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Schindler's List
"Schindler's List" (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg, dramatizes the true story of German industrialist Oskar Schindler, who saved over a thousand Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories, based on Thomas Keneally's nonfiction novel of the same name. Spielberg's decision to shoot almost entirely in stark black and white, largely on location in Poland including near the actual sites of the historical events, was widely credited with giving the film a documentary-like gravity that distinguished it from more conventionally polished historical dramas. The film won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and it's widely credited with significantly deepening mainstream cinema's engagement with Holocaust history, later inspiring Spielberg to found the USC Shoah Foundation to record survivor testimonies. Schindler's List's combination of its meticulous historical grounding and its enduring role in mainstream Holocaust remembrance has made it one of the most significant and acclaimed true-story films ever produced.
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Erin Brockovich
"Erin Brockovich" (2000), directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Julia Roberts, dramatizes the true story of the real Erin Brockovich, an unemployed single mother who, working as a legal clerk, helped build a massive lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric over water contamination in Hinkley, California. Roberts's performance won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, and her portrayal of the real Brockovich's brash, persistent determination in the face of both corporate stonewalling and professional condescension became one of the most acclaimed performances of her career. The real underlying case resulted in a $333 million settlement, at the time the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in U.S. history, and the real Erin Brockovich served as a consultant on the film and appeared in a small cameo role. Erin Brockovich's combination of Julia Roberts's Oscar-winning lead performance and its grounding in one of the largest environmental settlements in American legal history has made it one of the most acclaimed true-story legal dramas ever produced.
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