Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that happens on
February 2. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
MICHAEL CLAYTON
Michael Clayton takes care of
problems for a high powered New York law firm. He is called away from an
illegal poker game to deal with a client’s hit and run accident. On the way
back he stops to look at some horses and his car blows up. Four days ago on
February 2, 2007 [16:00 to 42:23] Michael learned at the auction of the
fixtures of a restaurant that he had invested in that he will still owe a lot
of money on the deal. Then he is sent to deal with the fact that a member of
the firm, Arthur Edens, stripped naked during a deposition in a multi-million
dollar class action lawsuit against Unorth, a major client of the firm. Arthur
later disappears. Karen Crowder, general counsel of Unorth learns Edens had a
memo that shows that Unorth knew their product could cause injury. She retains
a group of ‘fixers’ to spy on Edens. Clayton asks his boss for a loan to cover
his restaurant expenses. He tries to find Edens. After Edens is killed by the
fixers at Crowder’s direction, Clayton meets with one of the Plaintiffs in the
lawsuit. Edens had called her and told her he had something that would change
the case. Clayton breaks into Edens
apartment and eventually finds the damaging memo. Clayton gets his loan, but has to sign a confidentiality
agreement. He then goes to the poker game, which is when the fixers plant a
bomb in his car. Clayton then approaches Crowder, who is getting Unorth to
approve a settlement agreement, and gets her to agree to pay $5 million for his
silence, but he has secreted a cell phone in his pocket that the police were
listening to and they arrest Crowder. Clayton leaves.
A devious film. It keeps you
guessing throughout, both about what’s going to happen and about who Clayton
really is. The end twist surprised me.
Date given in the film at 30:28
on a TV screen.
Producers - Sydney Pollack,
Steven Samuels, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent
Director - Tony Gilroy
Awards – This movie won the Best
Supporting Actress (Swinton) Oscar. It was also nominated for the Best Picture,
Best Director, Best Actor (Clooney), Best Supporting Actor (Wilkinson), Best
Original Screenplay and Best Original Score at the 80th Academy
Awards.
Screenplay - Tony Gilroy
Runtime – 1 hour 59 minutes
Released – August 31, 2007
Starring –
George Clooney as Michael Clayton.
Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens
Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder
Sydney Pollack as Marty Bach
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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