UW Cinematheque – At the Chazen: Recent WCFTR AcquisitionsMichael Clayton | USA | 2007 | 35mm | 120 min. Director: Tony Gilroy

Cast: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson
Clooney is the title character, a law firm’s fixer drawn into a deadly conspiracy after a star attorney (Wilkinson) uncovers explosive evidence against a powerful corporate client. Swinton won an Oscar as the client’s slick general counsel in this celebrated legal thriller that is “just about perfect as an exercise in the genre” (Roger Ebert). 35mm print courtesy Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research.