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• Burn After Reading is a 2008 comedy written and directed by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton.Official Site: Burn After Reading

  The film was nominated for two 2009 Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Frances McDormand for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy). The Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air on January 11, 2009.Cinematical: Golden Globe Nominations In! The Coen brothers also received a 2009 WGA Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.THR: WGA Unveils Screenplay Noms (January 7, 2008)

  This is the first Coen Brothers' film since Miller's Crossing (1990) not to use cinematographer Roger Deakins. The pair instead hired Children of Men's Emmanuel Lubezki.You Know, For Kids: Burn After Reading

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: September 12, 2008Official Site: Burn After Reading
  2. Director: Joel Coen
  3. Writers: Joel and Ethan Coen
  4. Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
  5. Distributors: Focus Features, Working Title Films
  6. MPAA rating: R
  7. Run time: 96 minutes
  8. Loosely based on the Stansfield Turner book Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence

• Synopsis

  Burn After Reading is a film about a CIA agent who loses a disk containing the only copy of his tell-all memoirs. Two gym employees happen upon the disk and try to sell it.

• Cast

  • George Clooney as Harry Pfarrer
  • Frances McDormand as Linda Litzke
  • Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer
  • John Malkovich as Osbourne Cox
  • Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox
  • Richard Jenkins as Ted Treffon

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