Michael Clayton (2007)
Michael Clayton is a “fixer” for a prestigious New York City law firm, using his connections and knowledge of legal loopholes for clients’ benefit. One night, he receives a call about a client who was involved in a hit-and-run accident, leaving his high-stakes poker game to attend to the matter. Later, he drives into the countryside and in the early morning, he suddenly stops to approach a trio of horses in a field, when a bomb detonates in his car parked nearby.
Four days earlier, Arthur Edens, one of the firm’s leading attorneys, has a manic episode in the middle of a deposition in Milwaukee involving a multibillion-dollar, six-year-long class action lawsuit against client U-North, an agricultural products conglomerate. Michael arrives in Milwaukee and bails Arthur out of jail after finding out he is no longer taking his medication, but Arthur escapes from their hotel room in the middle of the night and returns to New York. Meanwhile, Michael is $75,000 in debt from an investment he entered with his brother Timmy, which collapsed when Timmy used the restaurant’s funds to feed his drug addiction. Michael, having gone to a loan shark to raise the money, is held responsible for the debt and given one week to come up with the money. Michael asks his boss, Marty Bach, for a loan to cover the expenses; Marty insinuates that the firm will be finished if Michael doesn’t get Arthur under control.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  George ClooneyMichael Clayton  Tilda SwintonKaren Crowder  Tom WilkinsonArthur Edens  Sydney PollackMarty Bach  Michael O'KeefeBarry Grissom |
Michael Clayton is a “fixer” for a prestigious New York City law firm, using his connections and knowledge of legal loopholes for clients’ benefit. One night, he receives a call about a client who was involved in a hit-and-run accident, leaving his high-stakes poker game to attend to the matter. Later, he drives into the countryside and in the early morning, he suddenly stops to approach a trio of horses in a field, when a bomb detonates in his car parked nearby.
Four days earlier, Arthur Edens, one of the firm’s leading attorneys, has a manic episode in the middle of a deposition in Milwaukee involving a multibillion-dollar, six-year-long class action lawsuit against client U-North, an agricultural products conglomerate. Michael arrives in Milwaukee and bails Arthur out of jail after finding out he is no longer taking his medication, but Arthur escapes from their hotel room in the middle of the night and returns to New York. Meanwhile, Michael is $75,000 in debt from an investment he entered with his brother Timmy, which collapsed when Timmy used the restaurant’s funds to feed his drug addiction. Michael, having gone to a loan shark to raise the money, is held responsible for the debt and given one week to come up with the money. Michael asks his boss, Marty Bach, for a loan to cover the expenses; Marty insinuates that the firm will be finished if Michael doesn’t get Arthur under control.
