THE LIST

MOVIE

DARK WATERS

STARRING: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins

Lawyer Robert Bilott (Ruffalo) is a partner at a firm that has a number of chemical companies among its clients. A farmer who doesn’t quite understand what Bilott’s job involves asks him for legal assistance in taking on chemical giant DuPont, who he says is responsible for the death of almost 200 cattle on his land due to waste dumping. There’s no conflict of interest – DuPont is not a client – and Bilott becomes intrigued, ultimately deciding to take on the case, even though it places him at odds with many in his firm and turns him into a pariah.

Based on real events, Dark Waters follows Bilott’s painstaking investigation into DuPont’s activities and the evidence