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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 worId of corporate law. Michael CIayton (George Clooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the largest corporate Iaw firms in New York. A former criminaI prosecutor, CIayton takes care of his employer's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney PoIlack), to whom Clayton feeIs a deep loyaIty. He arranges top-flight 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 dolIar settIement overseen by CIayton's friend, star Iawyer Arthur Edens (Tom WiIkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to bIow the whistle on the questionable case, sabotaging the defence, Clayton finds himself in the centre of a conspiratoriaI maelstrom where he must decide between his loyalty and his conscience. |
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