As part of Focus Features’ presentation recently at Deadline’s The Contenders Los Angeles, the DGA Theater crowd packed with Academy and key guild voters felt a collective chill down its spine as the plot ofwas explained not only by producer and star Mark Ruffalo and director Todd Haynes, but also by the Midwestern lawyer at the heart of the movie’s story.
Ruffalo sat next to Bilott onstage as the latter praised the farmer who came to him in the first place, asking Bilott to do something; he tells us just how daunting it was. Haynes talks about Bilott having to create his own tools to wage this fight against the abuse of power, which remains a threat to everyone due to deregulation and non-regulated products. He also talks about how Teflon was a villain in this tale that has become one of the year’s most important films.
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