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Burn After Reading is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frères Coen released in USA on 12 september 2008 with George Clooney
Burn After Reading (2008)
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Add to a movie listBurn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Brad Pitt. The film had its premiere on August 27, 2008, when it opened the 2008 Venice Film Festival. It was released in the United States on September 12, 2008, and in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2008.
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Faced with a demotion at work due to a drinking problem, angry Osbourne Cox quits his job as a CIA analyst and resolves to write a memoir about his life and career. When his pediatrician wife Katie finds out, she sees it as a justifiable opportunity to file for divorce and continue her adulterous affair unimpeded. Taking her lawyer's advice, she copies financial records and several other files from her husband's computer onto a CD. These files contain a rambling, meaningless diatribe by Cox on purported CIA activities.Actors
George Clooney
(Harry Pfarrer)
Frances McDormand
(Linda Litzke)
John Malkovich
(Osborne Cox)
Tilda Swinton
(Katie Cox)
Brad Pitt
(Chad Feldheimer)
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