R | 119 min
Genre: Crime
Release date: October 5th, 2007
Director: Tony Gilroy
Writer: Tony Gilroy
Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Michael O’Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Danielle Skraastad, Tilda Swinton, George Clooney
Official site: michaelclayton.com
Synopsis
Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house “fixer” at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen’s dirtiest work at the behest of the firm’s co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack). Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton’s firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach’s brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.
Awards
- 80th Academy Awards (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton)
- National Board of Review
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
- Best Actor (George Clooney)
- Satellite Award
- Best Supporting Actor-Drama (Tom Wilkinson)
- London Film Critics Association
- Best British Actor of the year (Tom Wilkinson)
- Edgar Award
- Best Motion Picture Screenplay
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