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(KEYS RATTLE) | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES) | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
(MAN) 'Michael. Dear Michael.' | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
'Of course it's you. Who else could they send?' | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
'I know it's a long way and you're ready to go to work, | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
all I'm saying is wait, just please hear me out.' | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
'This is not an episode, relapse, fuck up.' | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
'I'm begging you, Michael, I'm begging you!' | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
'Try to make believe this is not just madness, | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
because this IS NOT just madness.' | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
'Two weeks ago, I came out of the building, OK?' | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
'I'm running, there's a car waiting.' | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
'I got 38 minutes to get to airport, and I'm dictating.' | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
'There's this panicked associate sprinting beside me, | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
and suddenly she starts screaming.' | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
'And I realise we're in the middle of the street, | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
the light's changed and there's traffic speeding towards us.' | 0:00:58 | 0:01:02 | |
'And I freeze. I can't move.' | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
'I'm consumed with the sensation that I'm covered with some film.' | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
'And it's in my hair, in my face, like a glaze, like a coating.' | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
'And... At first I thought, "My God, I know what this is."' | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
'"This is some sort of amniotic fluid."' | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
'"I'm drenched in afterbirth. I've been reborn."' | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
'But then the traffic, the stampede, the cars, the horns, the screaming, | 0:01:22 | 0:01:27 | |
and I'm thinking, "No, reset. This is not rebirth."' | 0:01:27 | 0:01:31 | |
'"This is some kind of giddy illusion of renewal | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
in the final moment before death."' | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
'And then, I realise, "No, no, no, this is completely wrong", | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
because I looked back at the building | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
and I had the most stunning moment of clarity.' | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
'I-I-I realised, Michael, that I had emerged, | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
not through the doors of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen, | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
not through the portals of our vast and powerful law firm, | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
but from the asshole of an organism | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
whose sole function is to excrete | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
the poison, the ammo, the defoliant, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
necessary for larger, more powerful organisms | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
to destroy the miracle of humanity.' | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
'And that I had been coated in this | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
patina of shit for the best part of my life.' | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
'The stench and stain of it would take the rest of my life to undo.' | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
'Know what I did? I took a deep breath and set that notion aside.' | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
'I said to myself, "As clear as this may be, | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
as potent a feeling as this is, as true a thing as I believe | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
that I have witnessed today, it must wait."' | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
'"It must stand the test of time."' | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
'And, Michael, the time is now.' | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
(CHATTERING) | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
I'm not sure what else I can tell you. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:44 | |
"Tell me about U/North, Barry, they're your clients, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
tell me why you're settling a six-year case on a fly at midnight, | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
cos I'm writing this story whether you like it or not." | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
-What does that exactly mean? -"Give me something I can print!" | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
We found 97. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
I've got that cunt from The Wall Street Journal on my cell. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
She will not go away. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
-Marty Bach. How can I help you? -"Hi, it's Bridget Klein." | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
"We're doing a story about a settlement in the U/North case." | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
"You want to comment?" | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
That case is now, as it has been for the past six years, | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
pending and unresolved. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Till such time as our client has their day in court, | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
or the plaintiffs drop the suit, I'll have nothing to tell you. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
"You're closing the U/North case. You're settling. I know that." | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
"I know you're up there jamming this thing through." | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
Your deadline was 20 minutes ago. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
You're fishing for a story, or trying not to write a retraction. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
In either case, best of luck. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
Where the fuck is Karen Crowder? | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
(SIGHS) | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
(BREATHES HEAVILY) | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
(DOOR CLOSES) | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
(ASIAN RADIO STATION PLAYS) | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
I'll see the turn. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
Check. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
-Check. -Check. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
-Half the pot. 200. -(DEALER) 200 to go. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
You don't remember me, huh? We played together a couple of times. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
That lamp place on Bowery. That showroom? All the lamps and shit? | 0:05:18 | 0:05:23 | |
-The Galaxy. -That's it. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
You had a restaurant you were opening, right? | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
My old partner bid that job, the plumbing. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
-You don't remember me? -I remember you. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
I lost a lot of weight since then. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
You bought some hair, too. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
With your money. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
So, what happened with the bar? You just had to be a rock star, huh? | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
Shit, man. I want to listen to Larry King, | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
-I go home and put the fucking TV on. -That was a good location. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
Yeah, that's what my partner kept telling me. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
-(PHONE RINGS) -Action's on you. I bet the pot. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
Good to see you again. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
-Hello? -"Michael." | 0:06:38 | 0:06:39 | |
-Walter. -"Michael, thank God, there you are." | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
"I got a situation, a big problem." | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
"A client of mine just called. He hit a guy with his car." | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
-"He thinks he hit him." -Just now? | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
"Yeah, just now. 10, 15 minutes ago. He's driving home." | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
-"He's home now. He's there waiting." -Where? | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
-"Westchester. I'm down in Bermuda. He just got me up." -Is he drunk? | 0:06:56 | 0:07:01 | |
"No. It's the first thing I asked him. He's sober." | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
Tell him to stay off the phone. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
"But you're on it, you can get up there?" | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
"This guy is a huge client. This guy is half my book." | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
I'm walking to the car right now. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
"Let me call him back and I'll get the address." | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
"Let me know you're on the way, I'll get back to you with the details." | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
All right. I'll be in the car. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
What they did, they changed the grade. They widened the street. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:19 | |
I'm sure somebody told them that was an improvement. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
But now, when it rains and there's fog, and with this new angle... | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
And they've got these new, uh, these, these... | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
sodium lamps, it's blinding, that corner is just blinding. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
-They'll have to work that out. -It's not tonight. I said this for years. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
How many times have we talked about that corner? Dell? | 0:08:38 | 0:08:43 | |
Mr Greer, we don't have much time. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
So, the circumstances, the road conditions hold no interest for you? | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
What interests me is finding a strong criminal attorney | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
-that can be here in 15 minutes. -Well... that sounds ominous. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
We've some good relationships in Westchester. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
So, what are you? What are you? You're not a lawyer? | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
-Not the kind you need. -What is that? | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
A trial lawyer who can see this all the way. That's not what I do. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:10 | |
OK. I think we're going to have to pull Walter back in on this. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
I want to get Walter back on the phone and into the mix. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
Because, I'll be frank with you, I don't like the way this is going. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
We don't have time for him. Your options are going to get smaller. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
What options? I'm not hearing any! | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
I'm suggesting you go local. There are people here that I like for this. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
That's it? That's what you got for me? Hey, you believe this? | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
I've been a client for 12 years! D'you think I've paid that retainer | 0:09:33 | 0:09:37 | |
to get a place at the back of the line? | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
Mr Greer, you left the scene of an accident on a slow week night, | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
six miles from the State Police barracks. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
If there's a line, you're right up front. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
I can get a lawyer any time. I don't need you for that! | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
We're not sitting for 45 minutes waiting for a goddamn referral! | 0:09:51 | 0:09:55 | |
-I don't know what Walter promised you, but - -A miracle worker. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
That's Walter on the phone, 20 minutes ago. Direct quote, OK? | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
-"I'm sending you a miracle worker." -He misspoke. -About what? | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
That you're the firm's fixer? Or that you're good? | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
-Elliot. -Shh! | 0:10:08 | 0:10:10 | |
The guy was running! In the street! | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
You take that, you add the fog, you add the-the lamps, the angle. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
What is he doing running in the middle of the street at midnight? | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
-You answer me that! -(GLASS SMASHES) | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
What if someone had stolen the car? | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
Huh? Happens all the time. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
Cops like hit-and-runs, they work 'em hard, clear 'em fast. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
Right now there's a BCI unit pulling paint chips off a guard rail. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
Tomorrow they'll look for the owner of a custom-painted Jaguar XJ-12. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:57 | |
And the guy you hit? | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
If he got a look at the plates, it won't even take that long. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
There's no play here. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:07 | |
There's no angle. No champagne room. (RINGING CONTINUES) | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
I'm not a miracle worker, I'm a janitor. The math on this is simple. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
The smaller the mess, the easier it is for me to clean up. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
-(RINGING CONTINUES) -That's the... police, isn't it? | 0:11:18 | 0:11:23 | |
No. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
They don't call. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
Hello. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
Jerry, it's Michael Clayton. Yeah, look, I'm sorry to wake you up. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:38 | |
No. I'm in the neighbourhood. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
You got a pen? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
(HORSES WHINNY) | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
(HORSES BRAY) | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
Mom, where's my cards? | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
Where's my cards? | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
-Is my other deck in here? -Did you eat? | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
Dad's down there waiting already. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
-Cards are in our bathroom. -Yes, I had a waffle. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
-Since we're out of waffles, how's that possible? -It's a miracle. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
-Gloves? -(DOOR SLAMS) | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
Henry! | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
Come on. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
Get in. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
You got it? | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
No-one's even sure where they are cos there's no borders or landmarks. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:27 | |
And the town? It's not even a town really. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
It's this camp where all these people have gathered to hide. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
-Right. -All these deserters and guys that got cut off from their armies. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
They're hiding in the woods and trying to stay alive. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
This is where they all came. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
There's Thieves, Gray Mages, Unbidden Warriors, Dark Avians, | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
Riverwynders and Sappers, like 15 different characters, OK? | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
-OK. -And nobody has any alliances. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
You can't even say who you are cos you don't know, | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
maybe the person you're talking to is your mortal enemy in the wars. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
-So it's just completely everybody for themselves. -Sounds familiar. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
It's really good. I'm serious. You should read it. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
But by the time I finish it, you'll be on to something else. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
-How much you want to bet? -How much you got? | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
-Got your bus pass? -It's in my locker. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
-You're not even going to look at it, are you? -The book? -Yes. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
-Bring it on Saturday. -I did already. I left it in your kitchen. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
-It's got a red cover. -OK. Well, here we go. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
Go! Teach these people something, would you? | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
(CHILDREN CHATTER) | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
-See you later, Dad. -Yeah, kiddo. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
Thanks. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:43 | |
Lot number 52, assorted mixing bowls, assorted sizes. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
30 to start. 30 I have now. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
I got 40. And 50 now. I have 60 back there. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
60. 70? I got 70 here. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:01 | |
-70, I have now. -Here. -80, this gentleman here. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
80, I have now. 90. Give me 100. 100 I have now. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
100 I have now. 100. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
Sold. 100 to number eight. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
(AUCTIONEER CONTINUES) | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
He says you're still going to be short. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
-How short? -60. Plus the point 75,000. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:30 | |
-That's liquor and everything? -What'd you think it was going to be? | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
I don't know. Less. 30, 20. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
He took 1,500 on a refrigerator I paid four grand for. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
Make a bid. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
-Are you telling me you don't have the 75,000? -Just lying around, no. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:48 | |
-We both know I should be talking to your brother. -Forget that. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
Michael, look. If you want to front this, that's up to you. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:57 | |
But Timmy's name stays in the book till we're clear. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
If I know where he is, I don't have to keep asking. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
He's upstate. His wife took him back. I don't know where he is. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
-He's got to have something. -He's got the two kids with her. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
He's got Jennifer, the coke-dealing waitress that he knocked up. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
He's got four Michelin Radials that he stole from my sister's garage. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:20 | |
Make an offer. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
I had a wife who was a drunk. A beautiful girl, a young girl. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
Live like that? Even if they do a programme. She did once, two years. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
And then they slip, forget it. It's like you're strapped to a bomb. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:39 | |
-What's my time frame here? -(SIGHS) | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
I don't know. I didn't think it'd be a problem. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
I'll ask. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:50 | |
-Hey, Michael. -Morning, Carl. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:18 | |
Look, Del, I don't know how hard you want me to press here. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
How brave does he want to be? | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
"I'm not sure. We got a hearing scheduled for end of the month." | 0:20:31 | 0:20:36 | |
-Does she know that? -"It was in the paper. Who knows?" | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
"Maybe she got someone to read it to her." | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
"She called his wife yesterday. This is a nightmare." | 0:20:42 | 0:20:46 | |
-She'll want to hang onto the condo. -"That's insane." | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
What can I tell you? Don't piss off a motivated stripper. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
"She's unbelievable." | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
Find out his pain threshold and get back to me. Tell him to call me. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
-"All right, let me get into it." -All right. OK. Thanks. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:02 | |
-Hey, where are we with Marty? -We left word. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
-Hold on. Go back. How old is the kid? -"He's not a kid. He's 22." | 0:21:06 | 0:21:10 | |
-This is Miami? -"No. Key Biscayne." | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
-And they charged him. -"Reckless endangerment." | 0:21:12 | 0:21:17 | |
"I think what they want, they want a reality check on the attorney." | 0:21:17 | 0:21:22 | |
-Yeah. -"Wayne said you had some connections." | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
-Yeah, let me get a pen. -"Thank you." | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
If she calls the INS, she'll get nowhere. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
-"Even with the appointment?" -It's like the DMV over there. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:35 | |
Unless they get a call from a district supervisor, nobody moves. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:39 | |
-"Your guy can do that?" -He's a former Commissioner. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
-"None of this comes back to me?" -No, I'm going to be the one asking. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:46 | |
-"Can you hang on a minute?" -Yeah, sure. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
Are we merging? Marty Bach's in London. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
They said he was in Atlanta, | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
then Lara said he was in the building, so I called. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
Now she tells me the truth. He's really in London. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
-(PHONE RINGS) -So, are we merging? | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
-Everybody's saying, all these Brits, it's for real. -Like I would know. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
I don't know. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
But if we are, if they merged, it wouldn't affect us, right? | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
(RINGING CONTINUES) Your phone's ringing. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
Evan? | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
Hey, OK, I'll call him and set up a meeting for next week. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:26 | |
I'll walk her in, make the introduction... | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
'At the moment, U/North currently has 70,000 employees | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
in 62 countries around the world...' | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
'..around the planet.' | 0:22:36 | 0:22:38 | |
'Operating in 62 countries around the planet.' | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
At work in... more than 60 countries around the globe. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:49 | |
We have... We have right now... We have... | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
At U/North right now, we've got 75,000 employees | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
in over 60 countries around the planet. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
We're a successful and highly diversified company | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
so you can imagine the volume and variety | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
of legal issues we deal with is... | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
Overwhelming. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
It's just enormous. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
So you can imagine the volume of legal issues. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:17 | |
It's quite substantial. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
And as General Counsel, what I do, what our in-house department does, | 0:23:20 | 0:23:25 | |
is to analyse the dimension of the problem or the opportunity | 0:23:25 | 0:23:31 | |
to determine the jurisdiction and to outsource our business | 0:23:31 | 0:23:34 | |
to those firms and talents that we think can help us the most. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:39 | |
'So with that pressure and workload, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
how do you keep a balance between work and life?' | 0:23:42 | 0:23:45 | |
-Balance? -(BOTH LAUGH) | 0:23:45 | 0:23:49 | |
I think that's... | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
that's something you search for your whole life, isn't it? Um... | 0:23:51 | 0:23:56 | |
It's a shifting balance, really. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
It's, er,... you know, you try to... | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
When you really are enjoying what you do, who needs balance? | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
There's your balance. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
When you're really enjoying what it is you do, there is your balance. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
When Don asked me to take... When... Don Jeffries... | 0:24:14 | 0:24:19 | |
Don Jeffries brought me in here 12 years ago, | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
trusted me, mentored me, welcomed me into the U/North family. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:28 | |
When he moved up to the boardroom, I never really dreamt | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
that I would have the opportunity to move into his position. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:36 | |
But is it challenging? Yes. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:40 | |
I think it's possible that the first few months were a little shaky. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:45 | |
Then you realise you've been taught to be ready and you take the helm. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:50 | |
Because if you're not comfortable with that level of responsibility, | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
you're in the wrong place. It's your department, | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
your capacity to make tough decisions in real time... | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
-We're in the middle of an interview. -They said it was urgent. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
Jesus! Oh, for Christ's sake. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
You're saying he did this in...? | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
-Oh, my God. -Barry. -Hang on. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:19 | |
Arthur Edens just stripped naked in a deposition room in Milwaukee. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:24 | |
'Michael, I took a deep breath and set that notion aside.' | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
'I said to myself, "As clear as this may be, | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
as potent a feeling as this is, as true a thing as I believe | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
that I have witnessed today, it must wait."' | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
'"It must stand the test of time."' | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
'And, Michael, the time is now.' | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
'This moment, today, here, this room, this air, | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
and this, especially this, Michael, that you're here.' | 0:25:49 | 0:25:53 | |
'There's a reason. A reason it's you, Michael.' | 0:25:53 | 0:25:57 | |
'Surely, you have sense that, how it pulls together, how it gathers.' | 0:25:57 | 0:26:02 | |
'Nurse Michael, the secret hero, the keeper of the hidden sins.' | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
'Tell me you can see that, Michael.' | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
But, I... Yeah, yes, yes! | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
The nudity, the parking lot, I admit it. It-It-It was a mistake. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
It was wrong, lame. It was obvious. And therapeutically, it was useless. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:19 | |
Because I swear I could stand here and tear off my fucking skin, | 0:26:19 | 0:26:23 | |
and I could not get down to where this thing is living! | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
Six years, Michael. Six years I've absorbed this poison. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
400 depositions, 100 motions, five changes of venue, | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
85,000 documents in discovery. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
Six years of scheming and stalling and screaming, and what have I got? | 0:26:37 | 0:26:41 | |
I've spent 12% of my life defending a deadly weed killer! | 0:26:41 | 0:26:46 | |
-We had an agreement, Arthur. -One night, right? | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
I look up and see Marty in my office. He's got some champagne. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
Says we hit 30,000 billable hours on U/North, he wants to celebrate. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:57 | |
An hour later, I find myself in a whorehouse in Chelsea | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
with two Lithuanian redheads taking turns sucking my dick. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
And I-I'm laying there and I'm trying not to come, | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
and I want to make it last, so I start doing the math. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
I think, "30,000 hours, what is that? That's 24 times 30." | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
"That's 720 hours in a month, 8,760 hours in a year." | 0:27:13 | 0:27:18 | |
-Arthur! -No, wait! Wait! | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
Because it's years! It's lives! | 0:27:20 | 0:27:24 | |
The numbers are making me dizzy and now instead of trying not to come, | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 | |
I'm trying not to think, and I can't stop. I mean, is this me? | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
Am I this freak organism that's been sent here to sleep and eat | 0:27:32 | 0:27:36 | |
and defend this one horrific chain of carcinogenic molecules? | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
Is that my destiny? Is that my fate? | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 | |
-You promised me. -Is that it, Michael? | 0:27:43 | 0:27:45 | |
Is that my grail? Two Lithuanian mouths on my cock? | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
The answer to the multiple choice of me? | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
You want to go off your medication, you call me first. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:54 | |
-That was our agreement! -Sue me! | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
-We OK in there? -We're fine. We're fine. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:01 | |
They killed them, Michael. Those small farms, the family farms. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:09 | |
-Did you... Did you... Did you meet Anna? -No. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:13 | |
You gotta see her, talk to her. She's a miracle, Michael. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
She's God's perfect little creature. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
And for 50 million in fees I've spent 12% of my life | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
destroying perfect Anna, her dead parents and her dying brother. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
-When did you last take one? -I'm not losing this. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
Everything's significant. Beautiful. I'm not trading that for this. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:33 | |
-If it's real, the pill won't kill it. -I have blood on my hands. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:36 | |
You're the senior partner of one of the largest law firms in the world. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:40 | |
-You are a legend. -I'm an accomplice! | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
-You're a manic-depressive. -I am Shiva, the god of death. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:47 | |
Let's get out of Milwaukee, we'll talk about it. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
"We came back from the hospital and everybody was crying, | 0:28:51 | 0:28:56 | |
and we were in shock, but we still had to milk." | 0:28:56 | 0:29:00 | |
-"The cows won't wait, will they?" -"No." | 0:29:00 | 0:29:04 | |
"And when you went to the barn?" | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
"We found the note. My sister found it." | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
-"From your mother?" -"Yes." | 0:29:10 | 0:29:12 | |
"Could you read it for us?" | 0:29:12 | 0:29:14 | |
"Just read the third paragraph, just the highlighted section there." | 0:29:14 | 0:29:19 | |
-"Don't blame Ned Hardy or any..." -"Anna." | 0:29:19 | 0:29:23 | |
-"Anna..." -"It's all right, Anna, go on." | 0:29:23 | 0:29:27 | |
-"I'm just -" -"Excuse me." | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
-"(CHATTERS)" -"What's he doing? No! This is testimony." | 0:29:29 | 0:29:34 | |
-"Excuse me, I have an objection!" -"You can be a witness here." | 0:29:34 | 0:29:38 | |
-"I am not a witness to this!" -"Anna, I love you!" | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
"And I... I'm sitting here..." | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
-"I'm listening to you and I swear -" -"He's undressing!" | 0:29:45 | 0:29:49 | |
"I love you more than anything in the world. This is my moment." | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
"This strange conference table moment." | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
-"This... This... is my offering!" -"(SHOUTING)" | 0:29:56 | 0:29:59 | |
-"I want this on the record!" -"How do you turn it off?" | 0:29:59 | 0:30:03 | |
"My clothes are my offering. This is my shame." | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
-"My credentials!" -"(SHOUTING)" | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
"And I love you and I swear to God..." | 0:30:10 | 0:30:14 | |
I guess that's it. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
(CLEARS THROAT) | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
-When do we get Don? -She said to try back in half an hour. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:33 | |
And how about the flights? What's the story at O'Hare? | 0:30:33 | 0:30:37 | |
-Closed four minutes ago. -Shit! | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
There is a foot of snow in Detroit already. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:44 | |
Todd, could I get that coffee now? | 0:30:44 | 0:30:46 | |
Who is this guy they sent from New York? Clayton. I never heard of him. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:53 | |
Michael Raymond Clayton. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
'Born September 9, 1959, Saint Joseph's Hospital, Bronx, New York. | 0:30:55 | 0:31:00 | |
'Father is NYPD patrolman, Raymond Xavier Clayton. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
'Mother, Alice Mary Clayton. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:06 | |
'Graduates Washingtonville High School, Orange County, NY in 1977. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:11 | |
'Graduates Saint John's University, 1980. Fordham Law, '82. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:16 | |
''82 through '86, he's ADA with the Queens District Attorney's office. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:21 | |
'1986, he's with the Manhattan- Queens Organised Crime Task Force.' | 0:31:21 | 0:31:26 | |
And then in 1990, he starts at Kenner, Bach & Ledeen. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
-So he's a partner? -No. He's listed as Special Counsel. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
Says he specialises in wills and trusts. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
'He goes from criminal prosecution to wills and trusts?' | 0:31:36 | 0:31:40 | |
'He's been there 17 years, he's not a partner? | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
'This is the guy they send? Who is this guy?' | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
(KNOCK ON DOOR) | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
-Hi. -Close the door. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
All right. So, nobody, none of you had any idea he was coming? | 0:32:01 | 0:32:06 | |
To Milwaukee? For a deposition? | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
We thought there was some settlement. There's been rumours. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
OK. Look, it's very simple. Arthur has a chemical imbalance. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:16 | |
He's fallen behind on his medication. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
He's back on the mend. He's going to be fine in four days. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
Now, I want to make this crystal clear. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:24 | |
What happened stays in this room. This is not a piece of information | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
that you want to be out in front of. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
Anybody has a problem with that, I need to know right now. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
All right. We're stuck here overnight. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
I'll take him home tomorrow if I can. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:40 | |
-Who's in charge of the deposition schedule? -I am. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
-Where do we stand? -It's on hold. We didn't know what to do. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:46 | |
Keep doing what you were planning. The other side can call New York. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:51 | |
-I need his briefcase. -Arthur's? I... I didn't see it. | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
He said it was in the room. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:56 | |
-It might be the stuff Jody grabbed. -Find it. | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
So, all these people, they all start having these dreams, OK? | 0:33:04 | 0:33:09 | |
You know what a vision quest is? For like Navajos and stuff? | 0:33:09 | 0:33:13 | |
'Yeah. I think so. Like a... like a special dream.' | 0:33:13 | 0:33:19 | |
Except this is like a whole bunch of people having the same dream. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:23 | |
They're dreaming that they should go to this one place. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
They don't know why or anything. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
They have this feeling that they have to go there. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
-'That they've been summoned.' -That's the chapter. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:36 | |
Seriously. That's what it's called, Summons To Conquest. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:39 | |
Yeah, but do they know? Do they know they're all having the same dream? | 0:33:39 | 0:33:45 | |
No. That's what's so cool. They all think it's just them. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:50 | |
That maybe they're going crazy so they don't want to admit it. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
But they're not crazy, are they? | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
"No. It's real. It's really happening." | 0:33:56 | 0:33:59 | |
Yeah, it is happening, isn't it? | 0:33:59 | 0:34:03 | |
It's something larger than themselves, | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
and they're not ready, are they, to hear it? | 0:34:07 | 0:34:11 | |
Yeah. But later they will. If you're going to read it, I won't spoil it. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:15 | |
(DOOR OPENS) | 0:34:15 | 0:34:16 | |
Who are you talking to? | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
'I called my dad. It's his friend.' | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
-'Who? -Mr Edens. You don't know him.' | 0:34:22 | 0:34:24 | |
-Hello? -'Henry, it's after 11:00.' | 0:34:24 | 0:34:26 | |
-'I gotta get off now.' -No. Wait, wait, er,... | 0:34:26 | 0:34:30 | |
The book. I need the book. The title. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:33 | |
The book is Realm And Conquest. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
-'Realm And Conquest.' -It's Book One with the red cover. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
-Henry, give me the phone. -I gotta go. Tell my dad I called. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:43 | |
Yeah... yeah. Thank-Thank-Thank you, Henry. Thank you. | 0:34:43 | 0:34:48 | |
Realm And Conquest. (Thank you.) | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
(TV NOISE) | 0:34:56 | 0:35:00 | |
-Karen? Hi, I'm Michael Clayton. -You're late. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:21 | |
I know. Sorry, it was more complicated than we thought. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
-Where is he? We've been here since 5:30. -He's asleep. -Wake him up. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:28 | |
Not going to happen. We got him sedated. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:30 | |
Once he gets back on his regular medication, | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
it's just a matter of time. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
-Have you seen the video? The tape? -I heard about it. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
What happened after is worse. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
This is in a parking lot. People running for their cars. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
He's there in his socks, nothing else. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
"I'm so sorry. I will not sit with this sickness any longer." | 0:35:47 | 0:35:51 | |
"I cannot aid this sickness any longer." What does this mean? | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
-I'm not sure. -You've been with him the whole evening. What's he saying? | 0:35:55 | 0:36:00 | |
-He wasn't really making much sense. -This is totally unacceptable. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:04 | |
This is a 3 billion class action lawsuit. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:06 | |
In the morning, I have to call my board. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:08 | |
I have to tell them that the architect of our defence | 0:36:08 | 0:36:12 | |
has been arrested for running naked in a snowstorm | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
-chasing the plaintiffs through a parking lot. -I understand. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
What sickness is he talking about? | 0:36:19 | 0:36:22 | |
-I don't know. It could be anything. -Give me one. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:25 | |
-Frostbite. -Do you think this is funny? | 0:36:25 | 0:36:28 | |
His wife was sick and she died last year. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:31 | |
His daughter doesn't talk to him. He's alone. All he does is your case. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:35 | |
He skipped his pills, had a bad day. That's it. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
And you're the authority on this? | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
His last episode was eight years ago. I was there. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
I helped bring him home, I watched him get better. That's it. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:48 | |
You didn't hire him for his low-key regularity. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
You hired him because he's a killer, he's brilliant and crazy enough | 0:36:50 | 0:36:54 | |
to grind away on this case for six years non-stop. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:57 | |
-We pay for his time. -I thought you wanted an explanation. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:01 | |
In the morning, I'm calling Marty Bach. But then you know that. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:05 | |
Thank you, Michael. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
Ah, he was mostly just quiet. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
I heard him moving around, I gave him a pill 15 minutes ago. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:17 | |
-He took it? -A deal's a deal, right? | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
Super job, Elston. You get to New York, you need tickets | 0:37:20 | 0:37:23 | |
-to the game or anything, let me know. -I'll do that for sure. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
-Did you see her? -Who? | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
-Anna. -No. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:52 | |
No, I didn't see her. She probably went back to the farm. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:57 | |
Well, we need her. | 0:37:57 | 0:37:59 | |
Marty, even then, and the rest of them, they won't understand. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
Well, if anybody can explain it to them, it's you, Arthur. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
No, they're lost. They have what they want. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
-Let it go, man. -This what you wanted? | 0:38:15 | 0:38:19 | |
To be a janitor? Live like this? All this? | 0:38:20 | 0:38:25 | |
Do what you do? | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
It can't be... | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
It's... It's a burden, that's what I'm trying to tell you. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:35 | |
That's... That's how it feels. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
Well, I know that... that we've been summoned. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:44 | |
Get some sleep. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 0:38:51 | 0:38:53 | |
-'Hello.' -Yes. Hi, I'm looking for Verne? | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
'You have a number?' | 0:39:07 | 0:39:09 | |
Don Jeffries gave me the number. He said I could call at any time. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
-'No. The account number.' -The code? | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
I do. I have it right here. One moment. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
Excuse me one moment. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:23 | |
It's right here. 12-BKR-6. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:26 | |
12-BKR-6. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
Am I speaking with Verne? | 0:39:30 | 0:39:32 | |
-'It's Mr Verne.' -Mr Verne. I'm sorry it's so late. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:37 | |
Don said that I could, er... | 0:39:37 | 0:39:39 | |
I'm not exactly sure how this works. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
-'Do you have e-mail at your location?' -I do. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:46 | |
-'Are you alone?' -I am. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
'OK, I'm going to upload you a little encryption package | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
'we like to use. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
-'It's pretty self-explanatory.' -OK. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:57 | |
-'Give me a minute to get to my desk. OK? Hold on.' -OK. Thank you. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:02 | |
What I was wondering is, | 0:40:25 | 0:40:27 | |
I have an option on the lease for six more years, | 0:40:27 | 0:40:30 | |
I was wondering if there's any way that I could lay that off. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:34 | |
Is the lease worth anything? | 0:40:34 | 0:40:36 | |
What? 8,900 a month. It's... The fixtures are gone, but there's... | 0:40:39 | 0:40:44 | |
But there's the bar, there's a kitchen, there's a great space. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:49 | |
But there's a... | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
Yeah, I understand. No, I understand. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
OK, yeah, I will. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:03 | |
All right. Thanks. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:05 | |
(WATER SPLASHES) > | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
Come on, Arthur! | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
Arthur! | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
Arthur, open the door. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:23 | |
(KNOCKS) Arthur, open the door! | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
Arthur, open the goddamn door! | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
Arthur! Open the fucking door! | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
Arthur! | 0:41:44 | 0:41:45 | |
Goddamn it, Arthur! Open the fucking... | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
Arthur! | 0:41:59 | 0:42:01 | |
-Mr Verne, hey! -Hey, Danny. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
-I was just pulling the other bags. -Well, you can put 'em back. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:17 | |
-There's been a change of plan, sorry. -You ready? -Yep. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
Oh, for Christ's sake. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
-Don Jeffries signed this? That's really his signature? -Mm-hmm. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:31 | |
Where's the original? | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
We had a warehouse fire five years ago. We lost a number of documents. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:38 | |
(TAPS PEN ANXIOUSLY) | 0:42:40 | 0:42:42 | |
What the hell is this doing in Arthur's bag? | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
Well, I don't know, Marty. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:49 | |
That's something I was hoping you might be able to tell me. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:53 | |
What are we looking for? | 0:42:57 | 0:42:59 | |
If it says U/North, pull it aside. Anything that says U/North. | 0:42:59 | 0:43:03 | |
What a mess this is. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
I want all this, everything here, packed up and sent up to the house. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:16 | |
Any luck, Michael? | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 | |
He booked a limo from Newark Airport at 3:00, | 0:43:19 | 0:43:22 | |
got out at West 4th Street, tipped the driver 100 and walked away. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:26 | |
-Try his apartment? -He moved. -I know. -It's a loft. No doorman. | 0:43:26 | 0:43:29 | |
Nobody answered. I called, I got the machine. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:33 | |
-So he could be anywhere. -Arthur downtown is not a good idea. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:36 | |
-Where's his daughter? -I dunno. Spain, India. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:39 | |
Mars! She's crazier than he'll ever be. | 0:43:39 | 0:43:42 | |
Barry's taking over on U/North. We got a lot of grovelling to do. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:46 | |
-You didn't charm Karen Crowder. -I was punting. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:50 | |
You gotta saddle up and get things under control. | 0:43:50 | 0:43:52 | |
-Saddle up? -He needs to be under a doctor's care and be admitted. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:57 | |
-Uh-huh(?) Where? -Does that really matter? | 0:43:57 | 0:44:01 | |
U/North needs to know he's under control. They need to be reassured. | 0:44:01 | 0:44:05 | |
-It's not that easy. -Why the hell not? | 0:44:05 | 0:44:08 | |
Because the laws in New York are tough on involuntary commitment. | 0:44:08 | 0:44:12 | |
-Did you see this tape? -I'm not arguing, I'm telling you how it is. | 0:44:12 | 0:44:16 | |
You know what? We got 600 lawyers in this place. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:19 | |
Find who knows the most about psychiatric commitment statutes. | 0:44:19 | 0:44:23 | |
I can tell you that right now. It's Arthur. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:25 | |
(CHATTERING) | 0:44:25 | 0:44:29 | |
'I'm at the door, good to go.' | 0:44:36 | 0:44:38 | |
Yeah, roger that. Let's keep a radio check every five, OK? | 0:44:38 | 0:44:43 | |
Every five minutes, copy that. | 0:44:43 | 0:44:45 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 0:45:11 | 0:45:13 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 0:45:16 | 0:45:19 | |
'You've reached Arthur's machine. | 0:45:19 | 0:45:22 | |
'If you wish to leave a message, please do so after the tone.' | 0:45:22 | 0:45:26 | |
'Arthur, pick up the phone. | 0:45:26 | 0:45:29 | |
'Arthur, pick up the phone and talk to me. | 0:45:29 | 0:45:33 | |
'No? Not going to do it, huh?' | 0:45:33 | 0:45:37 | |
What happened yesterday morning, forget it. It doesn't matter. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:41 | |
Someday you and I are going to laugh about it. But you gotta call me back. | 0:45:41 | 0:45:45 | |
You gotta call me back soon, Arthur. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
'I'll tell you what... you said it yourself, | 0:45:48 | 0:45:51 | |
'part of this is definitely madness, and there's a chemical part to this. | 0:45:51 | 0:45:55 | |
'But if you're willing to start with that, | 0:45:55 | 0:45:57 | |
'I'm willing to meet you halfway and say that,' | 0:45:57 | 0:46:01 | |
yes, this situation, this case sucks, U/North sucks. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:04 | |
We can start with that. You hear me? You're right about what we are. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:08 | |
'I'm saying that you're crazy and your behaviour is out of control.' | 0:46:08 | 0:46:12 | |
But I'm telling you, you're right. You called it. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:15 | |
We're janitors, I get it. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:18 | |
But we came to this, Arthur. | 0:46:19 | 0:46:21 | |
'We made decisions. This didn't happen over night.' | 0:46:21 | 0:46:25 | |
You can't stop and say, "That's it, game over. I'm into miracles." | 0:46:25 | 0:46:29 | |
'Arthur. Come on.' | 0:46:29 | 0:46:32 | |
Goddamn it, pick up the phone, because whatever else is important, | 0:46:32 | 0:46:37 | |
let me help you with this because I'm telling you straight up, | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
janitor to janitor, I don't see anybody with a broom on the horizon. | 0:46:40 | 0:46:45 | |
It's me, buddy. I'm the... (PHONE BEEPS) | 0:46:45 | 0:46:47 | |
'Mailbox is full. Your message cannot be recorded.' | 0:46:47 | 0:46:51 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 0:47:38 | 0:47:42 | |
-Hello? -'Hello is, er, Anna there?' -Hang on. | 0:47:49 | 0:47:54 | |
'Anna!' | 0:47:56 | 0:47:58 | |
'Where is she? Anna! | 0:48:00 | 0:48:02 | |
'Anna! | 0:48:02 | 0:48:06 | |
'Anna, you've got a phone call!' | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
'Where is she? Anna!' | 0:48:11 | 0:48:14 | |
(BABY CRIES) | 0:48:18 | 0:48:22 | |
-Hello? -Anna, hi. It's Arthur. | 0:48:25 | 0:48:28 | |
-'Hey.' -Did you get some sleep? | 0:48:28 | 0:48:31 | |
-'I guess.' -Did you think about what we said? | 0:48:31 | 0:48:34 | |
-Yeah. -'You didn't tell anybody, did you?' | 0:48:34 | 0:48:38 | |
No. My sister's spying on me, but that's normal. | 0:48:38 | 0:48:42 | |
Yeah. Because I meant what I said. | 0:48:42 | 0:48:45 | |
'I know. I know. It's just...' | 0:48:45 | 0:48:47 | |
..there's, like, 450 people in this lawsuit. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:52 | |
Why are you choosing me? | 0:48:53 | 0:48:56 | |
I don't know. I'm crazy, right? | 0:48:56 | 0:48:58 | |
-'That's for sure. (LAUGHS)' -I mean, does it really matter? | 0:48:58 | 0:49:02 | |
'Isn't it what we wait for? To meet someone?' | 0:49:02 | 0:49:06 | |
They're like a lens and suddenly you're looking through them | 0:49:06 | 0:49:10 | |
and everything changes and nothing can ever be the same again. | 0:49:10 | 0:49:13 | |
-Who are you talking to? -It's for me, OK? I get calls, too. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:18 | |
-That guy? -(BABY SCREAMS) | 0:49:18 | 0:49:22 | |
-Same guy. The same guy. -Sorry. | 0:49:22 | 0:49:25 | |
Oh, no. That's... That's OK. My mother used to listen to my calls. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:30 | |
-'She can't believe I can do anything on my own.' -Well, that will change. | 0:49:30 | 0:49:34 | |
'I guess. | 0:49:34 | 0:49:37 | |
'That's something we can show her. That you can do something. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:42 | |
'That we could do that together if you want. | 0:49:42 | 0:49:45 | |
'I mean that I can help you do that.' | 0:49:45 | 0:49:48 | |
I can get you 12 by Monday. | 0:49:48 | 0:49:51 | |
-12's weak. 12 looks bad. -How d'you figure that? | 0:49:51 | 0:49:55 | |
They look at 75 and you, and wonder what the problem is. | 0:49:55 | 0:49:58 | |
You say 12, that makes people nervous. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:01 | |
This was the day before yesterday. Give me some time. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:04 | |
-What's the car worth? -It's a lease. It's the firm's. | 0:50:04 | 0:50:08 | |
So? You go to the bank, you got the apartment, you refinance. | 0:50:08 | 0:50:12 | |
-I can't. I did that three months ago. -Are you back at the tables? | 0:50:12 | 0:50:16 | |
Like I need that kind of action, I don't have enough going on. | 0:50:16 | 0:50:20 | |
I hope you're kidding. | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
If he finds out you're playing cards with his money, | 0:50:24 | 0:50:28 | |
there's no dialogue after that. Do everyone a favour. | 0:50:28 | 0:50:32 | |
Get out the treasure map... and start digging. | 0:50:32 | 0:50:36 | |
You got a week. | 0:50:36 | 0:50:39 | |
-Hi, Michael. -Hi, Cindy. | 0:50:40 | 0:50:42 | |
He's been on the phone all morning. | 0:50:42 | 0:50:44 | |
I'm trying to get him out of here in 15 minutes. | 0:50:44 | 0:50:47 | |
-Is he upstairs? -He's upstairs... | 0:50:47 | 0:50:50 | |
What are you guys doing?! | 0:50:50 | 0:50:52 | |
Soroyo, keep an eye on these kids, make sure they're downstairs. | 0:50:52 | 0:50:57 | |
Crap. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:08 | |
-(SIGHS) -Marty? | 0:51:09 | 0:51:12 | |
You know what he's doing? He's backing their case. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:18 | |
-I'm going through his files. He's building a case -against -U/North. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:23 | |
-They won't let him. -Let him? Who's going to stop him? | 0:51:23 | 0:51:26 | |
Know what I just heard? He's calling these plaintiffs. | 0:51:26 | 0:51:30 | |
This woman from the deposition, he's calling these people. | 0:51:30 | 0:51:33 | |
He's got these discovery documents. It's a fucking nightmare. | 0:51:33 | 0:51:37 | |
I've been trying him all morning. His machine's jammed up. | 0:51:37 | 0:51:40 | |
-Is that his briefcase? -Yeah. Why? | 0:51:40 | 0:51:43 | |
We've been looking for it, that's why. | 0:51:43 | 0:51:45 | |
It came up here with all the other stuff from his office. | 0:51:45 | 0:51:49 | |
You can't believe the crap he's got in here. | 0:51:49 | 0:51:52 | |
Listen, Marty... | 0:51:52 | 0:51:54 | |
..I'm in a bind here. | 0:51:56 | 0:51:58 | |
I need a loan. I need 80 grand. | 0:51:59 | 0:52:02 | |
I thought you were done with all that. | 0:52:02 | 0:52:05 | |
It's not the cards. It's the restaurant. | 0:52:05 | 0:52:08 | |
-80,000? -I'm sorry to jump you like this. | 0:52:08 | 0:52:11 | |
I've been trying to meet you alone for the last two weeks. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:15 | |
-(SIGHS) -And I know about the merger. -Oh? Nothing's final on the merger. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:21 | |
That's why I'm asking you now. You're my meal ticket. | 0:52:21 | 0:52:24 | |
Soon it'll be me and Barry with a roomful of strangers | 0:52:24 | 0:52:27 | |
-with me explaining what I do. -Everyone knows how valuable you are. | 0:52:27 | 0:52:31 | |
I'm 45 and I'm broke. I've been riding shotgun for 12 years, | 0:52:31 | 0:52:35 | |
I got no equity. I don't feel reassured. | 0:52:35 | 0:52:38 | |
-Nobody said get a bar business. -I opened it so I'd have a way out. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:42 | |
-I had no idea you were so unhappy. -How many times did I ask you | 0:52:42 | 0:52:46 | |
-to put me back on a litigation team? -Anybody can go to court. Why that? | 0:52:46 | 0:52:50 | |
-I was good at it! -So are a lot of people. | 0:52:50 | 0:52:53 | |
At this, what you do, you're great. | 0:52:53 | 0:52:57 | |
For Christ's sakes, you got something everybody wants. | 0:52:57 | 0:53:00 | |
You have a niche. You made a place. You made a niche for yourself. | 0:53:00 | 0:53:04 | |
If it's nostalgia, "You should've seen me as a DA in Queens", | 0:53:04 | 0:53:08 | |
let me give you a serious piece of advice... leave it there! | 0:53:08 | 0:53:11 | |
God forbid you're not as good as you remember, cos I've seen that happen. | 0:53:11 | 0:53:16 | |
But I didn't come here for advice, did I? | 0:53:16 | 0:53:19 | |
So I give you the loan or you don't help out with Arthur? | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
-I never said that! -No? Maybe you should have. | 0:53:22 | 0:53:25 | |
I don't know how you're going to take care of this, | 0:53:25 | 0:53:29 | |
-but -this -is cancer. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:31 | |
If we don't get it cleaned up soon, everything's vulnerable. Everything! | 0:53:31 | 0:53:35 | |
-What are you telling me? -That I'm counting on you. | 0:53:36 | 0:53:39 | |
I'm telling you that this time next week, Arthur will be under control | 0:53:39 | 0:53:44 | |
and everybody will have been reminded of your infinite value. | 0:53:44 | 0:53:47 | |
-Jesus, Marty! -Hey... | 0:53:47 | 0:53:50 | |
When did you get so fucking delicate? I'm late. | 0:53:50 | 0:53:55 | |
(INTERCOM BUZZES) | 0:54:03 | 0:54:06 | |
Why don't you call Uncle Gene and get the cops to help you? | 0:54:33 | 0:54:36 | |
It's not that kind of a problem. | 0:54:36 | 0:54:38 | |
-How long do we do this? -I don't know. | 0:54:39 | 0:54:42 | |
If he comes back to get his car, call that number and let me know. | 0:54:53 | 0:54:57 | |
-Thank you. I appreciate it. -OK. You're welcome. | 0:54:57 | 0:55:00 | |
If we're not going to the movie, why don't you just say so? | 0:55:06 | 0:55:10 | |
-What? -I want to go home. | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
Come on, Henry. | 0:55:13 | 0:55:15 | |
Hold up! | 0:55:18 | 0:55:19 | |
Stay in the car. Lock the door. | 0:55:22 | 0:55:24 | |
-Arthur! Arthur! -Oh! -Wait up! | 0:55:25 | 0:55:29 | |
Michael. Jeez, you scared me. | 0:55:30 | 0:55:33 | |
-Making a delivery? -No, no, no. | 0:55:35 | 0:55:38 | |
That'd be very funny. No, nothing like that. | 0:55:38 | 0:55:41 | |
Take one, please. It's still warm. It's the best bread I ever tasted. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:46 | |
So welcome home. | 0:55:50 | 0:55:52 | |
Oh, I know, the, erm, the hotel. I'm sorry. | 0:55:52 | 0:55:56 | |
I was beginning to feel overwhelmed. | 0:55:56 | 0:55:58 | |
-You're feeling better now? -Oh, yes, much better. | 0:55:58 | 0:56:01 | |
-Just not enough to call me back. -Well, I... I was, erm... | 0:56:01 | 0:56:05 | |
gathering my thoughts before I called you. That's what I was doing. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:10 | |
-And how's that going? -Yes, it's good, very good. I just... | 0:56:10 | 0:56:14 | |
Well, I just need to make my thoughts a little bit more precise. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:18 | |
That's... That's my goal. | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
As good as this feels, you know where it goes. | 0:56:21 | 0:56:25 | |
You're wrong. What makes this good is that I don't know where it goes. | 0:56:25 | 0:56:29 | |
How do I talk to you, Arthur? So you hear me? | 0:56:29 | 0:56:33 | |
Like a child? Like a nut? Like everything's fine? | 0:56:33 | 0:56:37 | |
What's the secret? Because I need you to hear me. | 0:56:37 | 0:56:41 | |
-Well, I-I-I hear everything. -Then hear this. | 0:56:41 | 0:56:44 | |
You need help. Before this goes too far, you need help. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:48 | |
You got great cards. Keep your clothes on, you can do what you want. | 0:56:48 | 0:56:52 | |
You want out, you're out. You want to bake bread, go with God. | 0:56:52 | 0:56:56 | |
There's only one wrong answer | 0:56:56 | 0:56:58 | |
and you've got your arms wrapped around it. | 0:56:58 | 0:57:01 | |
-I-I-I said I was sorry. -The hotel was overwhelming? | 0:57:01 | 0:57:04 | |
You'd better stop pissing on this case. | 0:57:04 | 0:57:07 | |
-I don't know what you're talking about. -I'm covering for you! | 0:57:07 | 0:57:10 | |
Telling them everything's fine, everybody's cool. | 0:57:10 | 0:57:14 | |
I'm running this story to anybody who'll listen, | 0:57:14 | 0:57:17 | |
and then you're calling this girl from Wisconsin, | 0:57:17 | 0:57:20 | |
messing with documents and God knows what else. | 0:57:20 | 0:57:23 | |
-How can you know that? -They'll take everything from you. | 0:57:23 | 0:57:26 | |
-They'll pull your license. -How do you know I called her?! | 0:57:26 | 0:57:29 | |
-Marty told me. -How does he know? -I don't know! I don't give a shit! | 0:57:29 | 0:57:35 | |
-You're tapping my phone. -Oh, Jesus! -Then tell me how Marty knows! | 0:57:39 | 0:57:43 | |
You're chasing a girl in a parking lot with your dick hanging out. | 0:57:43 | 0:57:47 | |
She got off the phone with you and called her attorney. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:51 | |
-She wouldn't do that! -Really? | 0:57:51 | 0:57:52 | |
You think that your judgment is state of the art right now? | 0:57:52 | 0:57:56 | |
They're putting everything on the table. | 0:57:56 | 0:57:59 | |
You need to think this through. I'll help you think this through. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:03 | |
-I'll -find -somebody to help you think this through. Don't do this. | 0:58:03 | 0:58:07 | |
You're making it easy for them. | 0:58:07 | 0:58:09 | |
Michael, I have great affection for you. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:14 | |
You lead an interesting life, but you're a bagman, not an attorney. | 0:58:14 | 0:58:18 | |
If you wanted to have me committed, you should've kept me in Wisconsin | 0:58:18 | 0:58:22 | |
where the arrest report, and eyewitness accounts of my behaviour | 0:58:22 | 0:58:26 | |
would've had jurisdictional relevance. | 0:58:26 | 0:58:29 | |
I have no criminal record in New York. | 0:58:29 | 0:58:32 | |
And the determining criterion for involuntary incarceration is danger. | 0:58:32 | 0:58:37 | |
Is the defendant a danger to himself or others? | 0:58:37 | 0:58:40 | |
You think you got the horses for that? | 0:58:40 | 0:58:43 | |
Well, good luck and God bless. But I tell you this... | 0:58:43 | 0:58:46 | |
The last place you want to see me is in court. | 0:58:47 | 0:58:51 | |
-I'm not the enemy. -Then who are you? | 0:58:51 | 0:58:56 | |
(EASY LISTENING MUSIC) 'We find the seed.' | 0:59:06 | 0:59:10 | |
'We shape the soil.' | 0:59:14 | 0:59:16 | |
'We speed the harvest.' | 0:59:19 | 0:59:21 | |
'We feed the planet...' | 0:59:23 | 0:59:25 | |
(TAPE REWINDS) | 0:59:26 | 0:59:30 | |
(VIDEO RESTARTS) | 0:59:30 | 0:59:34 | |
(EASY LISTENING MUSIC) 'We find the seed.' | 0:59:34 | 0:59:38 | |
'We shape the soil.' | 0:59:41 | 0:59:43 | |
'We speed the harvest.' | 0:59:46 | 0:59:49 | |
'We feed the planet.' | 0:59:50 | 0:59:52 | |
(MUSIC RESTARTS) | 0:59:55 | 0:59:58 | |
(MUSIC RESTARTS) | 1:00:03 | 1:00:05 | |
What the hell is he doing? | 1:00:08 | 1:00:12 | |
(MUSIC BLARES) | 1:00:21 | 1:00:25 | |
(RINGING TONE) | 1:00:27 | 1:00:30 | |
'You've reached the office voicemail of Arthur Edens. | 1:00:30 | 1:00:34 | |
'Leave your message after the tone.' | 1:00:34 | 1:00:36 | |
Yes! Here we are, all together. Is everyone listening? | 1:00:36 | 1:00:42 | |
This is the moment you've been waiting for. | 1:00:42 | 1:00:46 | |
So let's have a big, paranoid, malignant round of applause | 1:00:46 | 1:00:49 | |
for United Northfield Culcitate Internal Research Memorandum 229, | 1:00:49 | 1:00:55 | |
June 19th, 1991. | 1:00:55 | 1:00:58 | |
"Conclusion. The unanticipated market growth for Culcitate | 1:00:58 | 1:01:02 | |
"by small farms in colder climates | 1:01:02 | 1:01:04 | |
"demands immediate cost-benefit analysis." | 1:01:04 | 1:01:08 | |
Would you guys like a little bit of legal advice? | 1:01:08 | 1:01:11 | |
Never let a scientist use the words "unanticipated" | 1:01:11 | 1:01:14 | |
-and "immediate" in the same sentence, OK? OK. -(MUSIC BLARES) | 1:01:14 | 1:01:20 | |
"In-house field studies indicated that small short-season farms | 1:01:20 | 1:01:24 | |
"dependent on well water for human consumption | 1:01:24 | 1:01:27 | |
"are at risk for toxic particulate concentrations at levels | 1:01:27 | 1:01:31 | |
"significant enough to cause serious human tissue damage." | 1:01:31 | 1:01:35 | |
This is a long way of saying that you don't have to leave your house | 1:01:35 | 1:01:39 | |
to be killed by our product, we'll pipe it into your kitchen sink. | 1:01:39 | 1:01:42 | |
-"Culcitate's market advantage..." -Gimme the phone | 1:01:42 | 1:01:46 | |
"..tasteless, colourless and does not precipitate, | 1:01:46 | 1:01:49 | |
"has the potential to intensify these potentially lethal exposures." | 1:01:49 | 1:01:54 | |
Now, I love this. | 1:01:54 | 1:01:56 | |
Not only is this a great product, it is a superb cancer delivery system. | 1:01:56 | 1:02:02 | |
"Chemical modifications of Culcitate, | 1:02:02 | 1:02:04 | |
"the addition of a detector molecule such as an odorant or colorant, | 1:02:04 | 1:02:08 | |
"would require a top-down redesign of the manufacturing process. | 1:02:08 | 1:02:13 | |
"These costs, assumed significant, were not summarised here." | 1:02:13 | 1:02:18 | |
Which, loosely translated, means, "It'll cost a fortune | 1:02:18 | 1:02:22 | |
"to go back on this and I'm just an asshole in a lab, | 1:02:22 | 1:02:25 | |
"so could someone else please make the decision?" | 1:02:25 | 1:02:28 | |
"Clearly, the release of these internal research documents | 1:02:28 | 1:02:31 | |
"would compromise the marketing of Culcitate | 1:02:31 | 1:02:34 | |
"and must be kept within the protective confines | 1:02:34 | 1:02:37 | |
"of United Northfield's trade secret language." | 1:02:37 | 1:02:41 | |
'You don't need me | 1:02:42 | 1:02:45 | |
'to tell you what that means. Goodbye.' | 1:02:45 | 1:02:48 | |
-It seemed to warrant my coming... -Yes. | 1:02:51 | 1:02:54 | |
You... You have to contain this. | 1:02:55 | 1:02:57 | |
-Contain? -Right. | 1:02:57 | 1:03:01 | |
Well, that's my question. What are the...? | 1:03:01 | 1:03:06 | |
What's the option that we're looking at? Along those lines. | 1:03:06 | 1:03:10 | |
You're talking about the paper, the data...? | 1:03:10 | 1:03:13 | |
Well, I'm wondering if there is some other option. | 1:03:14 | 1:03:18 | |
-I mean, something I'm not thinking of? -We deal in absolutes. | 1:03:18 | 1:03:23 | |
OK. I understand that. I do. | 1:03:23 | 1:03:26 | |
The material, the papers... I'm not a lawyer, we try, we do what we can. | 1:03:26 | 1:03:31 | |
Well, the other way? | 1:03:31 | 1:03:34 | |
Is the other way. | 1:03:35 | 1:03:37 | |
-You should bring Don in on this. -This is nothing to do with Don. | 1:03:41 | 1:03:44 | |
He's busy. This is nothing to do with Don. | 1:03:44 | 1:03:47 | |
D'you think it's doable? | 1:03:53 | 1:03:55 | |
Yeah. We have some good ideas. You say move, we move. | 1:03:56 | 1:04:00 | |
-If the ideas don't look good, we back off, reassess... -OK. | 1:04:00 | 1:04:04 | |
Is that, "OK, you understand," or "OK, proceed"? | 1:04:08 | 1:04:12 | |
-(APPLAUSE) -Are you one? Are you two? Are you three? | 1:04:15 | 1:04:18 | |
Are you four? Are you five? Are you six? | 1:04:18 | 1:04:21 | |
Are you seven? Are you eight? Are you nine? | 1:04:21 | 1:04:23 | |
Come on. Come on, I said! | 1:04:23 | 1:04:26 | |
-Hey, come on. -Go on, Dad, make a wish. | 1:04:26 | 1:04:30 | |
-If I get what I wish for, it'll kill me. -(ALL LAUGH) | 1:04:30 | 1:04:33 | |
You're a maniac. Unbelievable! | 1:04:33 | 1:04:35 | |
-Gimme a hand, Eddie. -(ALL CLAP AND CHEER) | 1:04:35 | 1:04:39 | |
-Now, I did not make this myself so no complaints... -Happy birthday. | 1:04:42 | 1:04:47 | |
-D'you have time for cake? -Er,... yeah, yeah. I'll take one to go. | 1:04:47 | 1:04:51 | |
-You going in? -Mmm. I'm late already. | 1:04:51 | 1:04:55 | |
-Shit. -You're not both running out? -I got a situation. | 1:04:55 | 1:04:59 | |
-You can't hang? -You're going in. -Yeah? I got a shift. -So do I. | 1:04:59 | 1:05:03 | |
Oh, come on. You haven't been up here in months. | 1:05:03 | 1:05:07 | |
-If you go back now, Mickey, Henry's staying here. -Good. | 1:05:07 | 1:05:10 | |
-You can drive him home. -Just stay for an hour. | 1:05:10 | 1:05:13 | |
The girls did all this stuff. He'll be asleep by then. | 1:05:13 | 1:05:18 | |
Timmy's been calling me. | 1:05:22 | 1:05:24 | |
-He's afraid to talk to you. -He should be. | 1:05:27 | 1:05:30 | |
-It closed out bad, right? -Is that what he told you? | 1:05:30 | 1:05:33 | |
The kids are freaking out. His in-laws are freaking out. | 1:05:33 | 1:05:37 | |
Pammy can't stop crying long enough to start freaking out. | 1:05:37 | 1:05:41 | |
-Hey, she took him back. -So what? Fuck her and the kids? | 1:05:41 | 1:05:44 | |
No, fuck Timmy. And nothing's closed, OK? | 1:05:44 | 1:05:47 | |
I sold everything, we're short. Don't talk to me about Pammy and kids. | 1:05:47 | 1:05:51 | |
I've got my hands full. If it was you, he'd be in traction. | 1:05:51 | 1:05:55 | |
Yeah, he's sick, all right? | 1:05:56 | 1:05:59 | |
-He's sick. It's a sickness. -There's a fresh perspective. | 1:06:00 | 1:06:03 | |
Lots of people falling off the wagon lately. It's going around. | 1:06:03 | 1:06:08 | |
Is that pointed at me? | 1:06:08 | 1:06:10 | |
When do I see you? How do I know what you're up to? | 1:06:12 | 1:06:15 | |
I haven't bet in over a year. | 1:06:15 | 1:06:17 | |
-I haven't been in a card room in ten months. -OK. | 1:06:17 | 1:06:20 | |
I gambled on the bar. I bet on Timmy, he wiped me out. | 1:06:20 | 1:06:23 | |
That was my big play. | 1:06:23 | 1:06:25 | |
I put up my walk-away money, it's gone and I'm scrambling. | 1:06:25 | 1:06:28 | |
OK. OK. | 1:06:28 | 1:06:31 | |
Cool down. I hear you. | 1:06:31 | 1:06:34 | |
I'd be pissed off, too. | 1:06:37 | 1:06:40 | |
(SIGHS) Just hang for an hour. | 1:06:45 | 1:06:48 | |
-OK? -Yeah. | 1:06:49 | 1:06:51 | |
Ready? And lift. | 1:07:23 | 1:07:26 | |
Ready and go. | 1:07:26 | 1:07:28 | |
(PILLS RATTLE) | 1:07:48 | 1:07:51 | |
Wipe. | 1:07:51 | 1:07:52 | |
You better hit it. | 1:08:01 | 1:08:03 | |
We're good. | 1:08:34 | 1:08:37 | |
(WATER RUNS) | 1:08:42 | 1:08:45 | |
(PILLS CLATTER) | 1:08:51 | 1:08:53 | |
"(MATCH COMMENTARY)" | 1:09:05 | 1:09:10 | |
I found it. That's his number. Dr Mullien. See if you have any luck. | 1:09:10 | 1:09:15 | |
-If I get a chance. -It's Medicaid. They're running us in circles. | 1:09:15 | 1:09:18 | |
-I can pull the file... -Let him go. He's got a date. | 1:09:18 | 1:09:21 | |
With a maniac attorney. | 1:09:21 | 1:09:24 | |
-Take a night off, Mickey. -You look tired. | 1:09:24 | 1:09:27 | |
-I'm OK. See you soon. -Be good. | 1:09:27 | 1:09:29 | |
-All right. Bye. -Bye, Hen. | 1:09:29 | 1:09:31 | |
-Bye, Pop. -Bye. | 1:09:31 | 1:09:33 | |
(UNLOCKS CAR) | 1:09:40 | 1:09:41 | |
-Uncle Timmy, hey! -How you doing, Henry? -Henry, get in the car. | 1:09:42 | 1:09:46 | |
Good to see you, Hen. | 1:09:49 | 1:09:51 | |
-What do you want? -I've been sober eight days now. | 1:09:51 | 1:09:55 | |
Been back at the meetings. I wanted you to know. | 1:09:55 | 1:09:59 | |
-In front of the kid? -Mickey, please. I know how bad I did, I swear. | 1:09:59 | 1:10:04 | |
I don't know how to make it right again. It's all I think about. | 1:10:05 | 1:10:08 | |
-What do I do? I don't know what to do. -Get Stephanie her tyres back. | 1:10:08 | 1:10:14 | |
-Is he crying? -I don't know. | 1:10:20 | 1:10:22 | |
-Because of drugs, right? -That and everything else. | 1:10:22 | 1:10:26 | |
What? | 1:10:57 | 1:10:58 | |
Your uncle Timmy, | 1:11:00 | 1:11:02 | |
and I mean this, on his best day, was never as tough as you. | 1:11:02 | 1:11:07 | |
I'm not talking about crying or the drugs or anything. | 1:11:08 | 1:11:11 | |
I'm talking about in his heart. You understand me? | 1:11:11 | 1:11:15 | |
All his charming bullshit, this Big Tim, Uncle, Boss bullshit... | 1:11:15 | 1:11:19 | |
I know you love him and I know why. | 1:11:19 | 1:11:22 | |
But when you see him like that, don't worry. | 1:11:22 | 1:11:25 | |
That's not how it will be for you, you won't be like these people | 1:11:25 | 1:11:29 | |
who go through life wondering why shit keeps falling out of the sky | 1:11:29 | 1:11:33 | |
around 'em. I know that. I know it. OK? | 1:11:33 | 1:11:37 | |
I see it every time I look at you. I see it right now. | 1:11:40 | 1:11:44 | |
I don't know where you got it from, but you got it. | 1:11:47 | 1:11:50 | |
OK? | 1:11:51 | 1:11:53 | |
(PHONE RINGS) Hold on. | 1:11:56 | 1:11:59 | |
Hello? | 1:12:05 | 1:12:07 | |
The neighbours came by. They're renovating the loft downstairs. | 1:12:15 | 1:12:20 | |
They had water flooding from his bathroom down to their place. | 1:12:20 | 1:12:24 | |
His front door, fire escape, he had everything locked up pretty good. | 1:12:24 | 1:12:30 | |
It took our guys ten minutes. They had to knock the thing down. | 1:12:30 | 1:12:34 | |
There's pills all over the place. | 1:12:35 | 1:12:37 | |
Just the scene alone is pretty definitive for suicide. | 1:12:38 | 1:12:43 | |
I spoke to some of your partners | 1:12:44 | 1:12:46 | |
who ran down these problems he'd been having lately, so... | 1:12:46 | 1:12:50 | |
-Is there a note? -No. They looked. | 1:12:52 | 1:12:55 | |
It could be an accident | 1:12:55 | 1:12:57 | |
or he was going to write a note and just messed up. | 1:12:57 | 1:13:00 | |
-Can I get in there? -His place? Not now. It's sealed. | 1:13:00 | 1:13:05 | |
Once the seal goes up, it's frozen. | 1:13:05 | 1:13:08 | |
We're going to try and reach his daughter. | 1:13:08 | 1:13:10 | |
I guess she's off in Europe, but she's got to come in. | 1:13:10 | 1:13:13 | |
The ME's got to come back with a toxicology report. | 1:13:13 | 1:13:17 | |
That's a couple of weeks at least that it's got to stay like that. | 1:13:17 | 1:13:21 | |
Sorry. | 1:13:21 | 1:13:23 | |
Sure. | 1:13:24 | 1:13:26 | |
OK. | 1:13:31 | 1:13:33 | |
I know your brother a little. My wife works the 190 out in Queens. | 1:13:36 | 1:13:41 | |
-I'll tell him hello. -If something comes in, I'll get back to you. | 1:13:42 | 1:13:46 | |
-Yeah. I appreciate it. -I'm sorry for your loss. | 1:13:46 | 1:13:50 | |
(LOW MURMUR OF CHATTER) | 1:14:05 | 1:14:08 | |
-Ah, Michael. -Jeff. | 1:14:08 | 1:14:10 | |
-This is tough. -Yeah... He in here? | 1:14:10 | 1:14:13 | |
Dumb son of a bitch. What a thing. | 1:14:24 | 1:14:28 | |
-Hold on... -I didn't even know. | 1:14:28 | 1:14:31 | |
-I'm so sorry. -Yeah. All right. | 1:14:31 | 1:14:32 | |
I didn't even get a chance to talk to him. | 1:14:32 | 1:14:36 | |
That crazy goddamn bastard. | 1:14:36 | 1:14:39 | |
What a waste. What the hell was he thinking? | 1:14:39 | 1:14:42 | |
-Marty? I got to set this up. -Go. | 1:14:43 | 1:14:47 | |
-You OK? -Yeah, I'm fine. | 1:14:47 | 1:14:51 | |
Come on, let's get you a drink. | 1:14:52 | 1:14:54 | |
I just keep replaying all this back. Like, did I push him too hard? | 1:14:56 | 1:15:01 | |
-Not a chance. -I couldn't get through to him... | 1:15:01 | 1:15:04 | |
You scared him to death? Come on. The man was a bull. | 1:15:04 | 1:15:07 | |
-Never happened. -Why does he fold, then? Why...? | 1:15:07 | 1:15:11 | |
Why did...? (SIGHS) | 1:15:11 | 1:15:13 | |
It's got to be an accident. Arthur without a note? | 1:15:13 | 1:15:16 | |
He couldn't piss without leaving a memo. It was an accident. | 1:15:16 | 1:15:20 | |
I don't understand that either. | 1:15:20 | 1:15:22 | |
One minute he's going to take on the world, | 1:15:22 | 1:15:24 | |
and 12 hours later he's sucking down pills. Why? | 1:15:24 | 1:15:27 | |
Why? (LAUGHS) Because people are fucking incomprehensible. Why? | 1:15:27 | 1:15:33 | |
30 years I know Arthur. | 1:15:37 | 1:15:40 | |
Good years. | 1:15:40 | 1:15:42 | |
And what I feel right now, if I'm honest? | 1:15:44 | 1:15:47 | |
I can't even say, it's so awful. | 1:15:50 | 1:15:53 | |
You can say it. | 1:15:53 | 1:15:56 | |
We caught a lucky break. | 1:15:58 | 1:16:00 | |
We did, didn't we? | 1:16:03 | 1:16:06 | |
Marty? We need to get up to the office. | 1:16:10 | 1:16:13 | |
-They accepted? -In principle. | 1:16:13 | 1:16:15 | |
Don Jeffries wants us on the phone in half an hour. | 1:16:15 | 1:16:18 | |
-I explained about Arthur, but at this point - -U/North is settling? | 1:16:18 | 1:16:23 | |
They see a window. They want to try. What are we going to do? | 1:16:23 | 1:16:26 | |
You did what you could, Michael. We all did. | 1:16:28 | 1:16:31 | |
It's... It's what we got. | 1:16:33 | 1:16:35 | |
-You need a ride? -No. Thanks, I'm fine. | 1:16:36 | 1:16:39 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 1:16:55 | 1:16:59 | |
-Hello. -Hi. I'm looking for Anna Kysersun. | 1:17:11 | 1:17:14 | |
-'Who is this?' -Michael Clayton. | 1:17:14 | 1:17:17 | |
I'm an attorney. I got your number from Arthur - | 1:17:17 | 1:17:19 | |
-'You have got some nerve.' -Excuse me? | 1:17:19 | 1:17:22 | |
You get her out to New York City and then leave her at the airport? | 1:17:22 | 1:17:26 | |
'This is not a complicated person. She's never been farther from home | 1:17:26 | 1:17:30 | |
-'than Milwaukee.' -Now, wait - -'No, you wait.' | 1:17:30 | 1:17:33 | |
She's coming home tomorrow. If you call again, I'm warning you... | 1:17:33 | 1:17:37 | |
-Wait, she's in New York right now? -'This is a young girl, d'you hear?' | 1:17:37 | 1:17:42 | |
-She's in the city right now? -'What kind of people are you?' | 1:17:42 | 1:17:45 | |
'All right, listen. You just stay on the phone one second.' | 1:17:45 | 1:17:49 | |
(KNOCK ON DOOR) 'Anna?' | 1:18:20 | 1:18:22 | |
Anna? | 1:18:23 | 1:18:25 | |
My name's Michael Clayton. I'm a friend of Arthur's. | 1:18:25 | 1:18:28 | |
Your sister told me you were here. | 1:18:28 | 1:18:31 | |
Please open the door, Anna. | 1:18:33 | 1:18:35 | |
(LOCK SLIDES) | 1:18:38 | 1:18:40 | |
-What are you thinking? -I don't know. | 1:18:46 | 1:18:48 | |
I'll watch the door. You check his car. Let's get some details. | 1:18:48 | 1:18:53 | |
He didn't want to say exactly what it was. | 1:18:56 | 1:18:59 | |
Just that when I got here, he would pick me up | 1:19:01 | 1:19:05 | |
and show me and I would see | 1:19:05 | 1:19:07 | |
that it was something that would win the whole case. | 1:19:07 | 1:19:11 | |
Even this morning, I mean, I thought... | 1:19:13 | 1:19:17 | |
"OK, if I get to the airport and the ticket's not there, then I'll know." | 1:19:19 | 1:19:24 | |
"OK. You're stupid, and you can go home now." | 1:19:24 | 1:19:28 | |
But it was there and he paid... | 1:19:30 | 1:19:33 | |
(..like 800 for a first-class ticket.) | 1:19:34 | 1:19:38 | |
And I just... | 1:19:38 | 1:19:40 | |
I got on the plane. | 1:19:43 | 1:19:45 | |
I believed him. | 1:19:48 | 1:19:50 | |
You think maybe he was... in some way disappointed? | 1:19:53 | 1:19:58 | |
Let's say that he knew that you told somebody else about all of this, | 1:19:59 | 1:20:03 | |
and in some crazy way he was disappointed by that? | 1:20:03 | 1:20:07 | |
-But I didn't. -You must've told somebody else. -No. | 1:20:08 | 1:20:12 | |
He made me promise. | 1:20:13 | 1:20:16 | |
-You didn't tell -anybody -else about this? Not one other person? | 1:20:16 | 1:20:21 | |
No. | 1:20:22 | 1:20:24 | |
He really was crazy, wasn't he? | 1:20:28 | 1:20:31 | |
-You talking about this? -Let me see. | 1:20:43 | 1:20:46 | |
-You know what that is? -Yeah. | 1:20:47 | 1:20:49 | |
You said a favour. That's more than a favour. | 1:20:50 | 1:20:53 | |
Nobody'll know where it came from. | 1:20:53 | 1:20:55 | |
-Are you that jammed up? -What? | 1:20:56 | 1:20:59 | |
Who asked for this? It's the restaurant, right? | 1:20:59 | 1:21:01 | |
One of these guys you owe? "Get me a seal." | 1:21:01 | 1:21:04 | |
You really want to know? | 1:21:04 | 1:21:07 | |
This just gets better and better. | 1:22:19 | 1:22:22 | |
What are we doing? | 1:22:23 | 1:22:25 | |
Freeze! Right there, asshole! Don't move! | 1:24:22 | 1:24:26 | |
It's all right, I'm a friend! | 1:24:26 | 1:24:28 | |
Get your hands up now! Now! What's in your hand? | 1:24:28 | 1:24:31 | |
-It's a book. -Drop it! Drop it, now! Drop it! | 1:24:31 | 1:24:35 | |
-Turn around. Slowly. -All right. OK. | 1:24:35 | 1:24:39 | |
-Who else is here? -Nobody. | 1:24:39 | 1:24:41 | |
-I said, who else is here? -Nobody's here! | 1:24:41 | 1:24:43 | |
Check in there. | 1:24:43 | 1:24:45 | |
You move, I'll take your head off. | 1:24:45 | 1:24:48 | |
(KEYS JANGLE) | 1:24:52 | 1:24:56 | |
Now I owe this scumbag and his wife, who's a piece of shit in my unit, | 1:25:17 | 1:25:22 | |
-now I owe them my balls for this. -Sorry. -"Nobody will know it's me." | 1:25:22 | 1:25:26 | |
You know what happens if they don't bury this? | 1:25:26 | 1:25:28 | |
-It's bad. -I'm 18 months away from my 20. You put my pension in jeopardy. | 1:25:28 | 1:25:32 | |
-You made your point. -It's not a point! | 1:25:32 | 1:25:35 | |
-Who called 911? -What? | 1:25:35 | 1:25:38 | |
The building was empty. I was quiet. I wasn't there long. | 1:25:38 | 1:25:41 | |
-Does it make sense to you? -This never happened! | 1:25:41 | 1:25:45 | |
The cops think you're a lawyer and the lawyers think you're a cop. | 1:25:46 | 1:25:50 | |
You got everybody fooled, don't you? Everybody but you. | 1:25:50 | 1:25:54 | |
You know exactly what you are. | 1:25:55 | 1:25:57 | |
We tried calling you like six times. Your machine must be busted. | 1:26:10 | 1:26:14 | |
We gave it our best shot. We ran out of red covers. | 1:26:15 | 1:26:18 | |
We only have 2,000 in stock, so we did the other 1,000 in blue. | 1:26:18 | 1:26:22 | |
(CHATTERS) | 1:26:22 | 1:26:26 | |
-Is everything all right? -It's fine, yeah. | 1:26:43 | 1:26:46 | |
D'you have a van? Cos I have 25 boxes back there and - | 1:26:46 | 1:26:49 | |
Do me a favour. Hang on to 'em. | 1:26:49 | 1:26:52 | |
-I'll pick everything up next week. -Seriously? Thanks, man. | 1:26:52 | 1:26:57 | |
(CHATTERING) | 1:27:05 | 1:27:08 | |
Hello? | 1:27:16 | 1:27:18 | |
Don! You go ahead. I'll catch up to you. | 1:27:22 | 1:27:25 | |
What? | 1:27:26 | 1:27:28 | |
Do you know Michael Clayton? | 1:27:35 | 1:27:37 | |
-Yeah, why? -We have a situation. | 1:27:37 | 1:27:40 | |
(CHATTERING) | 1:27:54 | 1:27:58 | |
-Hey, did they find you? -Who? -Marty. I don't think they've gone in yet. | 1:27:59 | 1:28:04 | |
Marty. | 1:28:12 | 1:28:13 | |
There's too much going on for your phone to be off. | 1:28:13 | 1:28:16 | |
-I need a minute. -We're late. | 1:28:16 | 1:28:18 | |
We never got to finish last night. | 1:28:18 | 1:28:20 | |
Did you close the place? You look like hell. | 1:28:20 | 1:28:23 | |
-No, I left right after you left. -If you say so. | 1:28:23 | 1:28:25 | |
We've been here all night, made an announcement. | 1:28:25 | 1:28:28 | |
Jean! I need the thing, the envelope. | 1:28:28 | 1:28:31 | |
I wanted your input. I couldn't get you. I pulled the trigger. | 1:28:31 | 1:28:35 | |
I put Bob Nast and Kim, probably a mistake, | 1:28:35 | 1:28:37 | |
they're pulling together a memorial service. | 1:28:37 | 1:28:40 | |
I told them to call you if they need any help, OK? | 1:28:40 | 1:28:44 | |
No, no. The other one. | 1:28:44 | 1:28:46 | |
So we cut you a cheque this morning. | 1:28:46 | 1:28:49 | |
There's some strings attached. And Barry... | 1:28:49 | 1:28:53 | |
There's no way around this. Barry's going to have to be involved. | 1:28:53 | 1:28:56 | |
-What if Arthur was on to something? -What do you mean? On to what? | 1:29:00 | 1:29:04 | |
-U/North. What if he wasn't crazy? What if he was right? -About what? | 1:29:04 | 1:29:08 | |
-That we're on the wrong side? -Wrong side, wrong way, everything. | 1:29:08 | 1:29:12 | |
This is news? This case reeked from day one. | 1:29:12 | 1:29:15 | |
I gotta tell you how we pay rent? | 1:29:15 | 1:29:17 | |
What would they do if he went public? | 1:29:17 | 1:29:20 | |
What would they do? Are you fucking soft? They're doing it. | 1:29:20 | 1:29:23 | |
If we don't sort this settlement, they'll withhold 9 million in fees, | 1:29:23 | 1:29:28 | |
show Arthur's flash dance and sue us for legal malpractice. | 1:29:28 | 1:29:33 | |
But they'll win nothing because the merger with London will be dead | 1:29:33 | 1:29:37 | |
and we'll be selling off the goddamn furniture. | 1:29:37 | 1:29:40 | |
That's 80. We're calling it a bonus. | 1:29:40 | 1:29:43 | |
You got a three-year contract at your current numbers | 1:29:44 | 1:29:47 | |
-if this works out. -You're doing this now? | 1:29:47 | 1:29:49 | |
Look, I agreed to this, OK? But there's rules now. | 1:29:51 | 1:29:54 | |
You're signing a confidentiality agreement. | 1:29:54 | 1:29:57 | |
It's going to be bullet-proof and retroactive. | 1:29:57 | 1:29:59 | |
Marty's too nice to say it, but with all you know about the clients here, | 1:29:59 | 1:30:04 | |
it's a little weird when you come in and ask for 80 grand. | 1:30:04 | 1:30:08 | |
If I were to shake anybody down, I'd come to you | 1:30:08 | 1:30:10 | |
and it wouldn't be for 80 grand. Is this him or you? | 1:30:10 | 1:30:13 | |
-Hey. -If I'm wrong, I apologise. -You're way-the-fuck wrong. | 1:30:13 | 1:30:16 | |
-So there you go. -Enough. OK? Everybody. | 1:30:16 | 1:30:19 | |
He's an asshole, but he knows it. | 1:30:19 | 1:30:22 | |
And you're on the record. OK? Everybody happy? | 1:30:22 | 1:30:26 | |
-Don Jeffries is here. -We're on the way. | 1:30:26 | 1:30:28 | |
Call Bob Nast. Just see if they need help with this thing. | 1:30:29 | 1:30:33 | |
You're welcome. | 1:30:36 | 1:30:38 | |
You said 12. This is 75. | 1:31:28 | 1:31:31 | |
-Don't get too excited. Want a drink? -No. I'm working. | 1:31:31 | 1:31:35 | |
So we're square, then. No bad blood. | 1:31:37 | 1:31:41 | |
-Just doing your job. -That's right. | 1:31:42 | 1:31:44 | |
Take it easy, Gabe. | 1:31:45 | 1:31:47 | |
Michael. | 1:31:48 | 1:31:50 | |
(ASIAN RADIO STATION FADES IN) | 1:31:58 | 1:32:01 | |
-'Check.' -'Check.' | 1:32:01 | 1:32:05 | |
-Check. -Half the pot. 200. | 1:32:05 | 1:32:08 | |
200 to go. | 1:32:08 | 1:32:09 | |
(BREATHES HEAVILY) | 1:32:34 | 1:32:39 | |
So what happened with the bar? You just had to be a rock star, huh? | 1:32:45 | 1:32:49 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 1:32:56 | 1:32:59 | |
What are you doing? You just got here. | 1:33:10 | 1:33:13 | |
Guy plays nine hands, walks away. Did I scare you away? | 1:33:13 | 1:33:17 | |
What did I do? Did I scare you away? | 1:33:17 | 1:33:19 | |
(PHONE RINGS) | 1:33:48 | 1:33:51 | |
Get out. | 1:33:54 | 1:33:55 | |
"Get out of the car now." | 1:33:56 | 1:33:58 | |
-Walter? -"Michael. Thank God you're there." | 1:34:00 | 1:34:03 | |
"You have eight..." | 1:34:07 | 1:34:09 | |
"..six...five..." | 1:34:09 | 1:34:13 | |
"..four...three..." | 1:34:13 | 1:34:15 | |
Get out of the car. | 1:34:15 | 1:34:17 | |
-Tell him to stay off the phone. -'But you're on it?' | 1:34:20 | 1:34:23 | |
-Am I clean? -Just keep walking. | 1:34:23 | 1:34:26 | |
-You copy. Am I clean? -Keep moving. He's walking to the car. | 1:34:26 | 1:34:32 | |
'Just to let him know you're on the way. | 1:34:32 | 1:34:35 | |
-'Give me two minutes.' -All right. I'll be in the car. | 1:34:35 | 1:34:38 | |
"I didn't finish. It's in, but I don't know." | 1:34:41 | 1:34:44 | |
It's loose. I got a pulse. He's up there somewhere, but... | 1:35:11 | 1:35:15 | |
Let's find a way to boost the signal. | 1:35:15 | 1:35:19 | |
'I don't know what Walter promised.' | 1:35:26 | 1:35:29 | |
A miracle worker! On the phone, 20 minutes ago. Direct quote, OK? | 1:35:29 | 1:35:32 | |
-"I'm sending you a miracle worker." -He misspoke. | 1:35:32 | 1:35:35 | |
About how you're the firm's fixer? Or that you're any good at it? | 1:35:35 | 1:35:40 | |
-(KNOCKING) -We're up. Just got a signal. | 1:35:44 | 1:35:47 | |
There's nothing back this way. What's he doing? | 1:36:09 | 1:36:12 | |
Maybe he's lost. Wait a minute. That's him. | 1:36:12 | 1:36:15 | |
-He was alone, right? -Yeah, I think so. | 1:36:18 | 1:36:21 | |
Call it, yes or no? | 1:36:21 | 1:36:23 | |
We gotta turn around. | 1:36:25 | 1:36:27 | |
-Talk to me. -It's strobing. | 1:36:55 | 1:36:58 | |
No, we're good. Keep going. | 1:36:59 | 1:37:01 | |
-He turned. Somehow he turned. -Where? | 1:37:16 | 1:37:19 | |
-He took a left. -I don't have a left. | 1:37:19 | 1:37:22 | |
-East. He's southeast. -So we missed it? | 1:37:31 | 1:37:34 | |
-Or the grid is wrong. -Hang on. | 1:37:34 | 1:37:36 | |
-We gotta go back to one. -Where's our one? | 1:37:46 | 1:37:49 | |
Half a mile straight ahead. Keep driving. Just go. | 1:37:49 | 1:37:52 | |
-We're closing, but that's west. -Is it the signal or the grid? | 1:37:58 | 1:38:02 | |
-Both. It keeps dropping out. -Damn it. | 1:38:02 | 1:38:05 | |
Give me the cell. | 1:38:54 | 1:38:56 | |
-Our signal's good. -(KEYPAD TONES) | 1:38:58 | 1:39:02 | |
(EXPLOSION) | 1:39:03 | 1:39:05 | |
(HORSES NEIGH) | 1:39:05 | 1:39:07 | |
What? | 1:40:33 | 1:40:35 | |
-Thanks, Mickey. -Just get me out of here. | 1:40:37 | 1:40:40 | |
I want a meeting scheduled on this, soon as we can. | 1:40:47 | 1:40:51 | |
-Thursday at the latest. Have someone from equity there - -Jeff? | 1:40:51 | 1:40:55 | |
-Yeah? -Did you hear? | 1:40:55 | 1:40:57 | |
-Yeah, they closed U/North. -No. Michael Clayton. | 1:40:57 | 1:40:59 | |
-What? -Car bomb. Upstate. This morning. | 1:40:59 | 1:41:03 | |
-He was killed. -What? | 1:41:03 | 1:41:06 | |
Holy shit. | 1:41:07 | 1:41:09 | |
(SIGHS HEAVILY) | 1:41:17 | 1:41:19 | |
'It has been and it remains the U/North position | 1:41:23 | 1:41:27 | |
'that this lawsuit is baseless and without merit.' | 1:41:27 | 1:41:32 | |
Our reluctance to negotiate was anchored by this belief | 1:41:32 | 1:41:35 | |
and reinforced by the plaintiffs' demand for settlement | 1:41:35 | 1:41:41 | |
in excess of 3 billion. | 1:41:41 | 1:41:43 | |
The reason that we are all here today | 1:41:43 | 1:41:47 | |
is that several key elements in the case have changed. | 1:41:47 | 1:41:51 | |
'You all have a tentative proposal packet | 1:41:51 | 1:41:56 | |
'which outlines the details, but the bottom line is this...' | 1:41:56 | 1:42:00 | |
Over the past several months we had gotten word | 1:42:00 | 1:42:03 | |
that the plaintiffs were growing impatient | 1:42:03 | 1:42:06 | |
and were in the process of revising their settlement numbers. | 1:42:06 | 1:42:10 | |
We learned that the plaintiffs' attorneys' fees | 1:42:10 | 1:42:15 | |
were capped at 32 percent up to 400 million, | 1:42:15 | 1:42:18 | |
above which, their fees dropped to 24 percent. | 1:42:18 | 1:42:23 | |
We knew there'd be a motivational dead zone for them in the middle. | 1:42:23 | 1:42:29 | |
Finally, our finance team informed us that they had run the numbers | 1:42:29 | 1:42:34 | |
and that the tax benefit, provided we bring the settlement in | 1:42:34 | 1:42:39 | |
under 600 million and within this fiscal year, | 1:42:39 | 1:42:43 | |
that the write-off on the settlement would essentially pay for itself. | 1:42:43 | 1:42:49 | |
'The package that you have before you represents, in my judgment, | 1:42:49 | 1:42:53 | |
'the strongest position for our company under the circumstances.' | 1:42:53 | 1:42:58 | |
And, as Chief Counsel, | 1:42:58 | 1:43:00 | |
it is my recommendation that this proposal be confirmed. | 1:43:00 | 1:43:04 | |
Thank you, Karen. If you just give us a few minutes to talk about it. | 1:43:04 | 1:43:08 | |
Certainly. I'll be right outside. | 1:43:08 | 1:43:11 | |
Well... | 1:43:12 | 1:43:14 | |
How'd it go in there? | 1:43:36 | 1:43:38 | |
Pretty freaky, huh? | 1:43:40 | 1:43:43 | |
Did you see Arthur? He's wandering around somewhere. | 1:43:43 | 1:43:46 | |
I'm kidding. Lighten up. | 1:43:48 | 1:43:50 | |
You got one of these? It's a great memo. It's an oldie but a goodie. | 1:43:51 | 1:43:56 | |
-I got your heart racing. -What do you think you're doing? | 1:43:59 | 1:44:03 | |
-What do you think I'm doing? -The suit's over. We have a deal. | 1:44:03 | 1:44:07 | |
Whatever that is, it's meaningless at this point. | 1:44:07 | 1:44:10 | |
I thought you had a tentative proposal, | 1:44:10 | 1:44:12 | |
didn't realise you'd signed the cheques. | 1:44:12 | 1:44:15 | |
I got 1,000 of these things. What am I going to do with 'em? | 1:44:15 | 1:44:18 | |
-I'm calling Marty. -Good. Do it. It's a great place to start. | 1:44:18 | 1:44:22 | |
Find out who told him Arthur was calling Anna, who tapped the phones. | 1:44:22 | 1:44:27 | |
This memorandum, even if it's authentic, which I highly doubt... | 1:44:27 | 1:44:31 | |
-I know what you did to Arthur. -It's protected. It belongs to U/North. | 1:44:31 | 1:44:35 | |
-I know you killed him. -It's a case of attorney - | 1:44:35 | 1:44:37 | |
See, that's just not the way to go here, Karen. | 1:44:37 | 1:44:40 | |
For such a smart person, you really are lost. | 1:44:40 | 1:44:42 | |
This conversation's over. | 1:44:42 | 1:44:45 | |
I'm not the guy that you kill, I'm the guy that you buy. | 1:44:45 | 1:44:48 | |
Are you so fucking blind you don't see what I am? | 1:44:48 | 1:44:51 | |
I'm the easiest part of your problem and you're going to kill me? | 1:44:51 | 1:44:54 | |
Don't you know who I am? I'm a fixer. I'm a bagman. | 1:44:54 | 1:44:58 | |
I do everything from shoplifting housewives to bent congressmen | 1:44:58 | 1:45:01 | |
and you're going to kill me?! | 1:45:01 | 1:45:03 | |
What do you need, Karen? Lay it on me. | 1:45:03 | 1:45:07 | |
You want a carry permit? A heads-up on an insider trading subpoena? | 1:45:07 | 1:45:10 | |
I sold out Arthur for 80 grand and a three-year contract | 1:45:10 | 1:45:14 | |
and you're going to kill me? | 1:45:14 | 1:45:16 | |
-What do you want? -What do I want? I want more. | 1:45:16 | 1:45:20 | |
I want out. And with this, I want everything. | 1:45:20 | 1:45:25 | |
-Is there a number? -Ten is a number. | 1:45:26 | 1:45:29 | |
Ten? Ten what? | 1:45:29 | 1:45:32 | |
Ten million? (LAUGHS) Where d'you think I'm going to get 10 million? | 1:45:34 | 1:45:38 | |
You know what's great about this? | 1:45:38 | 1:45:40 | |
At the end, did you see who signed it? | 1:45:41 | 1:45:44 | |
Let's go ask Don Jeffries if he wants to pass the hat for a worthy cause. | 1:45:44 | 1:45:48 | |
This would have to be a longer conversation | 1:45:50 | 1:45:53 | |
-and take place somewhere else. -Where? My car? | 1:45:53 | 1:45:57 | |
All right. I'm going to make it easy. | 1:45:58 | 1:46:01 | |
Let's make it five. Five, and I'll forget about Arthur. | 1:46:01 | 1:46:05 | |
Five is easier. Yeah, five is something that we could talk about. | 1:46:07 | 1:46:12 | |
Good. And then the other five is to forget about the 468 people | 1:46:12 | 1:46:15 | |
that you knocked off with your weed killer. | 1:46:15 | 1:46:18 | |
-Let me finish up. I'll talk to Don - -Do I look like I'm negotiating? | 1:46:18 | 1:46:23 | |
Karen? | 1:46:23 | 1:46:25 | |
-One second. -Everything OK? | 1:46:25 | 1:46:27 | |
Yes. | 1:46:28 | 1:46:29 | |
-10 million. Bank of my choosing. Offshore. Immediately. -Yes. -Say it! | 1:46:29 | 1:46:35 | |
10 million, your account, the moment this meeting is through. | 1:46:35 | 1:46:39 | |
-Karen! Everyone's waiting. -I'm coming. | 1:46:39 | 1:46:41 | |
-You have a deal. -You're so fucked. | 1:46:42 | 1:46:45 | |
-What? -You're fucked. | 1:46:45 | 1:46:49 | |
-What do you mean? -Take a wild guess. | 1:46:49 | 1:46:51 | |
-There a problem? -I don't understand. -Let me get a picture. | 1:46:51 | 1:46:54 | |
-You don't want the money? -No. You'll need it. | 1:46:54 | 1:46:57 | |
-Is this fellow bothering you? -Am I bothering you? | 1:46:57 | 1:47:00 | |
Karen, I've got a board waiting in there. What's going on? Who are you? | 1:47:00 | 1:47:04 | |
I'm Shiva, the god of death! | 1:47:04 | 1:47:06 | |
Ron! Ronny, I need security out here immediately! | 1:47:06 | 1:47:10 | |
All right. Here we go. That guy right there, stop him. Grab that guy. | 1:47:10 | 1:47:15 | |
-What are you doing? -We're with the NYPD. | 1:47:17 | 1:47:19 | |
Come with us and we'll explain everything. | 1:47:19 | 1:47:22 | |
Check on her. See if she needs any medical attention. | 1:47:22 | 1:47:26 | |
Nobody leaves. Cover every exit in the back. | 1:47:26 | 1:47:29 | |
Will you please explain to me what's going on here? | 1:47:29 | 1:47:32 | |
-Did you get all that? -Yeah. Got it. | 1:47:32 | 1:47:36 | |
-You OK? -Yeah. Just got to get some air. | 1:47:39 | 1:47:42 | |
Sure. Just... | 1:47:42 | 1:47:44 | |
-..stay close, OK? -OK. | 1:47:46 | 1:47:48 | |
So, what are we doin'? | 1:48:56 | 1:48:58 | |
Give me 50 worth. | 1:49:04 | 1:49:06 | |
Just drive. | 1:49:08 | 1:49:10 |