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Темные воды (фильм, 2019)

«Тёмные воды» — американский юридический триллер 2019 года режиссёра Тодда Хейнса по сценарию Марио Корреа и Мэтью Майкла Карнахана . История драматизирует дело Роберта Билота против химической производственной корпорации DuPont после того, как они заразили город нерегулируемыми химикатами.играют Марк Руффало , а также Энн Хэтэуэй , Тим Роббинс , Билл Кэмп , Виктор Гарбер , Мэр Виннингем , Уильям Джексон Харпер и Билл Пуллман .

Фильм основан на статье Натаниэля Рича «Юрист, который стал худшим кошмаром DuPont» в журнале New York Times в 2016 году . [2] [3] Отчет о расследовании и деле был впервые опубликован в книге Кэлли Лайонс, журналистки из долины Среднего Огайо , освещавшей спор по мере его развития. [4] Части истории о загрязнении и сокрытии также рассказали Мэрайя Блейк, чья статья 2015 года «Добро пожаловать в красивый Паркерсбург, Западная Вирджиния» стала финалистом Национальной премии журнала, [5] и Шэрон Лернер , чья серия «Плохая химия» вышла в свет. в «Перехвате» . [6] [7]

Билот написал собственные мемуары Exposure (2019) [8] , подробно описав свою 20-летнюю судебную тяжбу против DuPont. [9]

«Темные воды» начали ограниченный показ в кинотеатрах 22 ноября 2019 года на канале Focus Features , а 6 декабря получили широкий прокат. Фильм получил положительные отзывы критиков и собрал 23 миллиона долларов.

Сюжет

В 1998 году Роберт Билотт работал корпоративным адвокатом из Цинциннати в юридической фирме Taft Stettinius & Hollister . Фермер Уилбур Теннант, знакомый с бабушкой Билота, просит его расследовать многочисленные случаи гибели молочного скота на его ферме в Паркерсбурге, Западная Вирджиния . Теннант связывает смерть с химической производственной корпорацией DuPont и дает Роберту большой ящик видеокассет, связанных с этим делом.

Роберт посещает ферму Теннантов, где узнает, что 190 коров умерли и имели необычные заболевания, такие как вздутие органов, почерневшие зубы и опухоли. Адвокат DuPont Фил Доннелли говорит, что он не знает об опасениях Теннанта, но поможет всем, чем сможет. Билотт подает небольшой иск, чтобы получить информацию путем юридического обнаружения химикатов, сброшенных на близлежащую свалку. Когда он не находит ничего полезного в отчете Агентства по охране окружающей среды , он понимает, что химические вещества могут быть нерегулируемыми.

Билотт противостоит Доннелли на отраслевом мероприятии, что приводит к гневной перепалке. В ответ на его просьбу расширить возможности открытия DuPont присылает сотни коробок. Билотт находит многочисленные упоминания о ПФОК, но ему трудно о нем узнать. Он узнает, что ПФОК — это перфтороктановая кислота , используемая для производства тефлона , который широко используется в американских домах для изготовления сковородок с антипригарным покрытием и ковровых покрытий. Компания DuPont десятилетиями проводила испытания воздействия ПФОК и обнаружила, что она вызывает рак и врожденные нарушения, но держала результаты в тайне. Компания Dupont выбросила несколько тонн токсичного осадка на свалку, расположенную выше фермы Теннанта. ПФОК и подобные соединения навсегда останутся химическими веществами , химическими веществами, которые никогда не покидают кровоток и медленно накапливаются .

Местное сообщество избегает Теннанта за то, что он подал в суд на своего самого значимого работодателя. Билот призывает его принять соглашение Дюпона, но он отказывается, желая справедливости, и сообщает, что и он, и его жена больны раком. Билотт отправляет краткое изложение и подтверждающую документацию по вопросам DuPont, в частности, в Агентство по охране окружающей среды и Министерство юстиции США . Агентство по охране окружающей среды оштрафовало DuPont на 16,5 миллионов долларов.

Билотт недоволен, поскольку он понимает, что жители Паркерсбурга будут продолжать страдать от воздействия ПФОК и еще больше людей, вероятно, умрут от болезней. Он добивается соглашения с DuPont об оплате медицинского наблюдения для всех жителей Паркерсбурга в рамках одного крупного коллективного иска . Тем не менее, DuPont отправляет обманное письмо, уведомляющее жителей о присутствии PFOA, тем самым запуская срок исковой давности , давая возможность начать любые дальнейшие судебные иски только через 12 месяцев.

Since PFOA is unregulated, Robert's team argues that the corporation is liable, as the amount in contaminated waters was 6 times higher than the 1 part per billion deemed safe by DuPont's internal documents. In court, DuPont claims that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has recently found that 150 parts per billion are safe (contradicting DuPont's scientific findings since the 1970s).

The locals protest and the story becomes national news. DuPont agrees to settle for benefits valued at over $300 million. As the company is required to carry out medical monitoring only if scientists prove that PFOA causes the ailments, an independent scientific review is set up. To gather data, Robert's team tells locals they can get their settlement money if/when they donate blood samples for testing. Nearly 70,000 people donate to the study.

Seven years pass with no results from the study. Tennant dies, and Bilott suffers financially following several pay cuts, because the case is not providing revenue. His marriage and health are strained.

After seven years, the scientific panel contacts Bilott and tells him that PFOA has been linked to two types of cancer and four other diseases. But DuPont withdraws from its agreement. Bilott decides to proceed to sue the company one case at a time. He wins the first three cases and juries award multi-million dollar settlements. DuPont settles the remaining 3,500 known disease cases for $671 million.

Cast

Production

On September 21, 2018, it was announced that Todd Haynes would direct the film, then titled Dry Run, from a script by Matthew Michael Carnahan. It would be produced by Participant Media along with Mark Ruffalo.[10] In November 2018, Ruffalo was officially set to star in the film.[11]

In January 2019, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, and Bill Pullman joined the cast of the film, with Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler producing under their Killer Films banner.[12] Principal photography began on January 14, 2019, in Cincinnati, Ohio.[12][13]

William 'Bucky' Bailey, showing the PFOA-induced "One nostril and eye defect" discussed in the film as having been found in DuPont's own (and previously hidden) 1981 pregnancy study, appears as himself in the film. His mother Sue worked on the Teflon line in Dupont's facility.

Other individuals affected by the environmental catastrophe in Parkersburg and who appear in the film include Darlene and Joe Kiger, Crystal Wheeler and Amy Brode (Wilbur Tennant's daughters), Jim Tennant (Wilbur's brother), and Sarah and Rob Bilott. Teddy, Charlie and Tony Bilott (Sarah and Rob's sons) also appear in the film.

Release

The film premiered at the Walter Reade Theater on November 12, 2019.[14] It entered limited release in the United States on November 22, 2019, before going wide on December 6, 2019.[15] The film was released on Netflix in Canada on April 1, 2022, and quickly became the number one movie on Netflix Canada on April 2, 2022.

Reception

Box office

Dark Waters has grossed more than $11.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $11.9 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of over $23.1 million.[1]

In its opening weekend the film made $102,656 from four theaters, a per-venue average of $25,651.[15] It expanded to 94 theaters the following weekend, making $630,000.[16] The film went wide in its third weekend of release, making $4.1 million from 2,012 theaters, and then made $1.9 million in its fourth weekend.[17][18]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 239 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Dark Waters powerfully relays a real-life tale of infuriating malfeasance, honoring the victims and laying blame squarely at the feet of the perpetrators."[19] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[20] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an average 3.5 out of 5 stars, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it to a friend.[17]

Economic impact

The DowDuPont breakup earlier in the year spun off a new DuPont company that continued to lose value throughout the second half of 2019 as investors grew concerned about the potential liabilities related to the old DuPont's fluoropolymer products. When Dark Waters was released on November 12, DuPont's stock price dropped even further by 7.15 points from 72.18 to 65.03. While the portfolio is now a part of Chemours and the companies settled the public health lawsuits referenced in the film, Chemours sued DuPont, alleging that the former parent company saddled it with onerous liabilities when it failed to prepare financial projections in good faith. Chemours estimated that it would need to pay over $200 million to address environmental damages in North Carolina caused by another PFAS manufacturing facility in that region. (The prior settlement in both West Virginia and Ohio cost $671 million, which was split between the two companies.)[21]

DuPont CEO Marc Doyle, executives, and investors argued in internal statements that much of the movie was not based in fact and DuPont was misconstrued to fit the role of the enemy. According to Doyle, limited public statements were made because "in a situation like this, it just doesn't do you much good to fight it out in the public eye. That would just drive more and more attention to it." Executive chairman Ed Breen would not comment on whether DuPont would take legal action in response to the movie, but he did tell investors, "Obviously, we have a lot of legal folks [that] have been looking at this."[22] Many of the executives with whom this movie draws fault still work, or recently worked, at DuPont. 3M saw little to no change in its stock price the day of the film's release, but it was already experiencing a "difficult year" from "potential liabilities due to possible litigation over previous production of PFAS."[23] 3M's stock price closed at 256.01 on January 28, 2018, and by December 1, 2019, it had fallen to 168.27.[24]

Accolades

Many outlets considered the film was snubbed by the 92nd Academy Awards and 77th Golden Globe Awards, not receiving a nomination.[25][26][27]

See also

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