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George timothy clooney was born on may 6, 1961, in lexington, kentucky, to nina bruce nee warren, a former beauty pageant queen, and nick clooney, a former anchorman and television host who was also the brother of singer rosemary clooney. The firms top litigator sabotages a case and the firm sends clayton to tackle this disaster. Rent michael clayton 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. In michael clayton, the film actually begins close to the end of the story, and then loops back around on itself, to tell the whole story, returning to the same. The player says he won a whole bunch of money off clayton. Clooney later met tony gilroy, realized that they were both on the same page two hours into the meeting, and agreed to star. Michael clayton poster in 2020 michael clayton, movies.
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