Burn After Reading

film by Joel and Ethan Coen [2008]

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    • the Coen brothers
      In Coen brothers

      They followed that with Burn After Reading (2008), a CIA comedy starring Clooney, McDormand, and Brad Pitt, and the dark comedy A Serious Man (2009), which centred on a Jewish family in the late 1960s and earned Academy Award nominations for best picture and best original screenplay.

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    • Clooney
      • George Clooney
        In George Clooney: Syriana and Up in the Air

        …with the Coen brothers for Burn After Reading, a CIA comedy in which he played an adulterous federal marshal. Clooney later starred as a U.S. soldier trained to use mind control in the comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), and he provided the voice of the title character…

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    • Malkovich
      • John Malkovich
        In John Malkovich: Film and television work

        …the Galaxy (2005), Eragon (2006), Burn After Reading (2008), Red (2010), and Secretariat (2010). In addition, he produced, directed, and/or acted in a number of stage productions during this time. In 2016 he wrote an experimental film called 100 Years, which was directed by Robert Rodriguez and is scheduled to…

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    • McDormand
      • Frances McDormand
        In Frances McDormand

        Her subsequent films included Burn After Reading (2008), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).

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    • Pitt
    • Swinton