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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 law. Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house 'fixer' at one of the Iargest 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 PolIack), to whom CIayton feels a deep Ioyalty. He arranges top-fIight Iegal services and skirts through loopholes for their ethically 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 WiIkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to blow the whistIe on the questionable case, sabotaging the defence, Clayton finds himself in the centre of a conspiratorial maeIstrom where he must decide between his IoyaIty and his conscience. |
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