Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Michael Clayton”

A 6-part series on the 2008 Academy Award nominated original screenplay.

Written by Tony Gilroy.

IMDb plot summary: A law firm brings in its “fixer” to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

You may download a copy of the shooting script here.

Links to the GITS week-long discussion and analysis:

General Discussion
Structure
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
TweetCast Transcript

Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.

Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.

For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.

For links to over 100 free and legal script downloads, go here.

NOTE: THE USE OF THESE SCREENPLAYS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.