The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 25, ‘Michael Clayton’

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🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Sean and Amanda kick off their year-long project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far with a discussion of Tony Gilroy’s ‘Michael Clayton,’ the 2007 legal thriller starring George Clooney and featuring one of the best scripts of the century. They talk about how tightly wound the movie is, some sliding doors in its production, and what it means for the list to start with such a beloved movie for both Sean and Amanda. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Video Producer: Jack Sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Bill Simmons, and I want to tell you about my movie podcast, The Rewatchables.
0:03.8	We're each week, I'm joined by Ringer movie lovers, Chris Ryan, Sean Van
0:07.7	Van Lathen, Kyle Brandt, Matley Rubin, we have a whole bunch of people on.
0:12.2	We talk about movies.
0:13.1	We can't stop rewatching.
0:14.5	And now you can watch us cover these movies on video in the Spotify app. We have covered over 350 movies,
0:21.5	including Heat, Goodfellas,
0:22.7	Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction.
0:24.3	We have some real heavy hitters
0:25.5	coming up here in 2025.
0:27.2	Make sure to follow us on Spotify
0:28.9	where you can watch every new episode right now.
0:33.3	Just head to the rewatchables on Spotify,
0:35.7	now on video.
0:45.3	Music Just head to the rewatchables on Spotify, now on video. I'm Sean Fennacy.
0:46.6	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:47.5	And this is 25 for 25.
0:50.0	A big picture conversation special about Michael Clayton.
0:55.7	That's right.
0:56.2	We are kicking off our year-long project,
0:59.1	counting down the 25 best slash our favorite films of the century so far.
1:04.7	We're doing it with a bag man today.
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