Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

Language : English
Year : 2007
Medical Theme : Nervous Breakdown
Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Tilda Swinton
Storyline : Michael Clayton, a former district attorney is Mr. Fix-It for his law firm, Kenner, Back and Odeen as he has contacts with the police and criminal system. He uses these contacts to bail out the firm's wealthy corporate clients. Arthur Edens, one of the firm's senior partners has a nervous breakdown while taking a deposition in a lawsuit against a major agrochemicals company. Clayton goes to bring him home from the hospital and soon learns that Edens not only has doubts about defending the lawsuit but that the company may be acting on its own to ensure a positive outcome