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Burn After Reading (2008)

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R | 1 hr 37 mins | Comedy, Crime | Released: 9/12/2008 |Box Office Total: $60.3M

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Synopsis:

At the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Arlington, Va., analyst Osbourne Cox arrives for a top-secret meeting. Unfortunately for Cox, the secret is soon out: he is being ousted. Cox does not take the news particularly well and returns to his Georgetown home to work on his memoirs and his drinking, not necessarily in that order. His wife Katie is dismayed, though not particularly surprised; she is already well into an illicit affair with Harry Pfarrer, a married federal marshal, and sets about making plans to leave Cox for Harry. Elsewhere in the Washington D.C. suburbs, and seemingly worlds apart, Hardbodies Fitness Centers employee Linda Litzke can barely concentrate on her work. She is consumed with her life plan for extensive cosmetic surgery, and confides her mission to can-do colleague Chad Feldheimer. Linda is all but oblivious to the fact that the gym's manager Ted Treffon pines for her even as she arranges dates via the Internet with other men. When a computer disc containing material for the CIA analyst's memoirs accidentally falls into the hands of Linda and Chad, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. As Ted frets, "No good can come of this," events spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, in a cascading series of encounters.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/12/2008

Studio	Credit
Focus Features	Studio
Director	Credit
Ethan Coen	Director
Joel Coen	Director
Cast	Credit
George Clooney	Harry Pfarrer
Frances McDormand	Linda Litzke
Brad Pitt	Chad Feldheimer
John Malkovich	Osborne Cox
Tilda Swinton	Katie Cox
Richard Jenkins	Ted
David Rasche	CIA Officer
J K Simmons	CIA Superior
Elizabeth Marvel	Sandy Pfarrer
Olek Krupa	Krapotkin
Michael Countryman	Alan
Kevin Sussman	Tuchman Marsh Man
J.R. Horne	Divorce Lawyer
Hamilton Clancy	Peck
Armand Schultz	Olson
Pun Bandhu	Party Guest
Karla Mosley	Party Guest
Jeffrey De Munn	Cosmetic Surgeon
Richard Poe	Stretching Gym Patron
Carmen M Herlihy	Prospective Gym Customer
Raul Aranas	Manolo
Judy Frank	Lawyer’s Secretary
Sandor Tecsy	Russian Embassy Escort
Yuri 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
Gary Henderson	Drunken Princetonian
Ron Kidd	Drunken Princetonian
Bill Massof	Drunken Princetonian
Brian McKeon	Drunken Princetonian
Kent McNeill	Drunken Princetonian
William Fowle	Drunken Princetonian
Charles Gemmill	Drunken Princetonian
Mitch Giannunzio	Drunken Princetonian
Cliff Goulet	Drunken Princetonian
William D Grey	Drunken Princetonian
Tim Miller	Drunken Princetonian
Jay Parks	Drunken Princetonian
Roger Rathburn	Drunken Princetonian
Eric Richardson	Drunken Princetonian
Bart Wilder	Drunken Princetonian
Production Credits	Credit
David Diliberto	Associate Producer
Tim Bevan	Executive Producer
Joel Coen	Producer
Ethan Coen	Producer
Eric Fellner	Executive Producer
Robert Graf	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Working Title Films	Production Company
Wetwork Productions	Production Company
Studio Canal	Production Company
Relativity Media	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Showtime	Foreign Distribution Rights
Svensk Filmindustri (SF)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Focus Features	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company	Foreign Distribution Rights
Castello Lopes Multimedia, SA	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Empire	Foreign Distribution Rights
Central Partnership	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
FS Film Oy	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Odeon S.A.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Shaw Organisation	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Tobis Film GMBH & Co. KG	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Tiglon	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures International (UPI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Cinema City International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
StudioCanal Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Svensk Filmindustri Norge	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Cinemania Group	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Ster-Kinekor	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Palace Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
M Pictures Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Italia Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Discovery Film I Video Distribucija	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York City, New York, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Writer	Credit
Joel Coen	Screenplay
Ethan Coen	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Niko Godfrey	Assistant Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Chauency Reese	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Joan Altman	Production Accountant
Andrew Garrett	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Susan Strine	Assistant Accountant
Regan Sharp	Assistant Accountant
Santena King	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Moza Saracho	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Tim Metzger	Dresser
Alex Gorodetsky	Scenic Artist - Charge Scenic
Deborah Jensen	Assistant Art Director
David Swayze	Art Director
Leann Murphy	Art Department Coordinator
Jess Gonchor	Production Designer
Nancy Haigh	Set Decorator
Carolyn Cartwright	Assistant Set Decorator
Steve Brennan	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
J Todd Anderson	Graphics Coordinator - Graphite Operator
Paul Weathered	Set Dresser - Set Dressing Foreman
Quang Nguyen	Scenic Artist - Scenic Foreman
Becca DeMarco	Set Decorator - Set Decorating Buyer
Jeffrey McDonald	Assistant Art Director
Drew Houpt	Art Department - The Walrus
Tobin Obst	Assistant Art Director
Sha-Sha Shiau	Set Decorator - Set Decorating Coordinator
Daniel Rosenfield	Scenic Artist - Shop Scenic
Joann Atwood	Set Dresser
steve duke	Set Dresser
Jay Hendrickx	Scenic Artist - Camera Scenic
Nithya Shrinivasan	Assistant Art Director
Roman Greller	Set Dresser
Rebecca Castle	Scenic Artist - Scenic
Joe Tag	Set Dresser
Carl Catanese	Set Dresser
Steve Shifflette	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Ellen Chenoweth	Casting
Rachel Tenner	Casting Associate
Grant Wilfley	Extras Casting
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Melissa Braun	Extras Casting - Extras Casting Associate
Film Camera	Credit
Eileen Godoy	Film Lab - Intermediate Producer
Joey Violante	Dailies - Dailies Advisor
Steven J Scott	Colorist - Digital Colorist
George Richmond	Steadicam Operator
George Richmond	Camera Operator
Robert Mancuso	Assistant Camera - Assistant A-Camera
Yueni Zander	Loader - Camera Loader
Edward Button	Camera Trainee
Macall Polay	Photography - Still Photographer
Brian Carmichael	Video Assist/Playback - Production Video Assist
Emmanuel Lubezki	Director of Photography
Sarah Brandes	Loader
Oriana Lewton-Leopold	Camera Trainee
Peter Rosenfeld	Camera Operator
Scott Tinsley	Assistant Camera - Assistant A-Camera
Randy Greer	Camera Operator - Remote Head Operator
Stewart Stein	Assistant Camera
Legal	Credit
Patricia M Murphy	Legal Services - Serious Matters
Music	Credit
Todd Kasow	Music Editor
Isobel Griffiths	Orchestrations - Orchestra Contractor
Karl A Langlotz	Song Performer
Lucy Whalley	Music Contractor - Contractor
Carter Burwell	Music
Bob Crewe	Song
Chris Robertson	Music - Music Clearances
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra	Song Performer
Kenny Nolan	Song
Rosemary Warren-Green	Orchestrations - Orchestra Leader
Diamond Time	Music - Music Clearances
Idil Biret	Song Performer
John Barry	Song
Don Black	Song
Paul Clarvis	Music - Drummer
Xiao Ying	Song Performer
Harlan Page Peck	Song
Frank Ricotti	Music - Drummer
Doris	Song Performer
Modest Mussorgsky	Song
Gary Kettel	Music - Drummer
Bill Mays	Song Performer
Ralph Salmins	Music - Drummer
Martin Wind	Song Performer
Fryderyk Chopin	Song
Matt Wilson	Song Performer
Paul Adelstein	Song
Dave Hartley	Music - Piano
Bill Mays	Song
Mike Farrow	Music - Music Recorded and Mixed
Columbia Ballroom Orchestra	Song Performer
Taryn Murphy	Song
Taryn Murphy	Song Performer
Chris Landon	Song
Patrick Dawes	Song Performer
Crazy Girl	Song Performer
Patrick Dawes	Song
Tiff McGinnis	Song
Tim Love Lee	Song Performer
Revolvo	Song Performer
Tim Love Lee	Song
Tuli Kupferberg	Song
The Fugs	Song Performer
John Andrew Spence	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Jery Hewitt	Stunt Coordinator
Danny Aiello III	Stunts
Bill Anagnos	Stunts
Tim Buchanan	Stunts
George Colucci	Stunts
Norman Douglass	Stunts
Daniel Downey	Stunts
Stephanie Finochio	Stunts
Donald J Hewitt	Stunts
Jennifer Lamb	Stunts
Joanne Lamstein	Stunts
Samantha MacIvor	Stunts
Mick O'Rourke	Stunts
Janet Paparazzo	Stunts
Keith Siglinger	Stunts
Cort Hessler	Stunts
David Shumbris	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Dena Ghieth	Location Assistant
Michelle McGrier	DGA Trainee
Elizabeth Magruder	Assistant Director
Kimberly Fajen	Production Coordinator
Catherine Farrell	Post-Production Coordinator
Kip Myers	Assistant Location Manager
Lauri Pitkus	Location Manager
Thomas Johnston	Script Supervisor
Neri Kyle Tannenbaum	Unit Production Manager
Amanda Foley	Location Coordinator
Brette Billow	Assistant Production Coordinator
John Spady	Location Scout
Karen Ruth Getchell	Unit Manager - Unit Supervisor
Bac DeLorme	Assistant Director
Chris Geair	Assistant Location Manager
Kate Bailey	Assistant Production Coordinator
Peggy Pridemore	Location Manager
Robert Graf	Unit Production Manager
Rachael Lin Gallaghan	Unit Manager - Unit Coordinator
Christopher Lestrange	Location Assistant
Kimberly N Haden	Production Coordinator
Bryan Scott	Location Assistant
John Silvestri	Assistant Director
Jamie Vermilye	Location Assistant
Kurt Uebersax	Assistant Director
Katherine Delaney	Location Assistant
Marcy Forgang	Location Assistant
Publicity	Credit
Larry Kaplan	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Byron Wilson	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Catherine Harper	Foley Artist
Kenton Jakub	ADR Editor
Joel Dougherty	Assistant Sound Editor
James Morioka	Foley Editor
Tommy Louie	Sound - Cableperson
Darrin Mann	Foley Mixer
laurel bridges	Boom Operator
Peter Kurland	Sound Mixer
Craig Berkey	Sound Designer
Skip Lievsay	Rerecording Mixer
Craig Berkey	Rerecording Mixer
Johnna Chism	Assistant Sound Editor
Chris Moriana	Foley Artist
Greg Orloff	Rerecording Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Adrienne Winterhalter	Visual Effects Producer
John Corbett	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Artist
Gregory Hill	Graphic Designer
Lorenzo Hall	Special Effects Assistant
Randy Balsmeyer	Visual Effects Supervisor
Steve Kirshoff	Special Effects Coordinator
Carmen Campolo	Special Effects
Will Caban	Special Effects Foreman
Frank Oliva	Special Effects
Roy Savoy	Special Effects
Tommy Viviano	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Remy Pearce	Costume Coordinator
Nicole Greenbaum	Set Costumer
Lyn Quiyou	Hair Stylist - Department Head Hair Stylist
Jonathan Schwartz	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Amy Roth	Assistant Costume Designer
Danielle Cadorette	Tailor
Patricia Regan	Makeup Artist
Nomi Shichor	Key Costumer (Los Angeles)
Eileen Barrett	Hair
Jean A Black	Makeup - Make-Up Department Head
Mary Zophres	Costume Designer
David Davenport	Wardrobe Supervisor (New York)
Fionnuala Lynch	Set Costumer
Barbara Lacy	Makeup
MJ McGrath	Wardrobe Supervisor (New York)
Sonia Rivera	Hair Stylist
Nora Wooldridge	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Waldo Sanchez	Hair Stylist
Cha Blevins	Wardrobe Supervisor (Los Angeles)

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