Michael Clayton is a 'fixer' working for one of New York's most prestigious corporate law firms, Kenner, Bach & Ledeen, where he takes care of the dirty laundry, handling anything from hit-and-runs, damaging stories in the press to shop-lifting wives and crooked politicians. Discontented and disillusioned with his career, a divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the job. So when a colleague suffers a psychological breakdown that threatens to s find out more...

After years struggling through law school part-time, New York cop Sean Casey (Andy Garcia) finally joins the district attorney's office. When he wins his first case in spectacular fashion, he's well on his way to becoming a big-shot prosecutor, but his illusions are shattered when he discovers the case was based on dodgy evidence. This superb drama see's him forced to examine his consience in the cold, grey light of the real world. find out more...

Newman is in Oscar winning form as a drinking, failing lawyer who insists on taking a no-hope malpractice case to trial rather than accepting a handsome out of court settlement. Castigated by those around him he seems on the road to failure, but, against all good sense, he keeps on trying and goes for broke. Convincing rather than realistic, emotive rather than analytical, this is a devastating judgement on the US judical system.

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