Burn After Reading (2008)
Universal Studios
Comedy, Crime
USA / English 96 min.| Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Robert Graf, David Diliberto |
| Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Photography: Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Musician: Carter Burwell |
Plot:
Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) is a CIA analyst who quits his job and decides to write his memoir. His wife, Katie Cox (Tilda Swinton) is sleeping with Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), a US Marshall. Katie decides to divorce Osbourne and downloads all of his personal financial files onto a CD. The CD gets left at Hardbodies, a workout gym, where employees Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) and Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) mistake the CD as important top-secret files. To make some extra money, the two decide to blackmail Osbourne. This decision leads to a comical snowball of events.
Cast:
Cast:
| Harry Pfarrer: | George Clooney |
| Linda Litzke: | Frances McDormand |
| Osbourne Cox: | John Malkovich |
| Katie Cox: | Tilda Swinton |
| Chad Feldheimer: | Brad Pitt |
| Ted Treffon: | Richard Jenkins |
| Sandy Pfarrer: | Elizabeth Marvel |
| CIA Officer: | David Rasche |
| CIA Superior: | J.K. Simmons |
| Krapotkin: | Olek Krupa |
| Alan: | Michael Countryman |
| Peck: | Hamilton Clancy |
| Olson: | Armand Schultz |
| Doug Magruder: | Pun Bandhu |
| Cosmetic Surgeon: | Jeffrey DeMunn |
| Stretching Gym Patron: | Richard Poe |
| Prospective Gym Customer: | Carmen M. Herlihy |
| Manolo: | Raul Aranas |
| Lawyer's Secretary: | Judy Frank |
| Russian Embassy Escort: | Sándor Técsy |
| Senior Russian Embassy Man: | Yury Tsykun |
| Hal: | Brian O'Neill |
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