Burn After Reading
- Director
- Ethan Coen , Joel Coen
- Release Date
- September 5, 2008
- Cast
- George Clooney , Frances McDormand , Brad Pitt , John Malkovich , Tilda Swinton , Richard Jenkins
- Writers
- Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
- Runtime
- 96 minutes
- Budget
- $37 million
Summary
A disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
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