Michael Clayton

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American film film legal thriller film

Michael Clayton is a 2007 legal thriller film starring George Clooney as a law firm's "fixer" who confronts a major corporate corruption scandal.

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Label	Occurrences
Michael Clayton canonical	28
Michael Clayton (film)	2
Arthur Edens in Michael Clayton	1
Michael Clayton (franchise)	1
Michael Clayton (television rights/production association)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ legal thriller film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination	Best Actor ⓘ Best Director ⓘ Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Best Picture ⓘ Best Supporting Actor ⓘ Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
academyAwardWin	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ surface form: Best Supporting Actress
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
cinematography	Robert Elswit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Tony Gilroy ⓘ
distributedBy	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	John Gilroy ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ legal thriller ⓘ
hasMetacriticScore	82 ⓘ
hasRottenTomatoesRating	over 90 percent ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Michael Clayton self-link ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation	attorney ⓘ law firm fixer ⓘ
musicBy	James Newton Howard ⓘ
narrativeTheme	corporate malfeasance ⓘ legal ethics ⓘ personal redemption ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ
notableFor	George Clooney’s performance as a law firm fixer ⓘ
plotFocus	class-action lawsuit ⓘ corporate corruption scandal ⓘ
producer	Jennifer Fox ⓘ Kerry Orent ⓘ Sydney Pollack ⓘ
productionCompany	Castle Rock Entertainment ⓘ Section Eight Productions ⓘ
releaseDate	2007-09-28 ⓘ
releaseYear	2007 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	119 ⓘ
screenwriter	Tony Gilroy ⓘ
setInPeriod	2000s ⓘ
starring	George Clooney ⓘ Merritt Wever ⓘ Michael O’Keefe ⓘ Sydney Pollack ⓘ Tilda Swinton ⓘ Tom Wilkinson ⓘ
writer	Tony Gilroy ⓘ

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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson → notableWork → Michael Clayton ⓘ

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