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Michael Clayton
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
2007 · Directed by Tony Gilroy · 120 min · Drama · Thriller · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
The truth can be adjusted.
Crew
- Written by: Tony Gilroy
- Cinematography: Robert Elswit
- Edited by: John Gilroy
- Music: James Newton Howard
- Production design: Kevin Thompson
- Produced by: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, Steve Samuels, Kerry Orent
Cast
- George Clooney as Michael Clayton
- Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens
- Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder
- Sydney Pollack as Marty Bach
- Michael O'Keefe as Barry Grissom
- Ken Howard as Don Jeffries
- Sean Cullen as Gene Clayton
- Merritt Wever as Anna
- Austin Williams as Henry Clayton
- Robert Prescott as Mr. Verne
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Castle Rock Entertainment, Mirage Enterprises, Section Eight, Samuels Media
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $92,991,835
- Themes: new york city, killing, chambers of a barrister, restaurant, fake suicide, lawsuit, business ethics, scandal, crooked lawyer, cover-up
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