Feature/121 pages
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MediumLogline
A corporate fixer is handed a chemical case his own firm has been paid to keep quiet.
Synopsis
Arthur Pell is sent to calm a partner who wants to leak a groundwater file. The client is a chemical company the firm has represented for twenty years. The conspiracy is the engagement letter. Arthur has to decide which side of it he is on.
Comparable titles
Pitch shorthand: Michael Clayton meets Dark Waters
- Median budget
- $25M
- Median worldwide gross
- $93M
- Median multiple
- 3.7x
- 3 of 3 comps report both
- Newest comp
- 2019
| Title | Rating | Budget | Gross | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Clayton 2007 Matched on whistleblower, lawsuit, cover up, law firm, lawyer A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit. | 6.8 2k votes | $25M | $93M | 3.7x |
 Dark Waters 2019 Matched on lawsuit, lawyer A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth. | 7.5 3k votes | $20M | $14M | 0.7x |
 Philadelphia 1993 Matched on lawsuit, lawyer Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries. | 7.7 5k votes | $26M | $207M | 7.9x |
Comps average 7.3 across about 3k TMDB votes. Budgets and grosses are TMDB figures and leave out marketing.
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Pages on file
The story takes place in a law firm that has billed a chemical company for twenty years. The protagonist is Arthur Pell, a fixer asked to contain a leak inside his own firm. The partner slides the groundwater numbers across the table and says the firm already has a statement ready. Arthur asks who wrote it, and who it is meant to protect.
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Writer
Julian Voss
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