Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) StudioCanal (France)[2]
Release dates
August 27, 2008 (2008-08-27) (Venice)
September 12, 2008 (2008-09-12) (United States)
October 17, 2008 (2008-10-17) (United Kingdom)
December 10, 2008 (2008-12-10) (France)
Running time
96 minutes[3]
Countries
United States[4]
United Kingdom[4]
France[4]
Language
English
Budget
$37 million[2]
Box office
$163.7 million[2]
Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.[5] It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osborne Cox (John Malkovich), whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt). When they mistake the memoirs for classified government documents, they undergo a series of misadventures in an attempt to profit from their find. The film also stars George Clooney as a womanizing U.S. Marshal; Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox, the wife of Osborne Cox; Richard Jenkins as the gym manager; and J. K. Simmons as a CIA supervisor.
The film premiered on August 27, 2008, at the Venice Film Festival.[6] It was released in the United States on September 12, 2008, and in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2008. It performed well at the box office, grossing over $163 million from its $37 million budget.[2] Critical response was mostly positive, and the film received nominations at both the Golden Globes[7] and British Academy Film Awards.[8]
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