 The
official screenplay book tie-in to the hit thriller from Warner Bros.,
starring Academy Award® winner George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda
Swinton, and Sydney Pollack, and written and directed by Tony Gilroy
(The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy).
Synopsis
Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the
largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor,
Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeens dirtiest work at the
behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack). Though
burned out and hardly content with his job, his divorce, a failed
business venture, and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied
to the firm. At the agrichemical company U/North, meanwhile, the career
of in-house counsel Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the
multimillion-dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's
firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner
Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson)
sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his
career and his life.
The
Newmarket Shooting Script® book includes the complete script, an
exclusive foreword by William Goldman, a Q&A with writer/director
Tony Gilroy, a color photo section, and the complete cast and crew
credits.
Reviews
"When
critics complain about the dumbing down of movies into franchise
popcorn, what we're really doing is yearning for a terrifically
engrossing, tethered-to-the-real-world drama like Michael Clayton. It's
better than good: it's such a crackling and mature and accomplished
movie that it just about restores your faith."
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"This
is unequivocally a thriller for adults. A deftly written, tautly
suspenseful and intellectually demanding morality tale, it stays a step
ahead of the audience and features multidimensional characters played
by actors at the top of their games."
Claudia Puig, USA Today
"After
what must seem like a lifetime of writing screenplays for other people
to direct, Tony Gilroy has come out from behind the curtain. With the
George Clooney-starring Michael Clayton, he's not only saved his best
script for himself, he's also turned out a smart and suspenseful legal
thriller that comes completely alive on-screen"
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The Shooting Script®
Foreword by William Goldman
Screenplay by Tony Gilroy
Paperback $19.95, published October 2007, ISBN: 978-1-55704-795-3
160 Pages
7" x 9 1/4"
39 Color Photographs
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