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《永不妥协》(Erin Brockovich)(2000): 一個改編自1993年發生的真實事件，埃琳•布罗克维奇（朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰）是倒霉鬼中的典型。她是一名教育程度不高, 结过两次婚，但每次婚姻都没有给她带来幸福，反而令她成了一个拖着三个孩子的单身母亲。倒霉的她在遭到一场交通事故后，连志在必得的赔偿官司到最后都输掉了。於是生活陷入困境的艾琳，強迫艾德雇她做為律師事務所的事務員。为她辩护的律师埃德（阿尔伯特•芬尼 Albert Finney 饰）收留了埃琳在他的律师楼里打杂。埃琳的生活算是有了一点保障。一天，埃琳偶然地发现了一些十分可疑的医药单据，在埃德的支持下，埃琳发现当地社区污水中含剧毒物质，而供水公司确对此敷衍了事。艾琳和艾德在对居民们調查中, 发现了当地社区隐藏着的重大环境污染事件，有毒污水正在损害居民的健康，是造成一种致命疾病和癌症率高的根源。可怕的是居民们对此并未察觉，甚至起初对埃琳的结论表示怀疑，但是不久他们就被埃琳的执着和责任感打动了，大家在一个目标下紧紧地团结了起来，埃琳用自己的行动赢得了全体居民的信任，成了他们的核心和代言人。埃琳挨家挨户的做动员工作，终于得到了600多个人的签名支持。最後還創下了全美歷史上同类民事案件的赔偿金额之最: 三億三千三百萬美元的最高庭外和解金額，不但悍衛了正義，也重新認識了自己。

 电影《永不妥協》(Erin Brockovich)2000年获5项奥斯卡提名, 最后获1项奥斯卡奖(最佳女主角)。

真实的故事:

埃琳•布罗克维奇(Erin Brockovich): 在一場車禍的官司中, 我做了律師事務所的事務員。一天，我偶然地发现了一些十分可疑的医药单据，在埃德的支持下, 我开始了調查。 ("After being seriously injured in a traffic accident in Reno, my kids and I moved back to Southern California where I hired Jim Vititoe of Masry & Vititoe to handle my auto accident case in 1991. Not long after my case was resolved, I was hired to work at the law firm as a file clerk. While organizing papers in a pro bono real estate case, I found medical records in the file that caught my eye. After getting permission from one of the firm's principals, Ed Masry, I began to research the matter." - Erin Brockovich)

埃琳•布罗克维奇(Erin Brockovich)

我調查发现加利福尼亚州Hinkley地区的居民长期饮用溢漏入铬6的地下水。1996年, 我们为600多个居民得到了Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Compressor公司3.33的亿美元赔偿金额("My investigation eventually established that the health of countless people who lived in and around Hinkley, California, in the 1960's, 70's and 80's had been severely compromised by exposure to toxic Chromium 6. The Chromium 6 had leaked into the groundwater from the nearby Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Compressor Station. In 1996, as a result of the largest direct action lawsuit of its kind, spearheaded by me and Ed Masry, the giant utility paid the largest toxic tort injury settlement in U.S. history: $333 million in damages to more than 600 Hinkley residents." - Erin Brockovich)

埃琳•布罗克维奇(Erin Brockovich)

埃琳•布罗克维奇和艾德(Erin Brockovich and boss Edward Masry of Masry & Vititoe
are working with Hawaii law firm Tam & Stanford on a case
charging disease and defects were caused by pesticide
contamination in Central Oahu.)