---
title: 'Burn After Reading (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joel Coen'
released: '2008-08-27'
runtime_minutes: 96
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/burn-after-reading-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Burn After Reading (2008)

2008 · R · 96 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime, Thriller · United Kingdom, France, United States


## Synopsis

Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy espionage film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It follows a recently jobless CIA analyst, Osborne Cox, whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees. When they mistake the memoirs for classified government documents, they embark on 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joel Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-coen), [Ethan Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-coen)
- **Screenplay:** [Coen brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/coen-brothers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell)
- **Producer:** [Tim Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-bevan)
- **Editor:** [Coen brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/coen-brothers)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emmanuel Lubezki](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-lubezki)

## Cast

- [Richard Karn](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-karn)
- [Matt Walton](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-walton)
- [Tilda Swinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilda-swinton)
- [Raul Aranas](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-aranas)
- [Sándor Técsy](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandor-tecsy)
- [Armand Schultz](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-schultz)
- [David Rasche](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rasche)
- [Richard Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jenkins)
- [Brian O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-o-neill)
- [Jeffrey DeMunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-demunn)
- [J. K. Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-k-simmons)
- [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich)
- [Frances McDormand](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-mcdormand)
- [George Clooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-clooney)
- [Aleksander Krupa](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-krupa)

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Official site: http://www.burnafterreading.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/burn-after-reading-2008
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