Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osborne Cox, whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees. 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.
Burn After Reading (2008)
Directed by Ethan Coen / Joel Coen
Genres - Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Black Comedy Film |
Release Date - Sep 5, 2008 |
Run Time - 96 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$37,000,000
Box Office
$163,728,902
Themes
Tags
Blackmail, Chad, Cia, Corpse, Cult, Disc, Divorce, Espionage, Ex Priest, Gym, Independent, Memoirs, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Paranoia, Personal Trainer
Attributes
Filming Location: New Jersey, New York City
Narrative Location: Washington, D.C.
Narrative Location: Washington, D.C.
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Alternate Titles
Burn After Reading - Wer verbrennt sich hier die Finger?
DE
Kafto aporrito
GR
Lire et détruire
CA, FR
Põletada peale lugemist
EE
Quemar después de leer
ES
Spaliti nakon čitanja
HR
После прочтения cжечь
RU
Прочитати і спалити
UA