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00:00:33	Michael.
00:00:34	Dear Michael. Of course it's you.
00:00:38	Who else could be trusted?
00:00:39	And I know it's a long way
00:00:42	All I'm saying is wait, just wait, just...
00:00:45	Because this is not an episode,
00:00:49	I'm begging you, Michael,
00:00:52	Try and make believe
00:00:55	...because this is not just madness.
00:00:58	Two weeks ago,
00:01:00	I'm running across 6th Avenue,
00:01:03	...I got exactly 38 minutes to get
00:01:06	There's this panicked associate
00:01:09	...scribbling in a notepad,
00:01:12	And I realize we're standing
00:01:15	...the light's changed and there's this
00:01:19	And I freeze. I can't move.
00:01:22	I'm suddenly consumed
00:01:24	...that I'm covered
00:01:27	And it's in my hair, in my face.
00:01:31	And at first I thought,
00:01:34	This is some sort of amniotic,
00:01:37	I'm drenched in afterbirth.
00:01:39	I've breached the chrysalis.
00:01:42	But then, the traffic, the stampede,
00:01:45	...this poor woman screaming, and I'm
00:01:49	This is some kind of giddy illusion
00:01:52	...that happens in
00:01:55	And then I realize,
00:01:59	...because I looked back
00:02:02	...and I had the most stunning
00:02:05	I realized, Michael...
00:02:07	...that I had emerged, not through
00:02:11	...not through the portals
00:02:15	...but from the asshole of an organism...
00:02:18	...whose sole function is
00:02:23	...the ammo, the defoliant necessary
00:02:26	...more powerful organisms
00:02:30	And that I had been coated
00:02:34	...for the best part of my life.
00:02:36	And the stench of it, the stain of it
00:02:40	And you know what I did?
00:02:42	I took a deep, cleansing breath
00:02:46	I said to myself, "As clear as this may
00:02:50	...as true a thing as I believe
00:02:55	It must stand the test of time. "
00:02:57	And, Michael, the time is now.
00:03:03	I'm not sure what else I can tell you
00:03:06	Tell me about U/North, Barry.
00:03:09	So you tell me why you're settling a
00:03:13	Because I'm writing this story
00:03:16	What does that exactly mean?
00:03:17	Give me something I can print.
00:03:27	We found 97.
00:03:35	I've got that cunt from
00:03:38	She will not go away.
00:03:44	Marty Bach. How can I help you?
00:03:46	Marty, hi. It's Bridget Klein.
00:03:49	...about a settlement in the U/North
00:03:52	Case you're referring to is now,
00:03:56	...pending and unresolved.
00:03:58	Till such time as our client
00:04:01	...or the plaintiffs drop the suit,
00:04:04	Come on, Marty, you're closing
00:04:08	I know that. I know you're up there with
00:04:12	Here's what I know.
00:04:15	So you're fishing for a story or
00:04:19	In either case,
00:04:22	Where the fuck is Karen Crowder?
00:05:13	I'll see the turn.
00:05:21	Check.
00:05:24	Check.
00:05:25	Check.
00:05:27	Half the pot. Two hundred.
00:05:29	Two hundred to go.
00:05:42	You don't remember me, huh?
00:05:45	We played together a couple times.
00:05:47	That lamp place on Bowery.
00:05:49	That guy's showroom?
00:05:52	- The Galaxy.
00:05:55	You had a restaurant
00:05:58	My old partner bid that job,
00:06:02	- You don't remember me?
00:06:05	Because I lost a lot of weight since then.
00:06:08	You bought some hair too.
00:06:10	With your money.
00:06:13	So, what happened with the bar?
00:06:16	You just had to be a rock star, huh?
00:06:17	Shit, man. I want to listen to Larry King,
00:06:22	That was a good location.
00:06:24	Yeah, that's what my partner
00:06:28	Action's on you.
00:06:30	I bet the pot.
00:06:34	Good to see you again.
00:07:09	Hello?
00:07:10	- Michael.
00:07:12	Michael, thank God, there you are.
00:07:15	A big problem, all right? A client of mine,
00:07:19	He thinks he did. He thinks he hit him.
00:07:21	Just now?
00:07:23	Yeah, just now. Ten, 15 minutes ago.
00:07:25	He's home now. He's there waiting.
00:07:28	Where?
00:07:29	Westchester. I'm down here in Bermuda.
00:07:33	Is he drunk?
00:07:34	No. It's the first thing I asked him.
00:07:37	Tell him to stay off the phone.
00:07:39	All right. But you're on it?
00:07:41	Because this guy, he's a huge client.
00:07:44	This is half my book, this guy, okay?
00:07:46	I'm walking to the car now.
00:07:48	Okay. Look, look, let me call him
00:07:51	Just let me know you're on the way,
00:07:55	All right. I'll be in the car.
00:08:50	What they did, see,
00:08:53	They widened the street.
00:08:55	I'm sure somebody told them
00:08:58	But now, you see, when it rains and when
00:09:03	...and they've got these new...
00:09:06	These sodium lamps, it's blinding.
00:09:09	- That corner there. It is blinding.
00:09:12	And it's not just tonight.
00:09:15	I mean, how many times have we talked
00:09:20	Mr. Greer, we don't have
00:09:22	So the circumstances, the road conditions,
00:09:27	What interests me is finding
00:09:30	...that can be here in 15 minutes.
00:09:33	Well, that sounds ominous.
00:09:36	We have some good relationships
00:09:38	So, what are you? What are you?
00:09:41	- Not the kind you need.
00:09:43	A trial lawyer.
00:09:45	Somebody who can see this through.
00:09:48	Okay. I think we're gonna have to
00:09:51	I wanna get Walter back on the phone,
00:09:55	Because, I'll be frank with you,
00:09:58	Sir, we don't have time for Walter. Your
00:10:02	What options?
00:10:04	I suggest you go local...
00:10:06	...and I'm telling you there are
00:10:09	Great. That's it?
00:10:11	Hey, you believe this?
00:10:13	I have been a client at Kenner, Bach
00:10:16	You think I paid that retainer every month
00:10:20	Mr. Greer, you left the scene of
00:10:23	...six miles from
00:10:26	If there's a line,
00:10:28	I can get a lawyer any time I want.
00:10:31	We're not sitting here for 45 minutes
00:10:35	I don't know what Walter
00:10:37	A miracle worker! That's Walter
00:10:41	Direct quote, okay? "Hang tight.
00:10:44	- Well, he misspoke.
00:10:46	That you're the firm's fixer?
00:10:48	Elliot.
00:10:50	The guy was running! In the street!
00:10:54	You take that, you add the fog,
00:11:00	What the fuck is he doing running in
00:11:04	You answer me that!
00:11:19	What if someone had stolen the car?
00:11:25	Happens all the time.
00:11:26	Cops like hit-and-runs.
00:11:28	They work them hard,
00:11:30	Right now there's a B.C.I. Unit
00:11:34	Tomorrow, they're gonna be looking
00:11:37	...hand-rubbed Jaguar XJ-12.
00:11:40	And the guy you hit?
00:11:41	If he got a look at the plates,
00:11:48	There's no play here.
00:11:51	There's no angle.
00:11:53	I'm not a miracle worker, I'm a janitor.
00:11:56	The math on this is simple.
00:11:58	The smaller the mess,
00:12:02	That's the police, isn't it?
00:12:07	No.
00:12:09	They don't call.
00:12:15	Hello.
00:12:18	Jerry, it's Michael Clayton.
00:12:20	Yeah, look, I'm sorry to wake you up.
00:12:23	No. I'm in the neighborhood.
00:12:27	You got a pen?
00:16:10	Mom, where's my cards?
00:16:18	Where's my cards?
00:16:34	Is my other deck in here?
00:16:35	Did you eat?
00:16:37	Dad's down there waiting already.
00:16:39	There were cards in our bathroom.
00:16:41	Yes, I had a waffle.
00:16:42	Since we're out of waffles,
00:16:45	It's a miracle.
00:16:50	Gloves?
00:16:59	Henry!
00:17:04	Come on.
00:17:08	Get in.
00:17:11	Got it?
00:17:19	So no one's even sure
00:17:21	...because there's no borders
00:17:25	And the town?
00:17:28	It just is this camp where all
00:17:31	Right.
00:17:32	All these deserters and guys
00:17:36	All these people that are hiding
00:17:39	This is where they all came.
00:17:41	There's Thieves, Gray Mages,
00:17:44	...Dark Avians,
00:17:47	- There's, like, 15 different characters, okay?
00:17:50	And nobody has any alliances.
00:17:52	You can't even say who you are
00:17:56	...maybe the person you're talking to...
00:17:58	...maybe they're like your mortal enemy
00:18:00	So it's just completely like
00:18:03	Sounds familiar.
00:18:05	It's really good.
00:18:08	Right. But by the time I finish it,
00:18:11	- How much you wanna bet?
00:18:15	- You got your bus pass?
00:18:17	You're not even gonna look at it,
00:18:20	- The book?
00:18:22	Bring it on Saturday, I'll...
00:18:23	I did already. I left it in your kitchen.
00:18:27	Okay.
00:18:28	Well, here we go.
00:18:31	Go. Teach these people something,
00:18:37	- See you later, Dad.
00:18:42	Thanks.
00:18:50	Lot 52, lot of assorted mixing bowls,
00:18:53	Thirty dollars to start. Thirty dollars.
00:18:57	You can get me to 40. I got 40. And 50.
00:19:00	Sixty dollars, get me to 70.
00:19:02	Seventy dollars, I have now, 70.
00:19:05	Eighty dollars, this gentleman here.
00:19:08	Ninety dollars there. Give me 100.
00:19:22	He says you're still gonna be short.
00:19:27	How short?
00:19:28	Sixty. Plus the points, 75 thousand.
00:19:32	- That's liquor and everything?
00:19:35	I don't know. Less. Thirty. Twenty.
00:19:38	He took 1500 on a refrigerator
00:19:42	Make a bid.
00:19:46	Are you telling me you don't have
00:19:48	Just lying around, no.
00:19:52	We both know it's your brother
00:19:55	Forget that.
00:19:56	Michael, look, you wanna front this,
00:20:01	But Timmy's name stays in the book
00:20:05	If I know where he is,
00:20:09	He's upstate. His wife took him back.
00:20:13	He's gotta have something.
00:20:15	He's got the two kids with her.
00:20:16	He's got Jennifer, the coke-dealing
00:20:20	He's got four Michelin radials
00:20:26	Make an offer.
00:20:31	I had a wife who was a drunk.
00:20:35	But live like that? Even they do a
00:20:40	And then they slip? Forget it.
00:20:42	It's like you're strapped to a bomb.
00:20:45	What's my timeframe here?
00:20:48	I don't know.
00:20:50	I didn't think it'd be a problem.
00:20:54	I'll ask.
00:21:23	- Hey, Michael.
00:21:33	I don't know. Del, I don't know
00:21:37	Let me know how brave he wants to be.
00:21:39	Well, I'm not sure how brave
00:21:41	We just got a confirmation hearing
00:21:44	Any chance she knows that?
00:21:45	Well, it was in the paper. Who knows?
00:21:49	She called his wife yesterday.
00:21:52	This is a total nightmare.
00:21:53	Well, my guess is
00:21:55	Come on, that's insane.
00:21:57	Well, what can I tell you?
00:22:00	It's just unbelievable.
00:22:02	All right. Well, find out his
00:22:05	Or you can tell him to call me directly.
00:22:07	All right, I hear you. Let me get into it.
00:22:09	Thanks.
00:22:11	Hey, where are we with Marty?
00:22:13	We left word.
00:22:15	Hold on. Go back. How old is the kid?
00:22:17	He's not a kid. He's 22.
00:22:20	- This is Miami?
00:22:21	And they charged him.
00:22:23	Reckless endangerment. My client...
00:22:27	I think really what they want, they want
00:22:32	- Yeah.
00:22:34	- Yeah, let me get a pen.
00:22:38	Now, if she calls the INS directly,
00:22:41	Even with the appointment?
00:22:42	It's retail, Evan.
00:22:45	Unless they get a call from
00:22:49	But your guy can do that?
00:22:50	He's a former commissioner.
00:22:52	None of this comes back to me?
00:22:55	No, look, I'm gonna be
00:22:57	- Can you hang on a minute?
00:23:01	Are we merging?
00:23:04	Marty Bach's in London.
00:23:05	They said he was in Atlanta,
00:23:09	So I called back.
00:23:11	Now she tells me the truth.
00:23:14	So are we merging?
00:23:17	All these Brits?
00:23:19	Like I would know.
00:23:22	I don't know.
00:23:23	But even if we are, I mean, even if
00:23:28	Your phone's ringing.
00:23:30	Evan?
00:23:32	Hey. Okay, here's what I'll do.
00:23:35	Let me give him a call
00:23:39	I'll walk her in,
00:23:41	At the moment,
00:23:45	...in 62 countries around the world.
00:23:49	Around the planet.
00:23:52	Operating in 62 countries
00:23:57	At work in more than 60 countries
00:24:04	We have... We have, right now...
00:24:08	At U/North right now,
00:24:11	...in over 60 countries around the planet.
00:24:14	We are a very successful
00:24:17	...so you can imagine...
00:24:19	...the volume and the variety
00:24:23	Overwhelming.
00:24:26	It's just enormous.
00:24:28	So you can imagine,
00:24:33	It's quite substantial.
00:24:35	And as general counsel, what I do...
00:24:38	...what our in-house department does...
00:24:40	...is to analyze the dimension
00:24:46	...to determine the jurisdiction...
00:24:48	...and to outsource our business...
00:24:50	...to those firms and talents
00:24:54	So with all that pressure and workload...
00:24:57	...how do you keep a balance
00:25:01	Balance?
00:25:05	I think that's... That's something that...
00:25:08	...you search for your whole life, isn't it?
00:25:12	It's a shifting balance, really.
00:25:15	It's, you know, you... You try to...
00:25:18	When you really are enjoying
00:25:21	...who needs balance?
00:25:24	There's your balance.
00:25:27	When you're really enjoying
00:25:31	When Don asked me to take...
00:25:33	When Don Jeffries brought...
00:25:36	Don Jeffries brought me in here
00:25:39	...trusted me, mentored me.
00:25:43	Welcomed me into the U/North family.
00:25:46	And when he moved up to the boardroom,
00:25:51	...dreamt that I would have
00:25:55	But, is it challenging? Yes.
00:25:57	And I think that it's possible that those
00:26:03	But then you realize that you've been
00:26:09	Because if you're not comfortable
00:26:13	...you're in the wrong place.
00:26:15	It's your department, your capacity to
00:26:21	We're in the middle of an interview.
00:26:23	They said it was urgent.
00:26:27	Jesus.
00:26:29	For chrissake.
00:26:32	You're saying he did this in...?
00:26:34	Oh, my God.
00:26:35	- Barry.
00:26:39	Arthur Edens just stripped down naked
00:26:46	Oh, Michael...
00:26:47	...I took a deep, cleansing breath
00:26:51	I said to myself, "As clear as this may
00:26:56	...as true a thing as I believe
00:27:00	It must stand the test of time. "
00:27:03	And, Michael, the time is now.
00:27:06	This moment, today,
00:27:10	...and this, especially this, Michael,
00:27:14	There's a reason.
00:27:16	A reason it's you, Michael.
00:27:18	Surely, you have some sense of that,
00:27:23	Nurse Michael, the secret hero,
00:27:27	Tell me you can see that, Michael,
00:27:29	But, I mean, yeah, yes, yes.
00:27:34	It was... It was... It was a mistake.
00:27:38	It was obvious. And therapeutically,
00:27:42	...because I swear, I could stand here
00:27:46	...and I could not get down
00:27:50	Six years, Michael.
00:27:54	Four hundred depositions, a hundred
00:27:57	...85,000 documents in discovery.
00:28:00	Six years of scheming and stalling
00:28:04	I've spent 12 percent of my life defending
00:28:09	- We had an agreement, Arthur.
00:28:11	One night, right?
00:28:14	He's got some champagne.
00:28:16	He tells me we just hit 30,000 billable
00:28:21	So an hour later, I find myself
00:28:24	...with two Lithuanian redheads
00:28:28	I'm laying there and I'm trying not
00:28:32	I wanna make it last,
00:28:35	I think, "Thirty thousand hours,
00:28:38	That's 720 hours in a month,
00:28:43	- Arthur.
00:28:45	Because it's years! It's lives!
00:28:49	And the numbers are making me dizzy
00:28:52	...now, instead of trying not to come,
00:28:56	I mean, is this me?
00:28:58	Am I this freak organism that has been
00:29:02	...and defend this one horrific chain
00:29:06	Is that my destiny? Is that my fate?
00:29:09	- Listen, you promised me.
00:29:11	Is that my grail?
00:29:14	Is that the correct answer
00:29:17	You wanna go off your medication,
00:29:20	- That was our agreement.
00:29:22	We okay in there?
00:29:24	We're fine. We're fine.
00:29:31	They killed them, Michael.
00:29:33	Those small farms, the family farms.
00:29:36	Did you...? Did you...?
00:29:39	No.
00:29:40	You gotta see her, you gotta talk to her.
00:29:43	She's God's perfect little creature.
00:29:46	And for 50 million dollars in fees,
00:29:49	...destroying perfect Anna and her
00:29:53	When did you last take one of these?
00:29:55	No. I'm not losing this.
00:29:58	The world is a beautiful place.
00:30:00	- Lf it's real, the pill won't kill it.
00:30:04	You are senior litigating partner
00:30:07	...most respected law firms in the world.
00:30:10	- I'm an accomplice!
00:30:12	I am Shiva, the god of death.
00:30:16	Let's get out of Milwaukee,
00:30:20	We came back from the hospital
00:30:25	...and we were in shock, but we still...
00:30:29	The cows won't wait, will they?
00:30:32	No.
00:30:34	And when you went to the barn?
00:30:36	We found the note. My sister found it.
00:30:39	- From your mother?
00:30:41	Could you read it for us, please?
00:30:44	Just read the third paragraph,
00:30:49	"I don't want you blaming Ned Hardy
00:30:51	Anna.
00:30:53	- Anna.
00:30:55	It's all right, Anna, go on.
00:30:57	- I'm just...
00:30:59	- Anna, they're...
00:31:01	Excuse me. She's a...
00:31:04	Excuse me, I have an objection.
00:31:06	You can be a witness here.
00:31:09	I am not a witness to this, sir, I...
00:31:11	Anna, I love you.
00:31:14	And I'm sitting here
00:31:19	...that I love you more than anything
00:31:24	This strange conference-table moment.
00:31:28	Turn off that camera!
00:31:30	- This is my offering!
00:31:34	How do I turn it off?
00:31:35	This is my offering. My clothes are
00:31:39	My credentials! I'm ashamed!
00:31:42	And I love you, and I swear to God...
00:31:53	I guess that's it.
00:32:02	When do we get Don?
00:32:04	She said to try back in half an hour.
00:32:06	And how about the flights?
00:32:10	- Closed four minutes ago.
00:32:14	There is a foot of snow
00:32:17	Todd, could I get that coffee now?
00:32:21	Who is this guy they sent from New York?
00:32:27	Michael Raymond Clayton.
00:32:29	Born September 9, 1959,
00:32:34	Father is NYPD patrolman
00:32:38	Mother, Alice Mary Clayton.
00:32:41	Graduates Washingtonville Central
00:32:44	...in 1977.
00:32:46	Graduates St. John's University, 1980.
00:32:51	'82 through '86, he's ADA with
00:32:56	1986, he's with
00:32:59	...Organized Crime Task Force.
00:33:01	And then in 1990, he starts
00:33:04	So he's a partner?
00:33:07	No. He's listed as special counsel.
00:33:09	Says he specializes in wills and trusts.
00:33:12	He goes from criminal prosecution
00:33:15	He's been there 17 years,
00:33:18	This is the guy they send?
00:33:36	- Hi.
00:33:38	All right. So nobody, none of you,
00:33:43	To Milwaukee? For a deposition?
00:33:45	We thought there was a settlement.
00:33:49	Okay. Look, it's very simple.
00:33:53	He's supposed to be taking his medication.
00:33:57	He's on the mend.
00:34:00	Now, I wanna make this crystal clear.
00:34:04	This is not a piece of information
00:34:08	Anybody has a problem with that,
00:34:12	All right.
00:34:14	We're stuck here overnight.
00:34:16	I'm gonna take him
00:34:19	Who's in charge of
00:34:21	- I am.
00:34:23	I guess it's on hold.
00:34:25	Nothing is on hold.
00:34:27	Other side wants to talk,
00:34:30	- I need his briefcase.
00:34:33	- He said it was in the room.
00:34:36	Find it.
00:34:44	So all these people, they all start
00:34:49	You know what a vision quest is?
00:34:53	Yeah. I think so. Like a...
00:34:57	Like a special dream.
00:34:59	Except this is like a whole bunch
00:35:03	They're all having this dream
00:35:07	They don't know why or anything.
00:35:09	They just have this feeling
00:35:13	That they've been summoned.
00:35:15	That's the chapter.
00:35:16	Seriously, that's what it's called:
00:35:19	That's the title.
00:35:21	Yeah, but do they know? Do they know
00:35:26	No. That's what's so cool.
00:35:29	They all think it's just them.
00:35:31	That maybe they're, like, going crazy or
00:35:35	Yeah, but they're not crazy, are they?
00:35:38	No. It's real. It's really happening.
00:35:41	Yeah, it is happening, isn't it?
00:35:46	Something larger than themselves
00:35:51	...to hear it?
00:35:53	Yeah. But later they will.
00:35:55	So if you're gonna read it,
00:35:59	What are you doing?
00:36:01	I called my dad. It's a friend of his.
00:36:04	- Who?
00:36:07	- Hello? Hello?
00:36:10	I gotta get off now.
00:36:12	No. Wait, wait. The book.
00:36:16	The book is Realm and Conquest.
00:36:19	Realm and Conquest.
00:36:21	- It's Book One, with the red cover.
00:36:24	I gotta go. Tell my dad I called. Okay?
00:36:27	Yeah. Yeah. Thank... Thank... Thank...
00:36:36	Realm and Conquest. Thank you.
00:37:03	Karen? Hi, I'm Michael Clayton.
00:37:05	- You're late.
00:37:07	I'm sorry, it was more complicated
00:37:09	Where is he?
00:37:11	- He's asleep.
00:37:13	That's not gonna happen.
00:37:16	Once he gets back
00:37:19	...then it's just a matter of time.
00:37:21	- Have you seen the video? The tape?
00:37:25	What happened after is worse.
00:37:27	This is in the parking lot, okay?
00:37:31	He's there in his socks, nothing else.
00:37:34	"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I will not
00:37:37	I cannot aid this sickness any longer. "
00:37:40	What does this mean?
00:37:42	I'm not sure.
00:37:44	You've been with him the whole evening.
00:37:47	He wasn't really making much sense.
00:37:49	This is totally unacceptable.
00:37:51	This is a 3-billion-dollar
00:37:54	In the morning, I have to call my board.
00:37:56	I have to tell them that the architect
00:38:01	...for running naked in a snowstorm,
00:38:05	I understand.
00:38:08	What sickness is he talking about?
00:38:10	- I don't know. It could be anything.
00:38:13	Frostbite.
00:38:15	You think this is funny?
00:38:16	Look, his wife was sick
00:38:19	His daughter doesn't talk to him.
00:38:23	He skipped his pills.
00:38:26	And you're somehow
00:38:30	His last episode was eight years ago.
00:38:32	I helped bring him home.
00:38:35	Come on, Karen, you didn't hire this guy
00:38:39	...you hired him because he's a killer,
00:38:43	...because he's crazy enough
00:38:45	...for six years without a break.
00:38:48	I thought you wanted an explanation.
00:38:50	In the morning, I'm calling Marty Bach.
00:38:53	But, then, you know that.
00:39:02	He was mostly just quiet.
00:39:05	I heard him moving around,
00:39:08	- He took it?
00:39:10	A super job, Elston.
00:39:12	You get to New York, you need tickets
00:39:16	I'll do that for sure.
00:39:38	Did you see her?
00:39:40	- Who?
00:39:42	No.
00:39:45	No, I didn't see her.
00:39:50	Well, we need her.
00:39:53	Marty, even then, and the rest of them,
00:39:59	Well, if anybody can explain it to them,
00:40:04	No, they're lost.
00:40:06	- They have what they want.
00:40:10	This what you wanted?
00:40:13	To be a janitor?
00:40:15	Live like this? All this?
00:40:19	Do what you do?
00:40:22	It can't be.
00:40:24	It's...
00:40:26	It's a burden,
00:40:30	That's... That's how it feels.
00:40:33	Well, I know that
00:40:39	Get some sleep.
00:40:57	Hello?
00:40:58	Yes. Hi, I'm looking for Verne?
00:41:03	You have a number?
00:41:05	Don Jeffries gave me the number.
00:41:08	No. The account number.
00:41:10	The code? I do.
00:41:16	Excuse me one moment.
00:41:19	It's right here. 12-BKR-6.
00:41:22	12-BKR-6.
00:41:26	Am I speaking with Verne?
00:41:29	It's Mr. Verne.
00:41:30	Mr. Verne. I'm sorry, it's so late.
00:41:34	Don said that I could...
00:41:38	I'm not exactly sure how this works.
00:41:40	Do you have e-mail
00:41:42	I do.
00:41:44	- Are you alone?
00:41:46	Okay, I'm gonna upload you a little
00:41:51	It's pretty self-explanatory.
00:41:52	- Okay.
00:41:54	But you have to give me a minute
00:41:57	Okay. Thank you.
00:42:23	What I was wondering is...
00:42:26	...I have an option on the lease
00:42:29	I was wondering if there's any way
00:42:32	Is the lease worth anything?
00:42:38	Eighty-nine hundred a month. It's...
00:42:41	The fixtures are gone, but there's...
00:42:46	But there's the bar, there's a kitchen,
00:42:50	But there's a...
00:42:56	Yeah, I understand. No, I understand.
00:43:01	Okay, yeah, I will.
00:43:04	All right. Thanks.
00:43:16	Come on, Arthur.
00:43:20	Arthur!
00:43:23	Arthur, open the door.
00:43:27	Arthur, open the door!
00:43:32	Arthur, open the goddamn door!
00:43:36	Arthur, op...!
00:43:38	Open the fucking door!
00:43:46	Arthur!
00:43:49	Goddamn it, Arthur! Open the fucking...!
00:44:02	Arthur?!
00:44:14	- Mr. Verne, hey.
00:44:16	You guys are early.
00:44:19	You can put them back.
00:44:22	- We ready?
00:44:28	For chrissake.
00:44:30	Don Jeffries signed this?
00:44:32	That's really his signature?
00:44:35	Where's the original?
00:44:37	We had a warehouse fire five years ago.
00:44:48	What the hell is this doing
00:44:52	Well, I don't know, Marty.
00:44:53	That's something I was hoping
00:45:02	What are we looking for?
00:45:04	If it says U/North, pull it aside.
00:45:10	What a mess this is.
00:45:16	I want all this...
00:45:18	...everything here, I want it all
00:45:23	Any luck, Michael?
00:45:25	He booked a limo from Newark Airport at 3,
00:45:30	...tipped the driver 100 bucks
00:45:32	Did you try his apartment?
00:45:33	- He moved.
00:45:34	It's a loft. No doorman.
00:45:37	- I called, I got the machine.
00:45:40	Arthur downtown is not a good idea.
00:45:43	- Where's his daughter?
00:45:46	Mars. She's crazier than he'll ever be.
00:45:49	Barry's taking over on U/North.
00:45:51	We got a lot of groveling to do.
00:45:53	You didn't exactly charm Karen Crowder.
00:45:55	I was punting.
00:45:57	You gotta saddle up here
00:46:00	Saddle up?
00:46:01	He needs to be under a doctor's care.
00:46:04	- Where?
00:46:07	Michael, U/North needs to know
00:46:10	He's in a facility. They've been shook up.
00:46:13	- It's not gonna be that easy.
00:46:15	Because the laws in New York are
00:46:19	Did you see this fucking tape?
00:46:21	I'm not arguing with you, Barry.
00:46:24	You know what, guys?
00:46:27	Why don't we find out which one knows
00:46:31	I can tell you that right now. It's Arthur.
00:46:45	I'm at the door. We're good to go.
00:46:49	Yeah, roger that.
00:46:52	Every five minutes, copy that.
00:47:31	Hello, you've reached Arthur's machine.
00:47:33	If you wish to leave a message,
00:47:37	Arthur, pick up the phone.
00:47:40	Arthur, pick up the phone
00:47:46	No? Not gonna do it?
00:47:50	What happened yesterday morning,
00:47:53	Someday you and I
00:47:55	But you gotta call me back.
00:47:57	You gotta call me back soon, Arthur.
00:48:00	I'll tell you what.
00:48:02	Because you said it yourself.
00:48:05	And there's a chemical part.
00:48:08	But if you're willing to start with that...
00:48:10	...then I'm more than willing to
00:48:13	...this situation sucks.
00:48:17	We can start with that.
00:48:20	You're right about what we are.
00:48:22	I'm saying you're crazy. I'm saying
00:48:26	But I'm telling you you're right.
00:48:27	You called it. We're janitors, I get it.
00:48:33	But we came to this, Arthur.
00:48:36	We made decisions.
00:48:39	You can't just suddenly stop and say,
00:48:44	Arthur. Come on.
00:48:47	Goddamn it,
00:48:50	Because whatever else
00:48:52	...you better let me help you,
00:48:55	...janitor to janitor, I don't see
00:48:59	It's me, buddy. I'm the...
00:49:02	Mailbox is full.
00:50:06	- Hello?
00:50:09	Hang on.
00:50:14	Anna!
00:50:17	Where is she? Anna!
00:50:22	- Anna!
00:50:25	Anna, you've got a phone call!
00:50:30	Where is she? Anna!
00:50:43	Hello?
00:50:45	Anna, hi. It's Arthur.
00:50:47	- Hey.
00:50:50	I guess.
00:50:52	Did you think about what we said?
00:50:54	- Yeah.
00:50:57	No. My sister's spying on me,
00:51:01	Yeah. Because I meant what I said.
00:51:04	I know. I know. It's just...
00:51:08	...there's, like, 450 people in this lawsuit.
00:51:13	Why are you choosing me?
00:51:16	I don't know. I'm crazy, right?
00:51:18	That's for sure.
00:51:20	I mean, does it...?
00:51:22	I mean, isn't it what we wait for?
00:51:27	They're like a lens...
00:51:28	...and suddenly you're looking
00:51:32	...and nothing can ever be
00:51:34	Who you talking to?
00:51:36	It's for me, okay? I get calls too.
00:51:39	That guy?
00:51:41	Same guy. Same guy.
00:51:45	Sorry.
00:51:47	No. That's... That's okay.
00:51:52	She can't believe I can do anything
00:51:54	Well, that'll change.
00:51:57	I guess.
00:51:58	Yeah, but, see,
00:52:01	That you can do something.
00:52:05	That we could... We could do that together
00:52:08	I mean that I can help you do that.
00:52:11	I can get you 12 by Monday.
00:52:14	Twelve's weak. Twelve looks bad.
00:52:16	How do you figure that?
00:52:18	They look at 75 and they look at you
00:52:21	You say 12.
00:52:24	This was the day before yesterday.
00:52:27	What's the car worth?
00:52:28	It's a lease. It's the firm's.
00:52:31	So? You go to the bank.
00:52:35	I can't. I did that three months ago.
00:52:38	Are you back at the tables?
00:52:40	Like I need that kind of action.
00:52:46	I hope you're kidding.
00:52:48	If he finds out you're playing cards with
00:52:54	Do everyone a favor.
00:52:56	Get out the treasure map
00:53:01	You got a week.
00:53:04	- Hey, Michael. How are you?
00:53:07	Come in. He's been on the phone
00:53:11	I am trying to get him out
00:53:13	- Is he upstairs?
00:53:16	What are you guys doing?
00:53:18	Soroyo, I told you to keep an eye on
00:53:37	Marty?
00:53:41	You know what he's doing?
00:53:44	I'm going through his files here,
00:53:47	...he's building a case against U/North.
00:53:49	- Nobody's gonna let him do that.
00:53:51	Who the hell's gonna stop him?
00:53:53	You know what I just heard?
00:53:56	This woman from the deposition,
00:54:01	He's got these discovery documents.
00:54:04	I tried him. Can't even leave a message.
00:54:07	- Is that his briefcase?
00:54:11	- Why?
00:54:12	I don't know. It came up here
00:54:16	You can't believe
00:54:21	Listen, Marty...
00:54:24	...I'm in a bind here.
00:54:27	I need a loan. I need 80 grand.
00:54:31	- I thought you were done with that.
00:54:34	It's not the cards. It's none of that.
00:54:37	Eighty thousand.
00:54:39	I'm sorry to jump you like this.
00:54:40	I've been trying to get a meeting
00:54:44	And I know about the merger,
00:54:48	There's nothing final on the merger.
00:54:49	Well, that's why I'm asking you now.
00:54:53	Once you're out,
00:54:55	...and I'm trying to explain what I do.
00:54:57	Everybody knows how valuable you are.
00:55:01	I'm 45 years old and I'm broke.
00:55:02	I've been riding shotgun for 12 years
00:55:05	I'm sorry, I don't feel reassured.
00:55:07	Nobody told you to
00:55:09	I only opened it so I'd have
00:55:12	I had no idea you were so unhappy.
00:55:14	How many times did I ask you
00:55:17	- How many?
00:55:19	You think that's special?
00:55:20	- I was good at it.
00:55:23	At this, what you do, you're great.
00:55:27	For chrissakes, you got something
00:55:31	You made a place.
00:55:35	And if it's nostalgia... "You should've
00:55:39	- Let me give you a serious
00:55:42	God forbid you're not as good as
00:55:47	But I didn't come here for advice, did I?
00:55:50	So this is what? I give you the loan
00:55:54	- I never said that.
00:55:56	Maybe you should have.
00:55:57	I don't know how you're gonna take care
00:56:02	This is something, we don't get it
00:56:05	...everything's vulnerable. Everything.
00:56:08	- What are you telling me?
00:56:12	I'm telling you that by this time next
00:56:16	...and everybody who needs to will have
00:56:20	Jesus, Marty.
00:56:21	Hey.
00:56:23	When did you get so fucking delicate?
00:56:26	I'm late.
00:57:07	Why don't you just call Uncle Gene
00:57:11	It's not that kind of a problem.
00:57:14	- How much longer are we doing this?
00:57:29	If he comes back to get his car,
00:57:33	- Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
00:57:43	If we're not gonna get to the movie,
00:57:46	- What?
00:57:49	Come on, Henry.
00:57:54	Hold up!
00:57:58	Stay in the car. Lock the door.
00:58:02	Arthur! Arthur!
00:58:05	Wait up.
00:58:07	Michael. Jeez. You scared me.
00:58:12	- Making a delivery?
00:58:16	Very funny. No, nothing like that.
00:58:18	Here, take one, please. Really.
00:58:22	It's the best bread I ever tasted.
00:58:28	So welcome home.
00:58:31	I know, the hotel. I'm sorry.
00:58:34	I was beginning to feel
00:58:36	- But you're feeling better now?
00:58:38	- Much better, definitely.
00:58:41	Well, I was trying
00:58:45	...before I called you,
00:58:49	And how's that going?
00:58:50	Yes, it's good, very good. I just...
00:58:53	Well, I just need to make my thoughts
00:58:59	That's my goal.
00:59:00	As good as this feels,
00:59:04	No. No. You're wrong.
00:59:05	What makes this feel good
00:59:09	How do I talk to you, Arthur?
00:59:13	Like a child? Like a nut?
00:59:18	What's the secret?
00:59:21	- Well, I hear everything.
00:59:25	You need help.
00:59:29	You got great cards here.
00:59:30	If you keep your clothes on, you can
00:59:34	You want out, you're out.
00:59:37	There's only one wrong answer
00:59:40	...and you've got
00:59:42	- Well, I said I was sorry.
00:59:45	You piss on this case,
00:59:48	- I don't know what you're talking about.
00:59:52	I'm telling them everything's fine.
00:59:55	I'm out running this "price of
00:59:59	And then I wake up this morning and I hear
01:00:03	...messing with documents
01:00:05	- How can you know that?
01:00:08	Your partnership, your equity.
01:00:11	- How do you know I called Anna?
01:00:14	- Well, how does he know?
01:00:21	- You're tapping my phone.
01:00:23	Then explain it.
01:00:25	Because you're chasing a girl through
01:00:30	You think she didn't get off the phone
01:00:33	No. She wouldn't do that. I know that.
01:00:35	Really? You think your judgment
01:00:40	They're putting everything on the table.
01:00:44	I'll help you think this through.
01:00:46	I'll find somebody to help you
01:00:49	Don't do this.
01:00:54	Michael, I have great affection for you.
01:00:58	You lead a very rich and interesting life,
01:01:03	If you wanted to have me committed...
01:01:05	...you should have kept me in Wisconsin,
01:01:09	...and eyewitness accounts
01:01:11	...would have had
00:00:02	And the single determining criterion
00:00:08	Is the defendant a danger
00:00:11	You think you got the horses for that?
00:00:14	Well, good luck and God bless.
00:00:18	The last place you want to see me
00:00:23	I'm not the enemy.
00:00:26	Then who are you?
00:00:40	We find the seed.
00:00:46	We shape the soil.
00:00:51	We speed the harvest.
00:00:55	We feed the planet.
00:01:09	We find the seed.
00:01:15	We shape the soil.
00:01:20	We speed the harvest.
00:01:24	We feed the planet.
00:01:44	What the hell is he doing?
00:02:03	We find the seed.
00:02:07	You've reached the voicemail of
00:02:10	Please leave your message
00:02:13	Yes!
00:02:14	Here we are, all together.
00:02:19	This is the moment you've been waiting
00:02:22	So let's have a big, paranoid,
00:02:26	...for United Northfield Culcitate
00:02:31	June 19th, 1991.
00:02:35	"Conclusion:
00:02:37	The unanticipated market growth
00:02:39	...by small farms in colder climates
00:02:46	Would you guys like
00:02:49	Never let a scientist
00:02:52	...and "immediate"
00:02:55	Okay? Okay.
00:02:57	"In-house field studies
00:03:00	...that small short-season farms dependent
00:03:05	...are at risk for toxic
00:03:09	...significant enough to cause
00:03:13	Well, this is a long way of saying that...
00:03:15	...you don't even have to leave your house
00:03:19	We'll pipe it into your kitchen sink.
00:03:22	- "Culcitate's great market advantage...
00:03:25	...that it is tasteless, colorless
00:03:28	...has the potential
00:03:30	...these potentially lethal exposures. "
00:03:33	Now, I love this.
00:03:35	Not only is this a great product...
00:03:37	...it is a superb cancer delivery system.
00:03:41	"Chemical modifications
00:03:44	...the addition of a detector molecule,
00:03:48	...would require a top-down redesign
00:03:53	These costs,
00:03:57	...were not summarized here. "
00:03:59	Which, loosely translated, means:
00:04:01	"It's going to cost a fortune to go back
00:04:05	...so could someone else
00:04:08	"Clearly, the release of
00:04:12	...would compromise
00:04:16	...and must be kept within
00:04:19	...of United-Northfield's
00:04:23	You don't need me
00:04:28	Goodbye.
00:04:33	- It seemed to warrant my coming to...
00:04:37	You have to contain this.
00:04:41	- Contain?
00:04:44	Well, that's my question.
00:04:46	What are the?
00:04:51	Along those lines.
00:04:53	You're talking about the paper, the data?
00:04:57	Well, I'm wondering
00:05:02	I mean something I'm not thinking of?
00:05:04	We deal in absolutes.
00:05:06	Okay. I understand that. I do.
00:05:09	The material, the papers, I'm not
00:05:15	Well, the other way?
00:05:19	Is the other way.
00:05:25	- Maybe you wanna bring Don in on this.
00:05:27	This is nothing to do with Don. He's busy.
00:05:38	Do you think it's doable?
00:05:41	Yeah. We have some good ideas.
00:05:44	If the ideas don't look so good,
00:05:48	Okay.
00:05:53	Is that, "Okay, you understand,"
00:06:00	Are you 1? Are you 2? Are you 3?
00:06:03	Are you 4? Are you 5? Are you 6?
00:06:07	- Are you 7? Are you 8? Are you 9?
00:06:09	Come, come on. Come on, I said. Hey!
00:06:12	Come on.
00:06:14	Go on, Dad, make a wish.
00:06:16	If I get what I wish for, it'll kill me.
00:06:19	You're a maniac. Unbelievable.
00:06:22	Give me a hand, Eddie, huh?
00:06:26	All right, Eddie.
00:06:28	Now, I did not make this myself
00:06:32	Happy birthday.
00:06:33	You have time for cake?
00:06:35	Yeah, yeah. I'll take one to go.
00:06:38	You going in?
00:06:41	- I'm late already.
00:06:43	You're not both running out?
00:06:44	I got a situation.
00:06:46	- You can't hang?
00:06:48	- Yeah. I got a shift.
00:06:51	Come on, man.
00:06:54	If you go back now, Mickey,
00:06:57	Good. You can drive him home.
00:07:00	Just stay for an hour.
00:07:02	The girls did all this stuff.
00:07:04	He'll be asleep by then.
00:07:10	Timmy's been calling me.
00:07:16	He's afraid to talk to you.
00:07:17	He should be.
00:07:19	- It closed out bad, right?
00:07:21	The kids are freaking out.
00:07:24	The in-laws are freaking out.
00:07:26	Pammy can't stop crying long enough
00:07:29	- She took him back.
00:07:33	No. Fuck Timmy.
00:07:36	I sold everything and we're still short.
00:07:40	I got my hands full.
00:07:41	If it was you, he'd be in traction.
00:07:46	Yeah, he's sick, all right?
00:07:49	- He's sick. It's a sickness.
00:07:53	I've seen a lot of people falling off
00:07:58	Is that pointed at me?
00:08:02	When do I see you?
00:08:05	I haven't bet on a game in over a year.
00:08:07	I haven't been in a card room
00:08:10	I gambled on the bar.
00:08:13	That was my big play, all right?
00:08:15	I put up my walk-away money
00:08:19	Okay. Okay.
00:08:23	Cool down. I hear you.
00:08:30	I'd be pissed off too.
00:08:38	Just hang for an hour.
00:08:40	- Okay?
00:09:17	Ready? And, lift.
00:09:19	Ready and go.
00:09:46	Wipe.
00:09:56	You better hit it.
00:10:31	We're good.
00:11:07	Okay, I found it. That's his number.
00:11:10	Dr. Mullien.
00:11:13	If I can. As soon as I get a chance.
00:11:15	It's Medicaid. They're running us
00:11:18	Let him go, Steph. He's got a date.
00:11:20	I've got a date with a maniac attorney.
00:11:22	- Take a night off, Mickey.
00:11:25	- I'm okay. See you soon.
00:11:27	- All right. Bye.
00:11:30	- Bye, Pop.
00:11:41	- Uncle Timmy, hey!
00:11:44	Henry, get in the car.
00:11:48	Good to see you, Hen.
00:11:51	- What do you want?
00:11:55	Been back at the meetings.
00:11:59	In front of the kid?
00:12:01	Mickey, please.
00:12:05	I don't know how to make it right again.
00:12:09	What do I do? I don't know what to do.
00:12:13	Get Stephanie her tires back.
00:12:21	- Is he crying?
00:12:24	Because of drugs, right?
00:12:26	That and everything else.
00:12:59	What?
00:13:03	Your Uncle Timmy...
00:13:05	...and I mean this, on his best day,
00:13:11	I'm not talking about crying
00:13:15	I'm talking about in his heart,
00:13:19	And all his charming bullshit,
00:13:23	...and I know you love him,
00:13:25	But when you see him like that...
00:13:27	...you don't have to worry.
00:13:30	You're not gonna be someone
00:13:33	...wondering why shit keeps
00:13:37	I know that. I know it.
00:13:39	Okay?
00:13:45	I see it every time I look at you.
00:13:51	I don't know where you got it from,
00:13:56	Okay?
00:14:10	Hello?
00:14:21	The neighbors came by.
00:14:25	They had water flooding from
00:14:30	His front door, fire escape,
00:14:36	It took our guys 10 minutes.
00:14:41	There's pills all over the place.
00:14:45	Just the scene alone is
00:14:51	Then I spoke to some of your partners...
00:14:53	...who ran down these problems
00:14:59	- Is there a note?
00:15:03	It could be an accident or he was gonna
00:15:09	Can I get in there?
00:15:10	His place? Not now. It's sealed.
00:15:14	Once the seal goes up, it's frozen.
00:15:18	I guess she's off in Europe.
00:15:22	Or the M.E.'s gotta come back
00:15:25	That's a couple of weeks at least
00:15:29	Sorry.
00:15:33	Sure.
00:15:40	Okay.
00:15:46	I know your brother a little.
00:15:52	I'll tell him hello.
00:15:53	If something comes in,
00:15:56	Yeah. I appreciate it.
00:15:58	I'm sorry for your loss.
00:16:18	- Michael.
00:16:21	This is tough.
00:16:22	Yeah, it is. He in here?
00:16:36	Dumb son of a bitch.
00:16:38	What a thing.
00:16:40	- Hold on.
00:16:42	- I'm so sorry.
00:16:44	I didn't even get a chance to talk to him.
00:16:47	That crazy goddamn bastard.
00:16:51	What a waste.
00:16:55	Marty? I gotta set this up.
00:16:57	Go. Go.
00:16:59	You okay?
00:17:01	Yeah, I'm fine.
00:17:05	Come on, let's get you a drink.
00:17:09	I just keep replaying all this back.
00:17:14	Not a chance.
00:17:15	I just couldn't get through to him.
00:17:17	What, you scared him to death?
00:17:21	- Never happened.
00:17:26	It's gotta be an accident.
00:17:29	No, no. Arthur without a note?
00:17:30	He couldn't piss without leaving a memo.
00:17:33	I don't get that.
00:17:36	One minute he's gonna
00:17:38	...and then 12 hours later,
00:17:41	Why?
00:17:44	Because people are
00:17:51	Thirty years I know Arthur.
00:17:55	Good years.
00:17:58	And what I feel right now, if I'm honest?
00:18:06	I can't even say, it's so awful.
00:18:09	You can say it.
00:18:13	We caught a lucky break.
00:18:18	We did, didn't we?
00:18:25	Marty? We need to get up to the office.
00:18:29	- They accepted?
00:18:31	Don Jeffries wants us
00:18:34	I tried to explain about Arthur,
00:18:37	Wait a minute. U/North is settling?
00:18:39	They see a window. They wanna try.
00:18:45	You did what you could, Michael.
00:18:49	It's...
00:18:51	It's what we got.
00:18:54	- You need a ride?
00:19:29	Hello.
00:19:30	Hello. Hi. I'm looking for Anna Kysersun.
00:19:33	Who is this?
00:19:34	Michael Clayton. I'm an attorney in
00:19:38	- You have got some nerve.
00:19:41	You get her all the way to New York City
00:19:45	This is not a complicated person.
00:19:47	This is a girl who's never been
00:19:50	- Wait a minute. Now, wait.
00:19:52	She's coming home tomorrow and when
00:19:57	Are you telling me she's
00:19:59	This is a young girl, do you hear me?
00:20:02	She's in the city right now?
00:20:04	What kind of people are you?
00:20:06	Listen. You just stay on the phone
00:20:42	Anna.
00:20:45	Anna?
00:20:48	My name's Michael Clayton.
00:20:51	I spoke with your sister.
00:20:55	Please open the door, Anna.
00:21:08	What are you thinking?
00:21:10	I don't know. I'll watch the door.
00:21:19	He didn't want to say
00:21:24	Just that when I got here,
00:21:28	...and show me, and I would see...
00:21:31	...that it was something
00:21:37	Even this morning...
00:21:39	...I mean, I thought:
00:21:42	"Okay, if I get to the airport and
00:21:47	Okay, you're stupid,
00:21:55	But it was there and he paid,
00:22:00	...for a first-class ticket.
00:22:03	And I just...
00:22:08	I got on the plane.
00:22:13	I believed him.
00:22:19	You think maybe he was
00:22:25	Let's say that he knew that you
00:22:29	...and, I don't know, in some crazy way,
00:22:34	- But I didn't.
00:22:37	No.
00:22:39	He made me promise.
00:22:43	You didn't tell anybody else about this?
00:22:49	No.
00:22:55	He really was crazy, wasn't he?
00:23:11	- You talking about this?
00:23:15	- You know what that is?
00:23:17	You said a favor.
00:23:21	Well, nobody's gonna know
00:23:24	- Are you that jammed up?
00:23:27	Who asked for this?
00:23:30	One of these guys you owe?
00:23:32	You really wanna know?
00:24:51	This just gets better and better.
00:24:55	What are we doing?
00:26:58	Freeze!
00:27:00	Right there, asshole! Don't move!
00:27:03	- It's all right, I'm a friend!
00:27:05	Get your hands up now! Now!
00:27:08	- What's in your hand?
00:27:10	Drop it! Drop it, now! Drop it!
00:27:13	- Turn around. Slowly.
00:27:16	- Who else is here?
00:27:18	- I said, who else is here?
00:27:21	Check in there.
00:27:23	You move, I'll take your head off.
00:27:56	Now I owe this scumbag and his wife...
00:28:01	- Now I owe them both my balls.
00:28:03	- You know I am.
00:28:05	You know what happens they don't
00:28:09	It's bad. I know it.
00:28:10	I'm 18 months away from my 20.
00:28:13	- You made your point.
00:28:15	- Who called 911?
00:28:18	The building was empty. I was quiet.
00:28:21	Who called it in?
00:28:24	This never happened.
00:28:27	You got these cops thinking
00:28:29	You got these lawyers thinking
00:28:31	You got everybody fooled, don't you?
00:28:35	You know exactly what you are.
00:28:51	We tried calling you six times.
00:28:53	But your machine must be
00:28:57	We gave it our best shot.
00:29:00	We ran out of red covers.
00:29:02	...so we did the other thousand in blue.
00:29:26	Is everything all right?
00:29:27	It's fine, yeah.
00:29:29	You have a van or something?
00:29:32	Do me a favor. Hang on to them.
00:29:36	I'll come back and pick everything up
00:29:38	- Seriously? Thanks, man.
00:30:01	Hello.
00:30:07	Don. You go ahead. I'll catch up to you.
00:30:11	What?
00:30:20	Do you know Michael Clayton?
00:30:22	Yeah, why?
00:30:24	We have a situation.
00:30:45	Hey, did they find you?
00:30:47	- Who?
00:30:58	Marty.
00:31:00	Your phone's off. There's too much
00:31:03	- I need a minute.
00:31:05	We never got to finish last night.
00:31:07	Did you close the place?
00:31:10	- No, I left right after you left.
00:31:13	We've been here all night.
00:31:16	Jean! I need the thing, the envelope.
00:31:19	I wanted your input. I couldn't get you.
00:31:22	I put Bob Nast and Kim,
00:31:26	They're gonna pull together a memorial
00:31:29	I told them to call you
00:31:32	No, no, no.
00:31:35	So we cut you a check this morning.
00:31:38	There's some strings attached.
00:31:41	There's no way around this,
00:31:49	What if Arthur was on to something?
00:31:52	What do you mean? On to what?
00:31:53	U/North. What if he wasn't crazy?
00:31:56	Right about what?
00:31:59	Wrong side, wrong way,
00:32:01	This is news?
00:32:05	I gotta tell you how we pay the rent?
00:32:07	What would they do?
00:32:10	What would they do? Are you fucking soft?
00:32:13	We don't straighten the settlement out
00:32:16	...they're gonna withhold
00:32:18	Then they'll pull out the video of
00:32:21	They'll sue us for legal malpractice.
00:32:23	Except there won't be anything to win
00:32:27	...and we'll be selling off
00:32:30	That's 80.
00:32:32	We're calling it a bonus.
00:32:35	Three-year contract
00:32:37	That's assuming this all works out.
00:32:39	You're doing this now?
00:32:42	Look, I agreed to this, okay?
00:32:45	You want the contract,
00:32:48	It's gonna be bulletproof
00:32:50	Because Marty's too nice to say it...
00:32:52	...but with all you know about this place,
00:32:56	...it makes it a little weird
00:33:00	If I was gonna shake anybody down,
00:33:02	...and it wouldn't be for 80 grand.
00:33:05	- Lf I'm wrong, I apologize.
00:33:08	So there you go.
00:33:09	Enough. Okay? Everybody.
00:33:12	He's an asshole, but he knows it.
00:33:15	And you're on the record.
00:33:18	- Don Jeffries is here.
00:33:22	Call Bob Nast. Just see if
00:33:30	You're welcome.
00:34:24	You said 12. This is 75.
00:34:26	Well, don't get too excited.
00:34:29	No. I'm working.
00:34:33	So we're square, then. No bad blood.
00:34:37	You're just doing your job.
00:34:39	That's right.
00:34:41	Take it easy, Gabe.
00:34:44	Michael.
00:34:57	Check.
00:35:00	Check.
00:35:02	- Check.
00:35:05	Two hundred to go.
00:35:43	So, what happened with the bar?
00:35:45	You just had to be a rock star, huh?
00:36:10	What are you doing? You just got here.
00:36:13	Guy plays nine hands, walks away.
00:36:15	I scare you away? What did I do?
00:36:55	Get out.
00:36:57	Get out of the car now.
00:37:01	- Walter?
00:37:02	- Michael. Thank God you're there.
00:37:09	You have eight...
00:37:12	...six, five...
00:37:15	...four, three...
00:37:17	Get out of the car.
00:37:22	- Tell him to stay off the phone.
00:37:26	Am I clean?
00:37:27	Just keep walking.
00:37:29	You copy. Am I clean?
00:37:31	Just keep moving.
00:37:35	- To let him know you're on the way.
00:37:39	- Just give me two minutes.
00:37:45	I didn't finish. It's in, but I don't know.
00:38:16	It's loose. I got a pulse.
00:38:22	Let's find a way to boost the signal.
00:38:31	- I don't know what Walter promised you...
00:38:34	That's Walter on the phone,
00:38:38	"I'm sending you a miracle worker. "
00:38:40	- Well, he misspoke.
00:38:42	About the fact that you're the firm's
00:38:51	We're up. Just got a signal.
00:39:17	There's nothing back this way.
00:39:19	Maybe he's lost.
00:39:21	- Wait a minute.
00:39:26	He was alone, right?
00:39:27	- Yeah, I think so.
00:39:33	We gotta turn around.
00:40:04	Talk to me.
00:40:06	It's strobing.
00:40:08	No, we're good. I think we're good.
00:40:26	No, he turned. Somehow he turned.
00:40:28	- Where?
00:40:30	- He took a left.
00:40:42	- East. He's southeast.
00:40:45	- Or the grid is wrong.
00:40:57	- We gotta go back to one.
00:41:00	Half a mile straight ahead.
00:41:10	It says we're closing.
00:41:13	The signal or the grid?
00:41:14	- It's both. It just keeps dropping out.
00:42:08	Give me the cell.
00:42:12	Our signal's good.
00:43:52	What?
00:43:55	Thanks, Mickey.
00:43:57	Just get me out of here.
00:44:07	I wanna get a meeting scheduled on this,
00:44:11	I think we should have someone from
00:44:14	- Yeah?
00:44:16	- Yeah, yeah. They closed U/North.
00:44:19	What?
00:44:20	Car bomb. Upstate. This morning.
00:44:24	What?
00:44:27	Holy shit.
00:44:43	It has been and it remains
00:44:48	...that this lawsuit is baseless
00:44:52	Our reluctance to negotiate
00:44:57	...and reinforced by the
00:45:02	...in excess of 3 billion dollars.
00:45:05	The reason that we are
00:45:08	...that several key elements
00:45:13	You all have
00:45:18	...which outlines the details,
00:45:22	Over the past several months
00:45:25	...that the plaintiffs were
00:45:29	...and were in the process
00:45:33	We also learned...
00:45:35	...that the plaintiffs' attorneys' fees
00:45:39	...up to 400 million dollars...
00:45:41	...above which,
00:45:46	So we knew that there would be
00:45:50	...in the middle there.
00:45:53	Finally...
00:45:54	...our finance team informed us
00:45:59	...and that the tax benefit...
00:46:01	...provided that we bring
00:46:04	...and within this fiscal year...
00:46:07	...that the write-off on this settlement
00:46:13	The package that you have before you
00:46:18	...the strongest possible position for
00:46:23	And, as chief counsel...
00:46:25	...it is my recommendation
00:46:29	Thank you, Karen. If you just give us
00:46:33	Certainly. I'll be right outside.
00:46:38	Well...
00:47:02	How'd it go in there?
00:47:07	Pretty freaky, huh?
00:47:09	Did you see Arthur?
00:47:14	I'm kidding. Lighten up.
00:47:19	You got one of these? It's a great memo.
00:47:26	Got your heart racing, don't I?
00:47:28	I don't know what it is
00:47:30	What do you think I'm doing?
00:47:32	The suit's over. We have a deal.
00:47:34	Whatever that is,
00:47:36	You think? I must have gotten it wrong.
00:47:40	I didn't realize you'd signed
00:47:43	That's a drag. I got a thousand of these.
00:47:46	I'm calling Marty.
00:47:48	Good. Good. Do it.
00:47:50	Let's find out who told him
00:47:53	Let's find out who tapped those phones.
00:47:55	This memorandum, even if it's authentic,
00:47:59	- I know what you did to Arthur.
00:48:03	- I know you killed him.
00:48:06	See, now, that's just not
00:48:09	For such a smart person,
00:48:12	This conversation is over.
00:48:14	I'm not the guy that you kill.
00:48:17	Are you so fucking blind
00:48:20	I'm the easiest part of your whole
00:48:24	Don't you know who I am?
00:48:27	I do everything from shoplifting
00:48:31	...and you're gonna kill me?
00:48:34	What do you need, Karen? Lay it on me.
00:48:37	You want a carry permit? You want
00:48:41	I sold out Arthur for 80 grand
00:48:46	What do you want?
00:48:47	What do I want?
00:48:49	I want more.
00:48:51	I want out.
00:48:53	And with this, I want everything.
00:48:58	Is there a number?
00:48:59	Ten is a number.
00:49:01	Ten? Ten what?
00:49:05	Ten million?
00:49:06	Where do you think I'm gonna get
00:49:11	You know what's great about this?
00:49:13	Did you read it to the end?
00:49:15	Let's go in and ask Don Jeffries...
00:49:18	...if he wants to pass the hat
00:49:22	This would have to be
00:49:25	...and would have to take place
00:49:27	Where? My car?
00:49:30	All right.
00:49:32	I'm gonna make it easy. Let's make it 5.
00:49:36	Five and I'll forget about Arthur.
00:49:40	Five is easier. Yeah, 5 is something
00:49:45	Good. And then the other 5 is
00:49:49	...that you knocked off
00:49:51	Let me finish up this meeting.
00:49:54	Do I look like I'm negotiating?!
00:49:56	Karen?
00:49:58	- One second.
00:50:02	Yes.
00:50:04	Ten million dollars. Bank of my choosing.
00:50:08	- Yes.
00:50:09	Ten million dollars, your account,
00:50:13	- Karen! Everyone's waiting.
00:50:16	You have a deal.
00:50:18	You're so fucked.
00:50:20	What?
00:50:22	- You're fucked.
00:50:24	- Take a wild guess.
00:50:26	- I don't understand.
00:50:29	- You don't want the money?
00:50:32	Is this fellow bothering you?
00:50:34	Am I bothering you?
00:50:35	Karen, I've got a board waiting in there.
00:50:39	I'm Shiva, the god of death.
00:50:41	Ron! Ronny, I need security
00:50:46	All right. Here we go.
00:50:47	That guy right there, stop him.
00:50:52	- What are you doing?
00:50:55	Come back with us
00:50:57	Check on her. Make sure she doesn't need
00:51:01	You guys go into the ballroom.
00:51:03	Have your guys cover every exit.
00:51:05	Will you please explain to me
00:51:08	Did you get all that?
00:51:10	Yeah. Got it.
00:51:16	- You okay?
00:51:19	Sure.
00:51:21	Just stay close, okay?
00:51:24	Okay.
00:52:35	So, what are we doing?
00:52:44	Give me 50 dollars' worth.
00:52:48	Just drive.

Michael Clayton