description Burn After Reading Overview
Burn After Reading is a 2008 Coen brothers film centering on an ex-CIA analyst who inadvertently becomes embroiled in a series of events after misplaced memoirs are discovered. The narrative involves mistaken identity, amateur espionage, and the actions of a U.S. Marshal and a CIA supervisor. It features a cast including George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, and J.K.
Simmons.
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info Burn After Reading Specifications
| Country | France |
| Year | 2008 |
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Who directed Burn After Reading and what is it about?
Burn After Reading was directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and released in 2008. It follows a misplaced CIA memoir that sets off a chain of mistaken-identity events involving gym employees, a U.S. Marshal, and amateur espionage gone wrong.
What happens to the CIA memoir in Burn After Reading?
The memoirs of ex-CIA analyst Osborne Cox are left at a Hardbodies gym and found by two employees who attempt to sell them, believing they contain classified intelligence. This kicks off a darkly comedic plot involving the Russian embassy and a series of escalating misunderstandings.
Who stars in Burn After Reading?
The film features an ensemble cast including Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and John Malkovich. Brad Pitt plays one of the gym employees and George Clooney portrays a married U.S. Marshal named Harry Pfarrer.
Is Burn After Reading a comedy or a thriller?
It is a crime-comedy that blends espionage thriller elements with dark humor, a signature of the Coen brothers' style. The tone is satirical, poking fun at government intelligence agencies and ordinary people who get in over their heads.
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