Michael Clayton [HD] DVD

Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton (George Clooney) handles all of the dirty work for a major New York law firm, arranging top-flight legal services and skirting through loopholes for ethically questionable clients. But when a fellow "fixer" decides to turn on the very firm they were hired to clean up for, Clayton finds himself at the center of a conspiratorial maelstrom. Once an ambitious D.A., Clayton is now a shell of his former dynamic self, thanks to a divorce, an unfortunate business venture, and astronomical debt. Though he longs to leave the cutthroat, ethically dubious world of corporate law behind, Clayton's poor financial situation and devotion to firm head Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack) leave him little choice but to remain on the job and tough it out. Meanwhile, litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) finds her entire company's future hinging on the outcome of a multi-billion-dollar settlement overseen by Clayton's friend, star lawyer Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to blow the whistle on the questionable case, sabotaging the defense, Clayton must decide between his loyalty and his conscience. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast George Clooney as Michael Clayton Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder Sydney Pollack as Marty Bach Michael O'Keefe as Barry Grissom Robert Prescott as Mr. Verne Terry Serpico as Mr. Iker Merritt Wever as Anna Kevin Hagan as Raymond Clayton Austin Williams as Henry Clayton David Lansbury as Timmy Clayton Tom McCarthy as Walter Heidi Armbruster as Anna's Sister Jennifer Van Dyck as Ivy Frank Wood as Gerald Denis O'Hare as Mr. Greer Julie White as Mrs. Greer Jonathan Walker as Del Sharon Washington as Pam Cynthia Mace as Wendy Michael Countryman as Evan Ken Howard as Don Jeffries Amy Hargreaves as Interviewer Susan Pellegrino as Secretary Rachael Black as Maude Matthew Detmer as Todd John Thompson as Jail Guard Bill Raymond as Gabe Zabel Brian Poteat as Deposition Lawyer Christopher Mann as Lieutenant Elston Edward Furs as Milwaukee Captain Katherine Waterston as Third Year John Gerard Franklin as Corrections Officer Alberto Vasquez as Player #1 Brian Koppelman as Player #2 Jason Strong as First Year Pun Bandhu as Fourth Year David Zayas as Detective Dalberto Danielle Skraastad as Bridget Klein Remy Auberjonois as Fifth Year Pamela Gray as Cindy Bach Andrew Sherman as U/North Richard Hecht as Auctioneer Julia Gibson as Stephanie Clayton Sean Cullen as Gene Clayton Susan Egbert as Michelle Wai Chan as Chinese Dealer Paul Oquist as Caddy Doug McGrath as Jeff Gaffney Gregory Dann as Cop Cathy Diane Tomlin as Cop #2 Sam Gilroy as Copy Kid Maggie Siff as Attorney #1 Sarah Nichols as Barry's Assistant Susan McBrien as Jean Jordan Lage as Partner Neal Huff as First Associate Paul Juhn as Second Associate Mike Scelza as Poker Consultant

Crew Clay Brown - Art Director Daniel Rosenblum - Boom Operator Ellen Chenoweth - Casting Blake Neely - Conductor Christopher Goode - Co-producer Sarah Edwards - Costume Designer Steve Apicella - First Assistant Director Tony Gilroy - Director John Gilroy - Editor Jim Holt - Executive Producer George Clooney - Executive Producer Steven Soderbergh - Executive Producer James Holt - Executive Producer Anthony Minghella - Executive Producer Eddy Collyns - Location Manager James Newton Howard - Composer (Music Score) Brian Ross - Musical Direction/Supervision P. Scott Sakamoto - Camera Operator Kevin Thompson - Production Designer Robert Elswit - Cinematographer Steven Samuels - Producer Sydney Pollack - Producer Kerry Orent - Producer Jennifer Fox - Producer Alan Meyerson - Recording Alan Meyerson - Sound Mixer Michael Brooks - Sound/Sound Designer Alex Kharlamov - Sound/Sound Designer Clay Duncan - Sound/Sound Designer Mel Wesson - Sound/Sound Designer Michael Barosky - Sound/Sound Designer Gene Harrison - Stunts Norman Douglass - Stunts Don J. Hewitt - Stunts John E. Mack - Stunts Chris Barnes - Stunts Joanne Lamstein - Stunts Jery Hewitt - Stunts Coordinator Christopher Goode - Unit Production Manager Tony Gilroy - Screenwriter Joe Collins - Second Unit Director Of Photography Anthony Wolberg - Additional Cinematography John Young - Second Unit Camera Patrick Quinn - Second Unit Camera Brian Langman - Sound Effects Editor Julie Kuehndorf - Unit Publicist Gregor Tavenner - First Assistant Camera Doug Foote - First Assistant Camera Barry Idoine - First Assistant Camera James Brown - Grip John Duvall - Key Grip Gary Martone - Key Grip Robert Kummert - Key Grip Nic Ratner - Music Editor Charlene Olson - Post Production Supervisor Jen Crammer - Production Coordinator Igor Srubshchik - Production Supervisor Peter Gelfman - Properties Master Andy Kris - Re-Recording Mixer Michael Barry - Re-Recording Mixer Mary Cybulski - Script Supervisor Thomas Cioccio - Second Assistant Director Michael Pitt - Second Assistant Director Myles Aronowitz - Still Photographer Paul Soucek - Supervising Sound Editor Kenton Jakub - ADR Editor David Boulton - ADR Mixer Bobby Johanson - ADR Mixer Wade Laboissonniere - Assistant Costumer Designer Michael J. Maurer - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Hilary Smith - Assistant Location Manager David Ginsberg - Assistant Location Manager Amy Trachtman - Assistant Production Coordinator Jim Kent - Assistant Properties Robin Voth - Assistant Properties Danny Beaman - Best Boy Grip Pedro Hernández - Best Boy Grip Amelia Rasche - Casting Associate Scott Ramsey - Chief Lighting Technician John F. Brooke Montgomery - Chief Lighting Technician Michael Herlihy - Construction Coordinator David Davenport - Costumes Supervisor Kate Edwards - Costumes Supervisor Dan Korintus - Dialogue Editor Robert Feldmann - Dolly Grip Edward J. Knott III - Dolly Grip Abby Bailey - First Assistant Accountant Aaron Marshall - First Assistant Editor Jay Peck - Foley Artist William Sweeney - Foley Editor Jery Popolis - Key Hairstylist Mia Thoen - Key Make-up Chris DeTitta - Leadman Angela McConnell - Personal Assistant J.R. Craigmile - Production Accountant Catherine Lynch Sullivan - Production Controller Beka Venezia - Second Assistant Camera Angela Bellisio - Second Assistant Camera Ulysses Guidotti - Second Assistant Editor Matt Power - Second Second Assistant Director Jason Ivey - Second Second Assistant Director Joe DeStefano - Set Dresser Pete Shevlin - Set Dresser Paul Gaily - Set Dresser Tim Power - Set Dresser Kevin R. Wood - Transportation Captain Dennis Salomone - Transportation Captain Handmade Digital Incorporated - Visual Effects Paul Cheponis - Set Decorator Chuck Potter - Set Decorator George De Titta, Jr. - Set Decorator John Schabel - Set Decorator Christine Mayer - Set Decorator Jerry Yuen - Cable Person Michelle Mader - Cable Person Michael Curry Jr. - Construction Foreman Tomkats, Inc. - Craft Service/Catering Buena Vista Negative Cutting - Negative Cutter Joshua Chaplinsky - Production Secretary T. Ray Treece - Video Assist T. Ray Treece - Video Playback Pacific Title - Title Design Deborah Ross Film Design - Title Design Alyson Wellins - Art Department Coordinator Mick Gormaley - Assistant Music Editor Waldo Sanchez - Department Head Hair Chris Bingham - Department Head Makeup Dan Ward - First Assistant Sound Editor Niki DiCesare - Assistant to the Director Ann Marie Doris - Producer's Assistant Dylan Ashbrook - Producer's Assistant Karla Nappi - Producer's Assistant Karen Marsh - Producer's Assistant Alyson Evans - Assistant Unit Manager

Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy's elegantly structured script for Michael Clayton offers a series of plot developments and character details that don't build so much as accumulate in the viewer's mind, until a thunderously entertaining final scene -- the kind of confrontation an old-time Hollywood mogul might call a "corker" -- pays them all off in a thrilling verbal face-off. As a first-time director, Gilroy maintains a steady, measured pace. His style serves his low-key but involving script, quietly adding layers to the characters while moving the plot along. The first-rate editing juggles timelines in the best possible way, allowing events to have a much different meaning when you see them a second time. George Clooney gives another first-rate performance as Clayton, a man who can keep his clients' lives in order, but not his own. We know, because he is so good at his job, that he will figure out how to get himself out of the seemingly impossible position he gets himself into when his closest friend, an older attorney at the firm, has a mental breakdown while defending a chemical company facing a multi-million-dollar class-action suit. As the friend, Tom Wilkinson gets to deliver all of the film's colorful monologues. Unafraid to recall Peter Finch's performance in Network, Wilkinson offers a realistic portrait of manic depression while also reveling in the florid theatricality of his character's expansive orations. He manages to be simultaneously over-the-top and realistic -- as well as sympathetic. Tilda Swinton, shot in a way that lets the audience know how Gilroy feels about corporate functionaries, makes for an original adversary -- her obsessively detail-oriented character is the one most in over her head. Sydney Pollack, a woefully underappreciated actor, not only hits every note he is asked to play, but gives the film even more credibility as an updated '70s paranoid thriller simply because of his presence. Midway into the film, Gilroy stages a murder that offers a grueling commentary on the cold-blooded efficiency of modern corporate life. The murder happens close-up. It is hands-on, bloodless, and mechanical, leaving the viewer with an unshakeable sense of unease. The act happens as simply and with as much understatement as everything else in the movie; Gilroy feels no need to punctuate his material with either ominous music or lingering shots of outraged faces. The director never indicates to his audience how horrible what we are seeing is, he takes it for granted that we have the humanity to be appropriately shocked. This is what Gilroy gets very right throughout the film -- he trusts his audience. He repays that trust with that grandly entertaining final scene, where he finally lets the audience release all of the emotions he has kept efficiently bottled up for two hours. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
 

George Clooney: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actor (nominated) George Clooney: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Actor (nominated) George Clooney: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Actor (nominated) George Clooney: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Actor (nominated) George Clooney: Detroit Film Critics Society, Best Actor (winner) George Clooney: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (nominated) George Clooney: National Board of Review, Best Actor (winner) George Clooney: Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, Best Actor (winner) George Clooney: San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Best Actor (winner) George Clooney: Screen Actors Guild, Best Actor (nominated) George Clooney: Southeastern Film Critics Circle, Best Actor (nominated) George Clooney: Toronto Film Critics Association, Best Actor (nominated) George Clooney: Washington D.C. Film Critics Associatio, Best Actor (winner) James Newton Howard: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Score (nominated) Jennifer Fox: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (nominated) John Gilroy: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Editing (nominated) Kerry Orent: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (nominated) Kevin Thompson: Art Directors Guild, Best Art Direction in a Contemporary Film (nominated) Sydney Pollack: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Supporting Actress (winner) Tilda Swinton: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat, Best Supporting Actress (winner) Tilda Swinton: Detroit Film Critics Society, Best Supporting Actress (winner) Tilda Swinton: Golden Globe, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Golden Satellite Award, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Kansas City Film Critics Association, Best Supporting Actress (winner) Tilda Swinton: National Society of Film Critics, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Screen Actors Guild, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tilda Swinton: Toronto Film Critics Association, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Alliance of Women Journalists, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Tom Wilkinson: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Detroit Film Critics Society, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Golden Satellite Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tom Wilkinson: Screen Actors Guild, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Directing (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Tony Gilroy: British Academy of Film and Television, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Writer (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Director (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Chicago Film Critics Association, Most Promising Director (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Golden Satellite Award, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Toronto Film Critics Association, Best First Film (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Toronto Film Critics Association, Best Screenplay (nominated) Tony Gilroy: Writers Guild of America, Best Original Screenplay (nominated)

African American Film Critics, Best Picture (nominated) American Film Institute, Best Picture (winner) Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Picture (nominated) Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Picture (nominated) Chicago International Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated) Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat, Best Picture (nominated) Golden Globe, Best Picture - Drama (nominated) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated) New York Film Critics Online, Best Picture (nominated) Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, Best Picture (nominated) Producers Guild of America, Best Picture (nominated) Southeastern Film Critics Circle, Best Picture (nominated) Toronto International Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated) Utah Film Critics, Best Picture (nominated) Venice International Film Festival, In Competition (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Additional scenes Commentary by writer/director Tony Gilroy and editor John Gilroy DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1: 2.40:1 MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 120 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #2, Side B -- Michael Clayton: DVD 1. Big Law [4:52] 2. Card Room [3:36] 3. Hit and Run [3:58] 4. The Field [3:23] 5. Make an Offer... [5:07] 6. U/North [5:25] 7. Milwaukee [3:53] 8. Who Is This Guy? [3:13] 9. Realm & Conquest [3:06] 10. 3 Billion Dollars [4:04] 11. Memo #229 [4:15] 12. Pick Up the Phone... [4:52] 13. Start Digging [3:10] 14. 80K [3:31] 15. Bagman [5:12] 16. Everybody Listening? [5:25] 17. Upstate [2:46] 18. Visitors [2:16] 19. In Your Heart [3:14] 20. Incomprehensible [4:54] 21. More Than a Favor [4:23] 22. The Book [5:07] 23. We Have a Situation [5:31] 24. Countdown [8:51] 25. The Package [3:30] 26. 10 Million [5:27] 27. End Credits [6:31]