Group 7's movie project was on the 2019 film Dark Waters. The film stars Mark Ruffalo as Rob Bilott, a corporate defense attorney who uncovers a dark secret involving toxic chemicals being dumped by DuPont that are poisoning a community. Bilott files a complaint against DuPont which begins a 15-year legal fight that tests his relationship with his wife and his career. He risks it all to bring justice to the community exposed to the dangerous chemicals and hold DuPont accountable. The summary outlines the key plot details and characters involved in Bilott's fight against the large chemical company.

1. MOVIE PROJECT
GROUP 7:
MANISH JINDAL
MIHIR MANCHANDA
MRINAL MUKUND
NANDINI SARAF
NIHAR SRIVASTAVA
PALLAVI GOEL
DARK WATERS-2019

2. MOVIE TRAILER

3. Mark Ruffalo
As Robert Bilott
Anne Hathaway
As Sarah Barlage
Bill Camp
As Wilbur Tennant
Tim Robbins
As Tom Terp
Victor Garber
As Phil Donnelly
Bill Pullman
As Harry Dietlzer
Denise Dal Vera
As Sandra Tennant
Bruce Cromer
As Kim Burke
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4. SUMMARY
From Participant (Spotlight, Green Book), DARK WATERS tells the shocking and heroic story of an attorney
(Mark Ruffalo) who risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the world’s largest
corporations and to bring justice to a community dangerously exposed for decades to deadly chemicals.
Corporate environmental defense attorney Rob Bilott (Academy Award-nominee Mark Ruffalo) has just made
partner at his prestigious Cincinnati law firm in large part due to his work defending Big Chem companies. He
finds himself conflicted after he’s contacted by two West Virginia farmers who believe that the local DuPont
plant is dumping toxic waste in the area landfill that is destroying their fields and killing their cattle. Hoping to
learn the truth about just what is happening, Bilott, with help from his supervising partner in the firm, Tom
Terp (Academy Award-winner Tim Robbins), files a complaint that marks the beginning of an epic 15-year
fight—one that will not only test his relationship with his wife, Sarah (Academy Award-winner Anne Hathaway)
but also his reputation, his health and his livelihood.

5. QUESTION 1- WHAT WERE THE PERSONALITY TRAITS OF OUR CORE CHARACTERS
DEPICTED IN THE MOVIE?
● High-low on
emotional stability
● High on
conscientiousness
● Low on extraversion
● High on agreeableness
● High on risk taking
and creativity
● Low on rule
boundation
● high-low on
emotional stability
● High on
extraversion
● High on
conscientiousness
● High on risk taking
● Low on
agreeableness
● Low- high on emotional
stability
● High on extraversion
● High on agreeableness
● High on
conscientiousness

6. QUESTION 2- WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTAL AND TERMINAL
VALUES THAT CAN BE OBSERVED IN THE MOVIE?
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES
● Honesty and faithfulness
● Courageous
(Standing up for belief)
● Ambitious
(hard-working, aspiring)
● Independent
( self-reliant, self-sufficient)
● helpful
( working for welfare of others)
● Commitment
● Passionate
● Responsible
● Just and fair
● Equality
( equal opportunity)
● Inner harmony
( freedom from inner conflict)
● Health
( physical and psychological well
beings)
● A sense of accomplishment
● Power
( authority , control)
● Wisdom
● Peace( freedom from conflict)
● Self respect
● Emotional attachment
TERMINAL VALUES

7. QUESTION 3- WHAT WERE NEGATIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS OF THE COMPANY “DU
PONT”?
In accordance with dark traid model ( negative traits)
❖ Machiavellianism
➔ Corrupt( involved in illegal and unethical practices)
➔ By hook or crook
❖ Psychopathy
➔ Manipulators
➔ No guilt
❖ Narcissism
➔ Arrogance
➔ Amoral
➔ Brutal
➔ Unsympathetic
ANSWER-

8. QUESTION 4- WHAT WERE THE MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS SHOWN IN THE MOVIE?
● Desire for justice
● Equality to all
● Desire to change the system
● Desire for safety and well being of the family
● Administration support
● Desire to earn profits- profit maximization
● Family support
● Peer support and accessibility
● Good working atmosphere
In accordance with Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs, we observed in the movie that
Robert Bilott’s most basic and prominent need was self actualization, that is the drive to be
best we possibly can, to fulfil our entire potential. He has given less priority to the other needs.

9. QUESTION 5- WHAT WERE THE INSTANCES SHOWN IN THE MOVIE THAT JUSTIFIED AN
OLD SAYING “ TOO MUCH POWER LEADS TO TOO MUCH CONTROL AND CORRUPTION”?
● Coercive- relating to or using force or threats
➔ Du Pont restricted Robert Bilott from filing the case
➔ Du Pont overused their power and money in threatening the farmer and tried to tamper the crucial evidence.
● Expert- having more knowledge , exposure and skills then others
➔ When Robert Bilott approaches Gillespie for his expertise on chemicals.
➔ When Robert recognises the letter issued by the health authority, which was actually written by Du Pont
because of his experience with the company.
● Reward- power that is conveyed through rewarding employees in terms of promotions or
bonuses, increment in salaries, better working conditions and co partnership in the company
➔ Promotion and recognition given by tom terp and his colleagues to Robert for his hard work and dedication for
the company
● legitimate - power derived from your formal position based on organisation’s hierarchy of
authority
➔ Taft Stettinius & Hollister followed hierarchical model where superior exercises authority and decision
making power over others.

10. CONCLUSION
● In the first of these cases, rob won a jury award of $1.6 million.
● In the second $5.6 million.
● The third $12.5 million.
● Du pont finally settled all 3535 cases for $670.7 million.
● As a result of rob’s work , there are growing movements around the world to ban PFOA
and to investigate over 600 related “ forever chemicals”.
● PFOA is believed to be in the blood of virtually every living creature on the planet.
● And more than 20 years after wilbur tennant first walked through his door.

11. THANKYOU!