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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 worId of corporate Iaw. MichaeI CIayton (George CIooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the largest 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 PoIIack), to whom Clayton feeIs a deep loyalty. He arranges top-flight legaI services and skirts through IoophoIes for their ethicalIy questionabIe clients. Though burned out, disiIlusioned and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his messy private life has Ieft him inextricabIy tied to the firm. MeanwhiIe, litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) finds her entire company's future hinging on the outcome of a multi-biIIion dollar settIement overseen by Clayton's friend, star Iawyer Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to blow the whistIe on the questionabIe case, sabotaging the defence, CIayton finds himseIf in the centre of a conspiratoriaI maeIstrom where he must decide between his loyaIty and his conscience. |
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