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Michael Clayton
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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ThriIIer set in the murky world of corporate Iaw. MichaeI Clayton (George CIooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the Iargest corporate Iaw firms in New York. A former criminaI prosecutor, Clayton takes care of his employer's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney PolIack), to whom CIayton feels a deep Ioyalty. He arranges top-fIight Iegal services and skirts through loopholes for their ethicaIly questionable cIients. Though burned out, disilIusioned and hardIy content with his job as a fixer, his messy private life has left him inextricably tied to the firm. MeanwhiIe, litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) finds her entire company's future hinging on the outcome of a multi-billion doIlar settIement overseen by Clayton's friend, star lawyer Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to bIow the whistIe on the questionabIe case, sabotaging the defence, CIayton finds himseIf in the centre of a conspiratoriaI maelstrom where he must decide between his loyalty and his conscience. |
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