Michael Clayton (2007)

Director:

Tony Gilroy

Guionista (WGA):

Tony Gilroy (written by)

Release Date:

12 octubre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Frase comercial:

The Truth Can Be Adjusted

Plot:

An attorney known as the Fixer in his law firm comes across the biggest case of his career that could produce disastrous results for those involved.

Plot Keywords:

Injection | Agribusiness | Mercedes | Manhattan New York | Briefcase

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 50 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Slow burner but high quality movie

Cast

Tom Wilkinson	...	Arthur Edens
Michael O'Keefe	...	Barry Grissom
Sydney Pollack	...	Marty Bach
Danielle Skraastad	...	Bridget Klein (voice)
Tilda Swinton	...	Karen Crowder
George Clooney	...	Michael Clayton
Wai Chan	...	Chinese Dealer
Alberto Vazquez	...	Player #1
Brian Koppelman	...	Player #2
Thomas McCarthy	...	Walter (voice) (as Tom McCarthy)
Denis O'Hare	...	Mr. Greer
Julie White	...	Mrs. Greer
Austin Williams	...	Henry Clayton
Jennifer Van Dyck	...	Ivy
Frank Wood	...	Gerald

También conocida como:

Michael Clayton (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language including some sexual dialogue.

Duración:

119 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Germany:12 | South Africa:13L | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:6 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | France:U | USA:R (certificate #43163) | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Denmark:11 | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | New Zealand:M | Australia:MA | Norway:11 | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

1345 Ave of the Americas, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Samuels Media

Trivialidades:

Release prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "State's Attorneys".

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Arthur says "I am Shiva, The God of Death". Shiva is a Hindu God, but not of Death. Shiva is the destroyer or transformer. Yama, is the God of Death.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Arthur Edens: Michael. Dear Michael. Of course it's you, who else could they send, who else could be trusted? I... I know it's a long way and you're ready to go to work... all I'm saying is just wait, just... just wait and please just hear me out because this is not an episode, relapse, fuck-up, it's... I'm begging you Michael. I'm begging you. Try to make believe this is not just madness because this is not just madness. Two weeks ago I came out of the building ok, I'm running across 6th avenue there's a car waiting, I've got exactly 38 minutes to get to the airport and I'm dictating. There's this panicked associate sprinting along beside me, scribbling in a notepad, and suddenly she starts screaming, and I realize we're standing in the middle of the street, the light's changed, there's this wall of traffic, serious traffic speeding towards us, and I... I freeze, I can't move, and I'm suddenly consumed with the overwhelming sensation that I'm covered in some sort of film. It's in my hair, my face... it's like a glaze... a coating, and... at first I thought, oh my god, I know what this is, this is some sort of amniotic - embryonic - fluid. I'm drenched in afterbirth, I've breached the chrysalis, I've been reborn. But then the traffic, the stampede, the cars, the trucks, the horns, the screaming and I'm thinking no-no-no, reset, this is not rebirth, this is some kind of giddy illusion of renewal that happens in the final moment before death. And then I realize no-no-no, this is completely wrong because I look back at the building and I had the most stunning moment of clarity. I... I... I realized Michael, that I had emerged not from the doors of Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen, not through the portals of our vast and powerful law firm, but from the asshole of an organism whose sole function is to excrete the... the... the poison, the ammo, the defoliant necessary for other, larger, more powerful organisms to destroy the miracle of humanity. And that I had been coated in this patina of shit for the best part of my life. The stench of it and the sting of it would in all likelihood take the rest of my life to undo. And you know what I did? I took a deep cleansing breath and I put that notion aside. I tabled it. I said to myself as clear as this may be, as potent a feeling as this is, as true a thing as I believe I witnessed today, it must wait. It must stand the test of time, and Michael, the time is now.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Midnight Cocktail

Slow burner but high quality movie

After seeing "Superbad" last weekend, I needed a grown-up antidote and this movie is certainly that. A slow moving, adult, serious movie with a message.

The movie has a number of themes including ageing, corruption, principles and truth. The movie's message is that there is more to life than making money.

The acting is uniformly good but Clooney is outstanding. His character is complex and he's pretty unhappy with what he has become. But it's all done very subtly. There are no obvious messages in this movie. As another reviewer wrote, you have to pay attention.

Don't read too much into my "slow moving/slow burner" descriptions. This movie is not boring. It just doesn't whiz along with one implausible twist after another. It's evenly paced with an almost complete lack of silly plot lines (there was no need for the lawyer in crisis to remove his clothes during a trial).

Everyone involved in this movie deserves praise for producing a challenging, grown-up, movie-with-a-message in the face of a torrent of mindless nonsense.

Highly recommended.