Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton is a 2007 American legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy in his feature directorial debut and starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. The film chronicles the attempts by attorney Michael Clayton to cope with a colleague's apparent mental breakdown and the corruption and intrigue surrounding a major client of his law firm being sued in a class action case over the effects of toxic agrochemicals.
Plot
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.
Awards
Cast
- Alberto Vazquez
- Amy Hargreaves
- Austin Williams
- Bill Raymond
- Brian Koppelman
- David Zayas
- Denis O'Hare
- Douglas McGrath
- Frank Wood
- George Clooney
- Jennifer Van Dyck
- John Douglas Thompson
- Julie White
- Katherine Waterston
- Ken Howard
- Maggie Siff
- Merritt Wever
- Michael Countryman
- Michael O'Keefe
- Neal Huff
- Remy Auberjonois
- Robert Prescott
- Sydney Pollack
- Terry Serpico
- Tilda Swinton
- Tom McCarthy
- Tom Wilkinson
- Tony Gilroy