Michael Clayton Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Dec. 21, 2008

Michael Clayton

Release Date: Friday, October 5, 2007

An elite New York attorney is known among his colleagues as "The Janitor" because for fifteen years he's worked behind the scenes to clean up his high-profile clients' messy personal problems. Story takes place over the four worst days of his career.

Director: Tony Gilroy

Starring: George Clooney • Tom Wilkinson • Tilda Swinton • Sydney Pollack

R Drama 1 hr, 59 m

3.6 / 5.0

42% WILL SEE 58% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Michael Clayton is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach. Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.

Drama Suspense Thriller

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Who stars in Michael Clayton – Cast List

George Clooney
Good Night, and Good Luck: Live From Broadway, Jay Kelly
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Tom Wilkinson
Sense and Sensibility (30th Anniversary), The Choice
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Tilda Swinton
Doctor Strange, The Ballad of a Small Player
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Sydney Pollack
Eyes Wide Shut, Made of Honor

Who is making Michael Clayton – Crew List

A look at Michael Clayton behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Tony Gilroy last helmed The Bourne Legacy and Duplicity. The film's writer Tony Gilroy last penned Andor (Series) and Beirut.

Director: Tony Gilroy
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy
Producers: George Clooney
Steve Samuels
Steven Soderbergh