FLAWED HEROES; FOR 'A CIVIL ACTION' DIRECTOR, JAN SCHLICHTMANN HAD MUCH IN COMMON WITH OSKAR SCHINDLER; 'Civil' director feels burden of truth. From: The Boston Herald | Date: January 8, 1999| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1999 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

When film writer and director Steve Zaillian agreed to adapt Jonathan Harr's book "A Civil Action" more than three years ago, he had no idea the project would come with such high expectations.

After all, Harr's detailed chronicle of the mid-1980s "Woburn case" - when eight families charged two companies with polluting local water supplies and giving their children leukemia - hadn't been published.

But the 500-page book went on to become a bestseller, and now a movie starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall. Following Wednesday's Boston premiere at the Wang Theatre, "A ...

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