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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Tony Gilroy |
| Stars: |
Tom Wilkinson |
| Actors: |
Sydney Pollack |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Drama |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Full Frame |
| UPC: |
085391140344 |
| Release Date: |
2007 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 59min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 1hr 59min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (February 19, 2008)
UPC: 085391142560 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Tony Gilroy |
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Professional Reviews
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(10/05/2007, p.5E, Claudia Puig): 4 stars out of 4 -- "A deftly written, tautly suspenseful and intellectually demanding morality tale, it stays a step ahead of the audience and features multidimensional characters played by actors at the top of their games." |
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Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is what is known in the legal world as a "fixer," or in the character's own pejorative version, a "janitor" who cleans up legal messes for VIPs and corporations on behalf of a prestigious New York City law firm. A former litigator, Clayton has found a niche that capitalizes on his legal acumen and shrewd people skills, and yet, after 13 years on the job, finds himself increasingly disgusted with his clientele. The film covers four pivotal days of his life, in which a midlife crisis and a crisis of conscience neatly converge when he is called in to "fix" a situation unfolding in one of his firm's hottest cases. Brilliant lawyer Arthur Edens (another powerhouse performance by Tom Wilkinson), representing a huge agro-chemical corporation being hit by a class action suit, has a bipolar breakdown, compounded by guilt over his defense of a company that is probably in the wrong, but is wealthy enough to buy its innocence either way. The company's CEO (Tilda Swinton) will stop at... |
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