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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 
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Best Motion Picture of the Year
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson
 
Achievement in directing - Tony Gilroy
 
Best Original screenplay
 
Best Original Score
 
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson
 
Best Original screenplay
 
Achievement in film editing
 
Achievement in directing - Tony Gilroy
 
Best Motion Picture - Drama
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - George Clooney
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Tilda Swinton
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney
 
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Tilda Swinton
 
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson
 
Best Original screenplay
 
 
 
 
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Michael Clayton


The titular Clayton (Clooney) is a ruthless, conflicted "fixer" for a giant law firm--the guy you bring in to do whatever it takes, no matter how unethical, to secure a win for the firm. When Clayton's friend and top-notch litigator Arthur (Wilkinson) suffers a breakdown over a pollution case where their client is clearly in the wrong, Clayton's boss (Pollack) tells him to fix the problem, but Clayton can't help but see just how in the wrong his firm truly is. Unfortunately, he's too good, and in too deep, to give it all up. The ending is in doubt right up until the final, powerful scene. A heady, fascinating exploration of a world where people spend so much time inhabiting grey areas, they've forgotten what black and white look like.
 
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A True Tour de Force
shanahan at 2010-05-12 13:15:30
This is an astonishing - and astonishingly underrated - piece of cinema. The scrambled chronology seems, at first, obscure. But the denouement is so utterly powerful that one is led to see the film again and again - and each viewing reveals the depth of artistry involved, all of it tied together by Clooney's brilliant understatement in the lead role. In a class with "Z", "Three Days of the Condor", and"The French Connection."
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Clooney Fantastic in Michael Clayton
PaleRider at 2008-03-10 11:38:01
What a great film. I suspect many viewers, like me, will find this film to be much like "Syriana"--poignant, sad, topical, current, and a great vehicle for Clooney's acting abilities. Superb supporting cast; great script, and another excellent performance by Clooney.
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Tagline:
The Truth Can Be Adjusted.
Color:
Color
Silent:
No
Format:
DVD
Language:
English
Distributor:
Warner Home Video, Inc., Not Yet Released
 

 
 
 
 
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