Erin Brockovich is a 2000 docudrama film which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich’s first fight against the American West Coast energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric Company known as PG&E. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and featured actress Julia Roberts in the lead role for which she subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actress. It is based on a true story and the real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman.
The film was produced and distributed in North America by Universal Pictures, and was distributed overseas by Columbia Pictures.
Cast
- Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich
- Albert Finney as Edward L. Masry
- Aaron Eckhart as George
- Marg Helgenberger as Donna Jensen
- Tracey Walter as Charles Embry
- Peter Coyote as Kurt Potter
- Cherry Jones as Pamela Duncan
- Erin Brockovich-Ellis as Julia, the waitress