Michael Clayton is an in-house “fixer” at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firm’s co-founder Marty Bach, Clayton, a former prosecutor from a family of cops, takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen’s dirtiest work. Clayton cleans up clients’ messes, handling anything from hit-and-runs and damaging stories in the press to shoplifting wives and crooked politicians.

Though burned out and discontented in his job, Clayton is inextricably tied to the firm. At the agrochemical company U/North, the career of in-house chief counsel Karen Crowder rests on the settlement of the suit that Kenner, Bach & Ledeen is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. When the firm’s top litigator, the brilliant Arthur Edens, has an apparent breakdown and tries to sabotage the entire case, Marty Bach sends Michael Clayton to tackle this unprecedented disaster and, in doing so, Clayton comes face to face with the reality of who he has become.

Directed by
Tony Gilroy

Cast
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Tom Wilkinson - Arthur Edens
Tilda Swinton - Karen Crowder
Sydney Pollack - Marty Bach
Pamela Gray - Cindy Bach
Jack Fitz - Norman
Amy Hargreaves - Interviewer
Christopher Mann - Lieutenant Elston
Austin Williams - Henry Clayton
David Zayas - Detective Dalberto

Production Co.
Section Eight
Samuels Media Capital
Mirage Enterprises
Castle Rock Entertainment

Produced by
Steve Samuels
George Clooney
Steven Soderbergh

Studio
Warner Bros.

Writer
Tony Gilroy

Music
Brian Ross
James Newton Howard