Directed by:
Tony GilroyScreenplay:
Tony GilroyCinematography:
Robert ElswitComposer:
James Newton HowardCast:
George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Ken Howard, Denis O'Hare, Sean Cullen, Merritt Wever, David Lansbury (more)VOD (2)
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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 his employer's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), to whom Clayton feels a deep loyalty. He arranges top-flight legal services and skirts through loopholes for their ethically questionable clients. Though burned out, disillusioned and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his messy private life has left him inextricably tied to the firm. Meanwhile, litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) finds her entire company's future hinging on the outcome of a multi-billion dollar settlement overseen by Clayton's friend, star lawyer Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to blow the whistle on the questionable case, sabotaging the defence, Clayton finds himself in the centre of a conspiratorial maelstrom where he must decide between his loyalty and his conscience. (Pathé Distribution UK)
(more)Cast
George Clooney
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Tom Wilkinson
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Tilda Swinton
UK
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Sydney Pollack
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Tootsie (1982)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Michael O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
An American Crime (2007)
Split Image (1982)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Ken Howard
USA
Denis O'Hare
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
21 Grams (2003)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Sean Cullen
USA
Best movies:
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017)
Michael Clayton (2007)
She Said (2022)
Merritt Wever
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Godless (2017) (series)
Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)
David Lansbury
USA
Best movies:
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
The Hurricane (1999)
David Zayas
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Wit (2001) (TV movie)
Rounders (1998)
Return to Paradise (1998)
Robert Prescott
USA
Best movies:
Michael Clayton (2007)
Spaceballs (1987)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Terry Serpico
USA
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Frequency (2000)
Bill Raymond
USA
Best movies:
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Dogville (2003)
The Crow (1994)
Brian Koppelman
USA
Best movies:
Michael Clayton (2007)
Premium Rush (2012)
I Smile Back (2015)
Tom McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Julie White
USA
Best movies:
Transformers (2007)
Michael Clayton (2007)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Frank Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Changeling (2008)
The Get Down (2016) (series)
Sharon Washington
Best movies:
Joker (2019)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
North and South (1985) (series)
Michael Countryman
USA
Best movies:
Spotlight (2015)
John Adams (2008) (series)
P.S. I Love You (2007)