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Burn After Reading
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6.7When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.
Cast
- George Clooney as Harry Pfarrer
- Frances McDormand as Linda Litzke
- Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer
- John Malkovich as Osborne Cox
- Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox
- Richard Jenkins as Ted
Themes
- washington dc, usa
- blackmail
- paranoia
- dark comedy
- black humor
- plastic surgery
- autobiography
- memory
- corpse
- divorce
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
373,860 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 BAFTA 8 wins & 32 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Written by
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Produced by
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Starring
- George Clooney Frances McDormand John Malkovich Tilda Swinton Richard Jenkins Brad Pitt
- Cinematography
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Edited by
- Roderick Jaynes
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production companies
- StudioCanal Relativity Media Working Title Films Mike Zoss Productions
- Distributed by
- Focus Features (International), Universal Pictures (United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Benelux and Spain), StudioCanal (France)
- Release dates
- August 27, 2008 ( 2008-08-27 ) ( Venice ) September 12, 2008 ( 2008-09-12 ) (United States) October 17, 2008 ( 2008-10-17 ) (United Kingdom) December 10, 2008 ( 2008-12-10 ) (France)
- Running time
- 96 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $37 million
- Box office
- $163.8 million
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy espionage film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osborne Cox (John Malkovich), whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt). When they mistake the memoirs for classified government documents, they undergo a series of misadventures in an attempt to profit from their find. The film also stars George Clooney as a womanizing U.S. Marshal; Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox, the wife of Osborne Cox; Richard Jenkins as the gym manager; and J. K. Simmons as a CIA supervisor.
The film premiered on August 27, 2008, at the Venice Film Festival. It was released in the United States on September 12, 2008, and in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2008. It performed well at the box office, grossing over $163 million from its $37 million budget. Critical response was mostly positive, and the film received nominations at both the Golden Globes and British Academy Film Awards.
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