Burn After Reading

Year:

2008

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

IMDB rate:

7

Director:

Ethan Coen

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-09-12

Filming Locations: Greenpoint, Long Island, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $37,000,000

Opening Weekend: $19,128,001 (USA) (14 September 2008)

Gross: $60,355,347 (USA) (25 December 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brad Pitt

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George Clooney

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J.K. Simmons

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Kevin Sussman

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Frances McDormand

Linda Litzke

John Malkovich

Osborne Cox

Tilda Swinton

Katie Cox

Richard Jenkins

Ted

Elizabeth Marvel

Sandy Pfarrer

David Rasche

CIA Officer

Olek Krupa

Krapotkin

Michael Countryman

Alan

J.R. Horne

Divorce Lawyer

Hamilton Clancy

Peck

Armand Schultz

Olson

Pun Bandhu

Party Guest

Karla Mosley

Party Guest

Jeffrey DeMunn

Cosmetic Surgeon

Richard Poe

Stretching Gym Patron

Carmen M. Herlihy

Prospective Gym Customer

Raul Aranas

Manolo

Judy Frank

Lawyer's Secretary

Sándor Técsy

Russian Embassy Escort (as Sandor Tecsy)

Yury Tsykun

Senior Russian Embassy Man

Brian O'Neill

Hal

Robert Prescott

Process Server

Matt Walton

Morning Show Host

Lori Hammel

Morning Show Hostess

Crystal Bock

PR Woman

Patrick Boll

Sandy's Man

Logan Kulick

Four-Year-Old Patient

Dermot Mulroney

Star of "Coming Up Daisy"

Robert R. Barry

Drunken Princetonian

Ted Bouton

Drunken Princetonian

Bob Bowersox

Drunken Princetonian

Oliver Buckingham

Drunken Princetonian

Michael Fawcett

Drunken Princetonian

William Fowle

Drunken Princetonian

Charles Gemmill

Drunken Princetonian

Mitch Giannunzio

Drunken Princetonian

Cliff Goulet

Drunken Princetonian

William D. Grey

Drunken Princetonian

Gary Henderson

Drunken Princetonian

Ron Kidd

Drunken Princetonian

Bill Massof

Drunken Princetonian

Brian McKeon

Drunken Princetonian

Ken McNeill

Drunken Princetonian

Tim Miller

Drunken Princetonian

Jay Parks

Drunken Princetonian

Roger Rathburn

Drunken Princetonian

Eric Richardson

Drunken Princetonian

Bart Wilder

Drunken Princetonian

Stephen Ananicz

Gym Guy (uncredited)

James Thomas Bligh

Lt. Macdonald

Matt Cannon

Tourist

Justin Doescher

Suspicious Man (uncredited)

Kimberly Dorsey

Tourist

Liam Ferguson

Businessman (uncredited)

Matthew James Gulbranson

Midwestern Tourist (uncredited)

Joe Jagatic

CIA Agent (uncredited)

Richard Karn

Himself - Family Feud Host (archive footage) (uncredited)

RJ Konner

Senator (uncredited)

T. Alloy Langenfeld

Nam Vet Visiting WWII Memorial (uncredited)

Melissa Merry

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Douglas Nelson

Man in Park (uncredited)

Vito Pietanza

Runner (uncredited)

Lil Rhee

Tourist

Devin Rumer

Surveillance Man (uncredited)

Patrick Michael Strange

Tourist

Kevin Tan

Suspicious Tourist - Day Player (uncredited)

Jacqueline Wright

Monica

Did you know?

Trivia

The death of Brad Pitt's character is exactly on the 1 hour mark.

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George Clooney's second film opposite Tilda Swinton following Michael Clayton (2007) the year before. While in this film they play lovers, in the other they are rivals.

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On Palmer's office in one of the opening scenes of the film, you can see some pictures on the wall behind Palmer on the right side. One of the pictures is a photo of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet shaking hands with Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State. Kissinger and The CIA acknowledged having played a key role in the coup led by General Pinochet that toppled the Marxist government of Salvador Allende in 1973, the democratically elected president of Chile at the time.

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Goofs

When Linda and Chad are at the Russian Embassy the picture behind Linda and Chad on the office wall is Boris Yeltsin's portrait, then in security camera shot, showing Chad and Linda waiting for Krapotkin, the portrait is of Vladimir Putin.

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When Linda and Chad are at the Russian Embassy, the video surveillance shot shows that it is May 1st, later it shows Harry looking at his cell phone with the date being 17/9/2008, September 17th, obviously 5 months later.

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Before Chad Feldheimer goes over the wall to enter Coxes house you see a white building on the right. Once over the wall you see a red brick faced building.

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Quotes

Harry Pfarrer: Maybe I can get a run in.

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Osbourne Cox: No. No, I'm sorry, I don't know the number to, uh, my savings account because believe it or not I don't spend my entire day sitting around trying to memorize the fucking numbers to my fucking bank accounts! Moron!

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Osbourne Cox: Some clown, or two clowns, have gotten a hold of my memoirs.

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Faq

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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What are the songs from the trailer?

A

Grounds For Divorce by Elbow from the album The Seldom Seen Kid (2008).I Got a Line On You by Spirit from the album The Family That Plays Together (1968).

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What is the song that plays in the end credits?

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CIA Man by The Fugs.

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