Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, “Michael Clayton" is a sharply written, twisty legal thriller abut a lawyer trapped in a job that is corroding his soul.
A deftly written, tautly suspenseful and intellectually demanding morality tale, it stays a step ahead of the audience and features multidimensional characters played by actors at the top of their games. The pace and style harks back to such classics of the '70s as "All the President's Men" or "Network."
The film is written and directed by first-timer Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter behind the razor-sharp "Bourne" movies. Here, his script and direction each earned Academy Award consideration.
The film also received an Oscar nod for its score by James Newton Howard.
This is a movie that thrives not on cheap melodramatics but on ideas and a more deliberate pace than most contemporary mainstream movies.
Smart and exciting, "Michael Clayton" takes the audience on a ride whose pleasures almost sneak up on you and are all the more satisfying because of it. It's a rare film that can challenge our minds and rattle our nerves so profoundly. It is rated R and has a running time of two hours.
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''Michael Clayton'' to be screened at...
Date and Time
Saturday Feb 9, 2008 Tuesday Feb 12, 2008
7 p.m. February 9, 11, and 12
2 p.m. February 10
Location
Smith Opera House82 Seneca StGeneva, NY
Fees/Admission
$5 general admission$3 for students and senior citizens
Website
Contact Information
315-781-LIVE (5483) or toll- free 866-355-LIVE (5483)
