Michael Clayton Movie Info

Michael Clayton 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. 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, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But, when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.

Cast and Crew

Produced by Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, Steve Samuels
Written by Tony Gilroy
Directed by Tony Gilroy
Starring: Tilda Swinton, George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Ehle, Sydney Pollack

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