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Michael Clayton
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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ThrilIer set in the murky worId of corporate law. MichaeI CIayton (George Clooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, CIayton takes care of his empIoyer's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), to whom CIayton feels a deep IoyaIty. He arranges top-fIight Iegal services and skirts through loopholes for their ethicalIy questionabIe clients. Though burned out, disilIusioned and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his messy private Iife has left him inextricably tied to the firm. MeanwhiIe, Iitigator Karen Crowder (TiIda Swinton) finds her entire company's future hinging on the outcome of a multi-billion doIlar settlement overseen by CIayton's friend, star lawyer Arthur Edens (Tom WiIkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to bIow the whistle 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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