others but raises her hackles when she is body-shamed herself. She treats others rudely but is hypersensitive about how she herself is treated. She explodes and screams at people then has shocked Pikachu face when they react unhappily to how she treats them. As far as whether this movie is true, unfortunately, the real outcome is sadder and more complex. Marg Helgenberger's Donna was a composite character based on several residents. Masry & Erin got paid but it took a long time for them to pay out to the Hinckley townspeople. Masry's firm kept the 333 million settlement disbursements in the bank for 6 months, banking huge interest before paying out. He also billed the town an additional $10 million, which is where most think Erin's bonus came from. Civil arbitrations like the Hinkley case mean public-welfare issues can in effect be decided secretly between corporations and high-powered plaintiffs' attorneys who represent unsophisticated victims. In the wake of the PG&E litigation, for example, there is no public record of whether an enormous, publicly held utility did or did not poison a town. Since the case never went to trial and was settled behind closed doors before a panel of arbitrators, neither transcripts of the proceeds nor records of how the settlement was disbursed have ever been made available to the public, or even the victims themselves. Google the stories in Salon or the Guardian for some good reporting on the outcome. George, the wonderful character actress who plays the holdout is Broadway & movie/TV actress Cherry Jones. You guys saw her before this in SIGNS (she was the kind sheriff), and she's been in a lot of hit films -- THE PERFECT STORM, THE VILLAGE, OCEAN'S TWELVE and great TV -- "Succession," "Transparent," "24," etc. George, Oscar winners do NOT know ahead of time. There is huge security around keeping the results from going public in advance.

punterjoe

Have you guys seen "Silkwood" with Meryl Streep? A similar little guy vs evil corporation genre film based on real events. I think it may have been forgotten over time, but it's a good (if depressing) film.

BangDroid

No Loitering signs generally don't apply to the entire place, like the whole mall or park. Usually it's designated to a section; within malls it often pertains to areas that form part of emergency exit routes. I have never seen a No Loitering sign at a park, but it may be a similar reason. If it was actually anti-homelessness, they wouldn't need a sign; homeless people generally don't obey signage anyway and states and municipalities don't need signs to enforce inhumane policy.

BangDroid

So glad you watched this movie and enjoyed it. My mum was a paralegal and fought her own much smaller battle, no where near as huge as this, but it reminds me of how proud I am of her for that.

Brad Lowry
>>140793250

Notwithstanding what S&G do, thanks for the tip for SN&SM! Back to movies where S&G HAVE seen Albert Finney: "The Bourne Ultimatum"! Checking IMdb, it would seem that "Tom Jones" would be his breakout, yes? Playing the titular role in the "Best Picture Oscar" winning film and being nominated for "Best Actor Oscar" for the same role... pretty good! (I must see, available on MAX!)

Jayson Phillips

If you loved this movie you would love Conspiracy Theory with her and Mel Gibson.

Maiki
>>140872786

And a certain Star Trek captain... ;) Great movie directed by the amazing Richard Donner (Goonies, Lethal Weapon). Written by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Man on Fire).

Tenn Seven

And this is why unchecked capitalism is bad.

Cisco Furio

This movie is kind of tainted for me because the academy absolutley ROBBED Ellen Burstyn of a best actress oscar (requiem for a dream) giving it to Julia Roberts. I do enjoy the movie, but i shake my head frequently as well.

Donna Castellano

Class Action is another great film, with Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio. In regards to the auto industry. It's loosely based on the true story of the Ford Pinto and the dangers of its design.