Burn after reading

Resource Information

The work Burn after reading represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Green Lake Public Library (Caestecker). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Burn after reading

Statement of responsibility

Focus Features presents in association with Relativity Media ; Mike Zoss Productions ; Studio Canal ; Working Title Films ; produced by Tim Bevan, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Eric Fellner ; written & directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Contributor

• Focus Features
• Relativity Media
• Studio Canal
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Working Title Films
• Bevan, Tim
• Clooney, George
• Coen, Ethan
• Coen, Joel
• Fellner, Eric
• Malkovich, John
• McDormand, Frances

Subject

• Adulterio -- Estados Unidso -- Teatro
• Adultery -- Drama
• Comedy -- Feature
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Crime -- Feature
• Crime films
• Extortion -- Drama
• Grabaciones de discos videos digitales -- Teatro
• Optical storage devices -- Drama
• Personal trainers -- Drama
• United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Drama
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Comedy
• Comedy films
• Crime
• Crime films
• Drama
• Teatro
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer obtains the disc and ascertains that it contains classified government information. Along with his fellow employee, Linda Litzke, he intends to use the disc to blackmail Osbourne. When blackmailing him fails, Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy. At the embassy, she hands the disc over to the Russians, promising that she will give them more information. Linda and Chad don't have any more information, so they decide to break into Cox's house. This brings about a series of events that no one forsees

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Carter Burwell

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence

Language note

English or French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles from the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.B87 2008

PerformerNote

George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt

Runtime

96

Series statement

Focus Features spotlight series

Technique

live action