
Release Date
October 5, 2007 (LA/NY)
October 12, 2007
January 25, 2008 (Re-Release)
October 12, 2007
January 25, 2008 (Re-Release)
DVD Release Date
February 19, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Tony Gilroy
Writer
Tony Gilroy
Cast
George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Pamela Gray
Studio
Running Time
120 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language including some sexual dialogue
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,... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Wow, what a year 2007 has been. And it's only October. Last year, we were scraping bottom well into late November before good movies started cropping up, but 2007 has been gifted with all kinds of really good movies, from comedies (Knocked Up, Hot Fuzz, Superbad) to action (300, The Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers) to dramas (Eastern Promises, Zodiac, Rescue Dawn), and that's only to name a few. Now, we have Michael Clayton, George Clooney's latest drama-thriller.
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