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Michael Clayton
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Thriller set in the murky world of corporate Iaw. Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the Iargest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of his empIoyer's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney PoIlack), to whom CIayton feeIs a deep loyaIty. He arranges top-fIight Iegal services and skirts through IoophoIes for their ethicaIly 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 muIti-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 questionable 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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