Erin Brockovich (2000)


Erin Brockovich
Release Date14 March 2000
Budget$52,000,000
US Box Office$126,000,000
TaglineShe brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.
GenreBiography, Drama, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBaker, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassDocudrama, Feminist Film, Courtroom Drama
Niche GenreComedy Drama
MoodFood for Thought
ThemesRighting the Wronged, Underdogs, Down on Their Luck, Class Differences
TonesMatter-of-Fact, Humorous, Rousing, Affectionate, Irreverent, Compassionate
TagsDisease, Dishonesty, Family, Lawsuit, Lawyer, One Against Odds

Erin Brockovich is a 2000 drama film which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich's legal fight against the US West Coast energy corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred Julia Roberts, who won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors' Guild Award and BAFTA for Best Actress. It is based on a true story, and the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia.


Cast and Crew


Dr. Jaffe

Rosalind

Ed Masry

George Rocky Sullivan
Los Angeles Judge

Pat Skipper
Defending Lawyer

Defendant

Mrs. Morales

Emily Marks
Beth Brockovich - 8 Months

Julie Marks
Beth Brockovich - 8 Months

Matthew Brockovich

Gemmenne de la Peña
Katie Brockovich

Julia, the Waitress

Adilah Barnes
Anna

Irina V. Passmoore
Babysitter

George

Ron Altomare
Biker Friend

Charles John Bukey
Biker Friend

Donna Jensen

Randy Lowell
Brian Frankel

Sarah Ashley
Ashley Jensen

Shanna Jensen

David Foil

Joe Chrest
Tom Robinson

Meredith Zinner
Mandy Robinson

Pete Jensen

Bob Linwood

Laura Ambrosino

Scott Sowers
Mike Ambrosino

Pamela Duncan

Annabelle Daniels

Ted Daniels

Cordelia Richards
Rita Daniels

Ashley Pimental
Beth Brockovich - 18 Months

Brittany Pimental
Beth Brockovich - 18 Months

Charles Embry

Larry Martinez
Nelson Perez

LeRoy A. Simmons
Himself

Don Snell
PG&E Lawyer

PG&E Lawyer

Ms. Sanchez, PG&E Representative

Kurt Potter

Ronald E. Hairston
Car Messenger

Theresa Dallavale

Scott Allen
Town Meeting Plaintiff

Sheila Shaw
Ruth Linwood

Matthew Kimbrough
Bartender

Jason Cervantes
Check Messenger

Mike Malone
Baxter

Norma Maldonado
Woman #1

Tom Tangen
Ned

Julie Wagner
E.R. Admitting Nurse

Director

Producer

producer

John Hardy
executive producer

Gail Lyon
co-producer

Carla Santos Shamberg
executive producer

producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Anne V. Coates
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Casting Director

Margery Simkin
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Production Designer

Philip Messina
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Art Director

Christa Munro
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Set Decorator

Kristen Toscano Messina
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Costume Designer

Jeffrey Kurland
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Makeup Department

Susan A. Cabral
key makeup artist

Bonnie Clevering
hair designer: Julia Roberts

Richard Dean
makeup artist: Julia Roberts

Ken Diaz
tattoo designer

Bernard Gough
hair stylist

Deborah Mills-Whitlock
hair department head

Norman Page
additional makeup artist

Michelle Weiss
hair stylist

Anthony Wilson
hair stylist

Gary Archer
dental prosthetics

Stacey K. Black
hair stylist

Production Manager

Frederic W. Brost
unit production manager

Caitlin Maloney
post-production supervisor

James C. Taylor
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tony Eng
dga trainee

David Hallinan
second assistant director

Gregory Jacobs
first assistant director

Michael Risoli
second second assistant director

Nicholas Wolfert
additional second assistant director

Art Department

Dale E. Anderson
set dresser

Peter Bankins
property master

Robert Bankins
property assistant

Bart Barbuscia
set dresser

Adam L. Barker
plaster foreman

Jason Bedig
leadman

Brent A. Blom
set dresser

Scott Bobbitt
leadman

Richard Boris
greensman

Gary A. Brewer
set dresser

John Bullard
propmaker foreman

Sarah Bullion
art department assistant

Glenn M. Carrere
set dresser

David B. Clark
paint foreman

Michael A. Contreraz
laborer

Francis N. 'Lucky' Costello
stand-by painter

Keith P. Cunningham
assistant art director

Bill Duffin
propmaker

Michael Jon Duffin
propmaker

Eduardo H. Esparza
laborer

Louie Esparza
labor foreman, propmaker

Robert Fidalgo
labor foreman

Gerard Forrest
location foreman

Hank Giardina
paint supervisor

William Gideon
general foreman

Steve Gindorf
propmaker

Cheryl Gould
set dresser

Brian D. Gray
propmaker

Blair Huizingh
art department coordinator

Marisol Jiménez
construction auditor

Steven Kerlagon
paint foreman

Patricia Klawonn
set designer

Andrew Knowland
greensman

Karen Kornbau
propmaker

Bud Kucia
welding foreman

Jennifer Lagura
set dresser

Devlin Lenew
propmaker

Alberto Christiano Lombardo
assistant property master

Arthur G. Lopez
laborer

Mike Malone
on-set dresser

Masako Masuda
set designer

Ernest L. Menchaca Jr.
laborer

John Moore
propmaker foreman

Bob Nickloff
propmaker foreman

Loren Nickloff
propmaker

Edmund A. Paniagua
laborer

Jim Paniagua
propmaker foreman

Anthony J. Saenz
labor foreman

Craig T. Shordon
paint foreman

Scott Shordon
painter gangboss

Bruce G. Smith
painter

Chris Snyder
construction coordinator

Dale Snyder
propmaker foreman

Tracy W. Stockwell
plaster foreman

George E. Vielma
laborer

Stacy Weddington
buyer

Steve Willis
propmaker

Curtis Yackel
propmaker

Erin Boyd
swing gang

Steven Kissick
carpenter

Sound Department

David Betancourt
foley mixer

Larry Blake
supervising sound editor, sound re-recording mixer

Joseph F. Brennan
boom operator

Thomas Causey
production sound mixer

Mike Chock
additional sound editor

Ezra Dweck
foley editor

Julie Feiner
additional sound editor

Dawn Fintor
foley artist

Eric Flickinger
sound recordist

Aaron Glascock
dialogue editor

Baylis Glascock
additional assistant sound editor

sound re-recording mixer

Richard Kite
utility sound

James Morioka
assistant sound editor

Eric Potter
sound effects recordist

Alicia Stevenson
foley artist

Patrick Stoltz
engineering

Jon Vogl
foley recordist

Marvin Walowitz
additional sound editor

David A. Whittaker
additional sound editor

Brian Basham
adr recordist

Ron Bedrosian
adr mixer

Special Effects

Werner Hahnlein
special effects assistant

Kevin Hannigan
special effects

William D. Harrison
special effects foreman

Kenneth Van Order
special effects foreman

Visual Effects

Carole Cowley
visual effects producer: Cinesite Inc.

Mark Tait Lewis
digital compositor: Cinesite Inc.

Serena Rainbow Naramore
digital artist: Cinesite Inc.

Jason Piccioni
digital compositor: Cinesite Inc.

Corrine Pooler
paint supervisor: Cinesite Inc.

Thomas J. Smith
visual effects supervisor: Cinesite Inc.

Tom Zils
digital compositor: Cinesite Inc.

Fred Jimenez
2D technical assistant: Cinesite Inc.

Vincent Lavares
digital asset manager

Louis Schwartzberg
additional cinematography: Cinesite Inc.

Stunts

Rick Avery
stunt driver

Roydon Clark
stunt double

Tabby Hanson
stunt double

John Robotham
stunt coordinator

Steve Kelso
stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department

Randy Berrett
rigging grip

Bobby Brown
first assistant camera: "b" camera

Charles John Bukey
key grip

Russell Caldwell
gaffer

Thomas A. Curran
grip

John W. DeBlau
lighting consultant

Stacy De La Motte
camera loader

Wayne L. Duncan
grip

Frank Endewardt
best boy electric

Isaac Friedman
second assistant camera: "b" camera

Keith Hartley
rigging electrician

Richard Hartley
rigging gaffer

Barry Idoine
first assistant camera: "a" camera

Gary M. Lang
electrician

Chris Lombardi
camera operator: "a" camera

Bob Marshak
still photographer

Daisuke Dice Miyake
grip

Darryl Murchison
electrician

John Owens
electrician

Anthony Porto
rigging grip

Mark R. Shultz
rigging key grip

Paul E. Sutton
rigging grip

Paul Threlkeld
dolly grip

Dave Tutokey
best boy rigger

Rodney Veto
best boy grip

David Watson
electrician

Marta Weiss
second assistant camera: "a" camera

Paul David Williams
rigging grip

James W. Apted
assistant camera

Sean P. Fickert
rigging grip

Edward A. Gutentag
assistant camera

Casting Department

Brumby Broussard
casting assistant

Carmen Cuba
casting associate

Rich Epstein
casting assistant

Rich King
extras casting

Jay Krymis
extras casting

Gina Stainbrook
casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Corey Bronson
set costumer

Janis Mekaelian
key costumer

Rhona Meyers
key costumer

Elaine Ramires
costume supervisor

Shoshana Rubin
set costumer

Tom Siegel
key costumer

Fran Vega-Buck
set costumer: Julia Roberts

Emily Wyss
set costumer

Anthony T. Lukins
set costumer

Editorial Department

Julian Andraus
apprentice editor

Glenn Arcaro
editorial intern

John Axelrad
assistant editor: avid

Gary Burritt
negative cutter

Bradford L. Dean
second assistant editor

Monica De Armond
post-production assistant

Dana Ross
color timer

Robb Sullivan
first assistant editor

Julia Wong
assistant editor

Music Department

Bill Bernstein
music editor

Julian Bratolyubov
music preparation

Jordan Corngold
assistant music editor

Buck Damon
music consultant

Tom Hardisty
music recordist

David Marquette
music recordist

Leslie Morris
music contractor

Thomas Pasatieri
orchestrator

Dennis S. Sands
music scoring mixer

music supervisor

John Beasley
composer: additional score

Transportation Department

Rich Bennetti
transportation co-captain

Loren Bess
driver

Pat Carman
driver

driver: camera car

Jon Carpenter
transportation coordinator

Byron Carter
driver: camera car

Gary Cheek
driver

Martin Coblenz
driver

Louis Dinson
driver

Ronald B. Dinson Sr.
driver

Guy Duquette
driver

Charles Enzen
driver

Scott Fair
driver

J. Armin Garza II
driver: insert car

Bernard Glavin
driver

David Glavin
driver

Diane Glavin
driver

Leon Glavin
driver

Chris Gorden
driver

Billy Grace
driver

Shane Greedy
transportation captain

Donald S. Harback
driver

Mike Hutmacher
driver

David Jernigan
driver

James E. Johnson
driver

Pops Johnson
driver

Thomas M. Krigbaum
driver

J.T. Lannen
driver

Hal Lary
driver

Ken Merrit
driver

Tom Neal
driver

Don Newton
driver

John Ornstein
driver

Curtis Randoll
driver

Chance Robertson
driver

Albert C. Rusk
driver

Ted Schambers
driver

Clinton J. Taylor
driver

Raymond Van Holtan
driver

Kelly Yon
driver

Other Crew

Jimmy Badstibner
office production assistant

Gavin J. Behrman
assistant accountant

Damon Bingham
assistant: Mr. Shamberg

Clelio Boccato
office production assistant

Keri Bruno
set production assistant

Richard Castro
assistant accountant

Sam M. Cobb
construction medic

Natasha Cuba
assistant: Ms. Sher and Mr. Shamberg

Thomas S. Dickson
location projectionist

Charles Drake
craft service

Caleb Duffy
assistant location manager

Edward J. Ertel
location projectionist

John Falvey
assistant: Mr. Finney

Harold Fowler
set medic

Jennifer Fukasawa
assistant: Ms. Shamberg

Brad Furman
assistant: Ms. Roberts

Marc C. Geschwind
stand-in

Jane E. Graves
assistant location manager

Gordon Greer
set medic

Ronald E. Hairston
craft service

Cheri Hall
first assistant accountant

Quentin Halliday
assistant location manager

Leah Holmes
post-production accountant

Karen Jarnecke
assistant production coordinator

J. Larsen Jay
production secretary

Joseph Keideth
security: Ms. Roberts

Michael LaCorte
set production assistant

Ken Lavet
location manager

Robin Le Chanu
production coordinator

Denise N. Lewis
office production assistant

Sindy Lin
assistant: Ms. Sher

Keri Littledeer
set medic

Caitlin Maloney
assistant: Mr. Soderbergh and Mr. Hardy

Antoine Mascaro
chef

Thomas John McGowan
studio teacher

Carla Meyer
dialect coach: Mr. Finney

Taina Mirach
production intern

Grant A. Pasley
office production assistant

Amy Peltonen
assistant: Ms. Lyon

Luke Pollock
set production assistant

John Ramirez
set security

Laurie Record
assistant: Mr. DeVito

Nancy Reid
assistant production coordinator

Jim Schiro
accounting clerk

Ricki L. Stein
production accountant

Spooky Stevens
unit publicist

Bradley Steyn
security: Ms. Roberts

Lynn Struiksma
set production assistant

Cherie Supnet
office production assistant

Patrick Thornhill
office production assistant

Laura Tiz
assistant accountant

Julie Wagner
stand-in

Annie Welles
script supervisor

Gregory Alpert
additional location manager

Julian Del Valle
balloon lights

Don Gillespie
assistant accountant

Michelle Gold
on-set production assistant

Ronald Hairston Jr.
craft service

Jeff Jenofsky
production assistant

Todd A. Marks
computer/video coordinator

Niamh Murphy
textile artist

Jim Swidarski
payroll accountant: re-shoots

adr voice

Thanks

Pamela DuMond
special thanks

Thomas V. Girardi
special thanks

Nikki Allyn Grosso
special thanks

Walter J. Lack
special thanks

Chris Lord-Alge
special thanks

Production Company

Jersey Films
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Distributor

Universal Pictures
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Falcon

Universal Studios Home Video

Columbia TriStar
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National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors

Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International

Columbia TriStar Film

Columbia TriStar Films

Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina

Columbia TriStar

LK-TEL

Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Special Effects

Cinesite (Hollywood)

Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
camera dollies

Clairmont Camera
camera system

Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)
color by

Gourmet on Location
catering

Howard A. Anderson Company
titles & opticals

Kodak
motion picture film

L.A. Mad Dogs
voice casting

Masterwords
cutting continuity

Movie Movers
star trailers

NT Audio Visual
dailies telecine and track negative

Safeguard Investigation and Security Services
security: Ms. Roberts

Signet Soundelux Studios
music recorded & mixed at

Sony Classical
soundtrack published by

Soundelux Vine Street Studios
re-recorded at

Todd-AO Scoring Stage
music recorded at

Weddington Productions
post-production sound services






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