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The Rewatchables ·

Michael Clayton

year 2007decade 00sdirector Tony Gilroygenre Drama
host Chris Ryanhost Justin Charityhost Lindsay Zoladz
All 13 categories

Most Rewatchable Scene · 29:42

The final Michael-Karen confrontation and the $50 cab ride

The category is framed as what you type into YouTube after 'Michael Clayton': the final Michael-Karen confrontation, the Westchester hit-and-run consultation, Arthur Edens' baguettes, meeting Arthur in the Milwaukee jail, Karen Crowder contracting the hitman, or Michael's speech to his son in the car.

Lindsay Zoladz: The pick is the Michael-Karen confrontation: the last ten minutes are perfect, especially the long shot of Michael walking away from the scene, Michael's cop brother who has been recording it coming into frame, Karen collapsed in the background, and the seamless shift to Michael in the cab with a favorite line, 'Give me $50 worth.'

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie · 1:08:19

"Michael, I have great affection for you and you live a very rich and interesting life, but you're a bag man, not an attorney"

Nominees read aloud: Michael's 'I'm not the guy you kill. I'm the guy you buy' speech about having sold out Arthur for 80 grand; Arthur's 'you're a bag man, not an attorney'; Michael's 'There is no play here. There is no angle. There's no champagne room. I'm not a miracle worker. I'm a janitor'; the $50 cab line mentioned before; and Arthur's 'I am Shiva the god of death'.

The film

Michael Clayton (2007)

Directed by Tony Gilroy · Drama

120 minutes

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Cast

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George Clooney Michael Clayton, attorney at Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen
Tom Wilkinson Arthur Edens, attorney at Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen
Tilda Swinton Karen Crowder, counsel at U-North
Sydney Pollack Marty Bach, managing partner at Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen
Michael O'Keefe Barry Grissom, attorney at Kenner, Bach, and Ledeen
Ken Howard Don Jeffries, U-North's CEO
Denis O'Hare Mr. Greer, a wealthy client of the firm who is involved in a hit-and-run
Sean Cullen Gene Clayton, Michael's brother, a police detective
Merritt Wever Anna Kaiserson, one of the plaintiffs against U-North
David Lansbury Timmy Clayton, Michael's brother
David Zayas Detective Dalberto
Robert Prescott Verne, the principal hit man
Terry Serpico Iker, the second hit man
Bill Raymond Gabe Zabel

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