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<span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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mw-first-heading"><i>Burn After Reading</i></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%88%D1%8B,_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Прачытаўшы, спаліць – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Прачытаўшы, спаліць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Изгори след прочитане – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Изгори след прочитане" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremeu-ho_despr%C3%A9s_de_llegir-ho" title="Cremeu-ho després de llegir-ho – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cremeu-ho després de llegir-ho" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po_p%C5%99e%C4%8Dten%C3%AD_spalte" title="Po přečtení spalte – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Po přečtení spalte" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading_%E2%80%93_Wer_verbrennt_sich_hier_die_Finger%3F" title="Burn After Reading – Wer verbrennt sich hier die Finger? – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Burn After Reading – Wer verbrennt sich hier die Finger?" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B5letada_p%C3%A4rast_lugemist" title="Põletada pärast lugemist – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Põletada pärast lugemist" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86" title="بخوان و بسوزان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخوان و بسوزان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%88_%EC%95%A0%ED%94%84%ED%84%B0_%EB%A6%AC%EB%94%A9" title="번 애프터 리딩 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="번 애프터 리딩" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81_%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%B8_%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Կարդալուց հետո այրել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կարդալուց հետո այրել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaliti_nakon_%C4%8Ditanja" title="Spaliti nakon čitanja – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Spaliti nakon čitanja" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading_-_A_prova_di_spia" title="Burn After Reading - A prova di spia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Burn After Reading - A prova di spia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%90_%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A3" title="לקרוא ולשרוף – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לקרוא ולשרוף" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadedzin%C4%81t_p%C4%93c_izlas%C4%AB%C5%A1anas" title="Sadedzināt pēc izlasīšanas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sadedzināt pēc izlasīšanas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC)" title="Запали по читањето (филм) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Запали по читањето (филм)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%82_%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1%D9%87" title="يحرق بعد القراءه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="يحرق بعد القراءه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0" title="バーン・アフター・リーディング – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バーン・アフター・リーディング" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajne_przez_poufne" title="Tajne przez poufne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tajne przez poufne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading" title="Burn After Reading – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Burn After Reading" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cite%C8%99te_%C8%99i_arde" title="Citește și arde – Romanian" lang="ro" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">2008 film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen<br />Ethan Coen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Joel Coen<br />Ethan Coen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Joel Coen<br />Ethan Coen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol 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class="mw-redirect" title="Roderick Jaynes">Roderick Jaynes</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/StudioCanal" title="StudioCanal">StudioCanal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Relativity_Media" title="Relativity Media">Relativity Media</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Working_Title_Films" title="Working Title Films">Working Title Films</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Zoss_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Zoss Productions">Mike Zoss Productions</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Focus_Features" title="Focus Features">Focus Features</a> (International)<br /><a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> (United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Benelux and Spain)<br />StudioCanal (France)<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>August 27, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-08-27</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/Venice_Film_Festival" title="Venice Film Festival">Venice</a>)</li> <li>September 12, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-09-12</span>)</span> (United States)</li> <li>October 17, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-10-17</span>)</span> (United Kingdom)</li> <li>December 10, 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2008-12-10</span>)</span> (France)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">96 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>United States<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>France<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$37 million<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$163.7 million<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Burn After Reading</b></i> is a 2008 <a href="/wiki/Black_comedy" title="Black comedy">black comedy film</a> written, produced, edited and directed by <a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel and Ethan Coen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Clooney_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clooney-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It follows a recently jobless <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</a> <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_analysis" title="Intelligence analysis">analyst</a>, Osborne Cox (<a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a>), whose misplaced memoirs are found by a pair of dimwitted gym employees (<a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>). When they mistake the memoirs for classified government documents, they undergo a series of misadventures in an attempt to profit from their find. The film also stars <a href="/wiki/George_Clooney" title="George Clooney">George Clooney</a> as a womanizing <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service" title="United States Marshals Service">U.S. Marshal</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tilda_Swinton" title="Tilda Swinton">Tilda Swinton</a> as Katie Cox, the wife of Osborne Cox; <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jenkins" title="Richard Jenkins">Richard Jenkins</a> as the gym manager; and <a href="/wiki/J._K._Simmons" title="J. K. Simmons">J. K. Simmons</a> as a CIA supervisor. </p><p>The film premiered on August 27, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/65th_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="65th Venice International Film Festival">Venice Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was released in the United States on September 12, 2008, and in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2008. It performed well at the box office, grossing over $163 million from its $37 million budget.<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critical response was mostly positive, and the film received nominations at both the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globes</a><sup id="cite_ref-Golden_Globes_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Golden_Globes-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BAFTA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BAFTA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Faced with a demotion due to a drinking problem, Osborne Cox angrily quits his job as a CIA analyst and decides to write a memoir. Upon telling his wife Katie, she secretly files for divorce and continues an existing affair with Harry Pfarrer, a married U.S. Marshal with paranoid tendencies. At the instruction of her lawyer, Katie delivers a copy of her husband's digital financial records and other personal files, unknowingly including a rough draft of Osborne's memoir. The lawyer's assistant copies the files onto a <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD-R</a>, which she accidentally leaves on the locker room floor of Hardbodies, a local gym. The disc falls into the hands of personal trainer Chad Feldheimer and his coworker Linda Litzke, who mistakenly believe it contains sensitive government information. </p><p>Chad and Linda devise a plan to return the disc to Osborne for a reward as Linda is eager to raise money for cosmetic surgery. However, their inept efforts to <a href="/wiki/Blackmail" title="Blackmail">blackmail</a> Osborne only enrage him. Upon their failure to secure money from Osborne, Chad and Linda try to sell the disc to the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_Russia_in_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Embassy of Russia in Washington">Russian embassy</a>, meeting with an official who is later revealed to be a spy for the CIA. Osborne's erratic behavior prompts Katie to change the locks on their house and to invite Harry to move in. Harry is a serial philanderer who incidentally becomes romantically involved with Linda after meeting her on a dating site. </p><p>Having falsely promised the Russians more files, Linda persuades Chad to sneak into the Cox house to steal files from Osborne's computer. Chad is discovered by Harry, who reflexively kills Chad with his firearm. Harry searches the body for clues, but finds an empty wallet and missing suit tags, a precaution Chad took at the behest of Linda's advice. Harry surmises from his lack of identifying features that Chad is a government agent. At the CIA headquarters, Osborne's former superior and his director learn that information from Osborne has been given to the Russian embassy. They are perplexed because the information is of no particular importance and the perpetrators' motive is unknown. To avoid involvement from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a> because of <a href="/wiki/Interservice_rivalry" title="Interservice rivalry">interservice rivalry</a>, the director orders that Chad's death be covered up. </p><p>Harry realizes that he is being tailed by a divorce lawyer hired by his wife. Depressed, Harry meets with Linda, who is distressed over Chad's disappearance. Harry agrees to help find him, unaware that Chad is the man he killed. Linda returns to the embassy, believing that the Russians have abducted Chad, but they deny this. After they inform her the contents of the CD she has given them are worthless, she convinces the manager of Hardbodies, Ted (who has unrequited feelings for Linda), to help her by sneaking into the Cox household to gather more files. </p><p>Harry and Linda meet in a park, where Linda reveals the address where Chad went before he disappeared. Harry realizes that Chad is the man he shot and flees, convinced Linda is a spy. When Osborne breaks into Katie's house with a hatchet to retrieve personal belongings, he finds Ted in the basement; Osborne shoots him, chases him into the street, and kills him with the hatchet. </p><p>At the CIA headquarters, Osborne's former superior informs the director of the events. A surveilling CIA officer who saw Osborne's highly conspicuous attack intervened and shot him, leaving him in a coma. Harry has been detained while trying to flee to Venezuela, a country with no <a href="/wiki/Extradition_treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Extradition treaty">extradition treaty</a> with the U.S.; the director orders that Harry be released and allowed to continue to Venezuela, rather than deal with the consequences of bringing him into custody. Linda has been captured but agrees to keep quiet if they will pay for her plastic surgery. 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Top row, left to right:</b> <a href="/wiki/George_Clooney" title="George Clooney">George Clooney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a></li> <li><b>Bottom row:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tilda_Swinton" title="Tilda Swinton">Tilda Swinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jenkins" title="Richard Jenkins">Richard Jenkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Clooney" title="George Clooney">George Clooney</a> as Harry Pfarrer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> as Linda Litzke</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a> as Chad Feldheimer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a> as Osborne Cox</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilda_Swinton" title="Tilda Swinton">Tilda Swinton</a> as Katie Cox</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jenkins" title="Richard Jenkins">Richard Jenkins</a> as Ted</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Marvel" title="Elizabeth Marvel">Elizabeth Marvel</a> as Sandy Pfarrer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rasche" title="David Rasche">David Rasche</a> as CIA Officer Palmer DeBakey Smith</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._K._Simmons" title="J. K. Simmons">J. K. Simmons</a> as CIA superior</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Krupa" title="Aleksander Krupa">Olek Krupa</a> as Krapotkin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_DeMunn" title="Jeffrey DeMunn">Jeffrey DeMunn</a> as Cosmetic Surgeon</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_and_writing">Background and writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Background and writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Working_Title_Films" title="Working Title Films">Working Title Films</a> produced the film for <a href="/wiki/Focus_Features" title="Focus Features">Focus Features</a>, which also has worldwide distribution rights.<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Burn After Reading</i> was the first <a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Coen brothers</a> film not to use <a href="/wiki/Roger_Deakins" title="Roger Deakins">Roger Deakins</a> as cinematographer since <i><a href="/wiki/Miller%27s_Crossing" title="Miller's Crossing">Miller's Crossing</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Lubezki" title="Emmanuel Lubezki">Emmanuel Lubezki</a>, four-time <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a>-nominated cinematographer of <i><a href="/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_(film)" title="Sleepy Hollow (film)">Sleepy Hollow</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Children_of_Men" title="Children of Men">Children of Men</a></i>, took over for Deakins,<sup id="cite_ref-Empire1207_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Empire1207-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who had already committed to shooting Sam Mendes' <i><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Road_(film)" title="Revolutionary Road (film)">Revolutionary Road</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mental_Floss_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mental_Floss-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Zophres" title="Mary Zophres">Mary Zophres</a> served as costume designer, marking her eighth consecutive movie with the Coen brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a>, a composer who worked with the Coens in 11 previous films, created the score. Early in the production, Burwell and the Coens decided that the score should be emphatically percussive to match the deluded self-importance of the characters, and they noted the all-drum score for the political thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May" title="Seven Days in May">Seven Days in May</a>.</i> Joel Coen wanted the score to be "big and bombastic,... important sounding but absolutely meaningless."<sup id="cite_ref-SpoutBlog_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpoutBlog-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burwell wrote that a percussive score would help "avoid any emotional comment" and "would lend an air of sobriety, gravity, and bombast to the general silliness". The <i>Burn</i> score ultimately made frequent use of Japanese <a href="/wiki/Taiko" title="Taiko">Taiko drums</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Carter_Burwell_Blog_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carter_Burwell_Blog-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Burn After Reading</i> was the first original screenplay penned by Joel and Ethan Coen since their 2001 film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Wasn%27t_There_(2001_film)" title="The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)">The Man Who Wasn't There</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times0827_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times0827-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethan Coen compared <i>Burn After Reading</i> to the <a href="/wiki/Allen_Drury" title="Allen Drury">Allen Drury</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_fiction" title="Political fiction">political novel</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Advise_and_Consent" title="Advise and Consent">Advise and Consent</a></i> and called it "our version of a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Scott" title="Tony Scott">Tony Scott</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jason_Bourne" title="Jason Bourne">Jason Bourne</a> kind of movie, without the explosions."<sup id="cite_ref-USA0902_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA0902-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joel Coen said that they intended to create a spy film because "we hadn't done one before",<sup id="cite_ref-AP0828_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP0828-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but feels that the final result was more of a character-driven film than a spy story. Joel also said that <i>Burn After Reading</i> was not meant to be a comment or satire on Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-SpoutBlog_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpoutBlog-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parts of the <i>Burn</i> screenplay were written while the Coens were also writing their adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_(novel)" title="No Country for Old Men (novel)">No Country for Old Men</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SpoutBlog_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpoutBlog-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coens created characters with actors George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Richard Jenkins in mind for the parts, and the script derived from the brothers' desire to include them in a "fun story."<sup id="cite_ref-LAT1121_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT1121-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethan Coen said that Pitt's character was partially inspired by a botched hair-coloring job from a commercial that Pitt had made.<sup id="cite_ref-ST1108_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST1108-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tilda Swinton, who was cast later than the other actors, was the only major actor whose character was not written specifically for her. The Coens struggled to develop a common filming schedule to accommodate the A-list cast.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Production Weekly</i>, an online entertainment-industry magazine, falsely reported in October 2006 that <i>Burn After Reading</i> was a loose adaptation of <i>Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence</i>, a memoir by former <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Central_Intelligence" title="Director of Central Intelligence">U.S. Director of Central Intelligence</a> <a href="/wiki/Stansfield_Turner" title="Stansfield Turner">Stansfield Turner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coen brothers script had nothing to do with the Turner book; nevertheless, the rumor was not clarified until a <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> article more than one year later.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT1121_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT1121-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> took place around <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Heights" title="Brooklyn Heights">Brooklyn Heights</a>, as the Coens wanted to stay in New York City to be with their families.<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2007-06-08_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2007-06-08-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other scenes were filmed in <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus, New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County, New York</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown, Washington, D.C.">Georgetown</a> neighborhood.<sup id="cite_ref-Clooney_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clooney-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Filming began on August 27, 2007, and was completed on October 30, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Clooney_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clooney-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John Malkovich, appearing in his first Coen brothers film, said of the shooting, "The Coens are very delightful: smart, funny, very specific about what they want but not overly controlling, as some people can be."<sup id="cite_ref-Emp0208_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emp0208-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festival_run_and_press_tour">Festival run and press tour</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Festival run and press tour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film opened the <a href="/wiki/Venice_Film_Festival" title="Venice Film Festival">Venice Film Festival</a> in August 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-WP0827_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP0827-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Coen brothers said idiocy was a major central theme of <i>Burn After Reading</i>; Joel said he and his brother have "a long history of writing parts for idiotic characters"<sup id="cite_ref-WP0827_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP0827-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and described Clooney and Pitt's characters as "dueling idiots."<sup id="cite_ref-ST1108_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ST1108-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Burn After Reading</i> is the third of four Coen brothers films with Clooney (<i><a href="/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F" title="O Brother, Where Art Thou?">O Brother, Where Art Thou?</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Intolerable_Cruelty" title="Intolerable Cruelty">Intolerable Cruelty</a></i> and, later, <i><a href="/wiki/Hail,_Caesar!" title="Hail, Caesar!">Hail, Caesar!</a></i>), who acknowledged that he usually plays a fool in their movies: "I've done three films with them and they call it my trilogy of idiots."<sup id="cite_ref-WP0827_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP0827-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joel said after the last scene was shot, "George said: 'OK, I've played my last idiot!' So I guess he won't be working with us again."<sup id="cite_ref-IndieLondon_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieLondon-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pitt, who plays a particularly unintelligent character, said of his role, "After reading the part, which they said was hand-written for myself, I was not sure if I should be flattered or insulted."<sup id="cite_ref-WP0827_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP0827-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pitt also said when he was shown the script, he told the Coens he did not know how to play the part because the character was such an idiot: "There was a pause, and then Joel goes...'You'll be fine'."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_2007-06-08_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_2007-06-08-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a fall movie preview, <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> wrote that Malkovich "easily racks up the most laughs"<sup id="cite_ref-EW_Fall_Preview_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_Fall_Preview-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> among the cast as the foul-mouthed and short-tempered ex-CIA man. The first scene Malkovich performed was a phone call in which he shouts several obscenities at Pitt and McDormand. But Malkovich could not be on the <a href="/wiki/Sound_stage" title="Sound stage">sound stage</a> for the call because he was rehearsing a play, so he called in the lines from his apartment in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>. Regarding the scene, Malkovich said, "It was really late at night and I was screaming at the top of my lungs. God knows what the neighbors thought."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_Fall_Preview_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_Fall_Preview-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swinton plays Malkovich's wife who engages in an <a href="/wiki/Extramarital_sex" title="Extramarital sex">affair</a> with Clooney, although the two characters do not get along well. Clooney's and Swinton's characters also had a poor relationship in their previous film together, <i><a href="/wiki/Michael_Clayton_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Clayton (film)">Michael Clayton</a></i>, prompting Clooney to say to Swinton at the end of a shoot, "Well, maybe one day we'll get to make a film together when we say one nice thing to each other."<sup id="cite_ref-EW_Fall_Preview_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW_Fall_Preview-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swinton said of the dynamic, "I'm very happy to shout at him on screen. It's great fun."<sup id="cite_ref-Clooney_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clooney-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Swinton described <i>Burn After Reading</i> as "a kind of monster caper movie"<sup id="cite_ref-IndieLondon_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieLondon-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and said of the characters, "All of us are monsters – like, true monsters. It's ridiculous."<sup id="cite_ref-IndieLondon_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieLondon-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also said, "I think there is something random at the heart of this one. On the one hand, it really is bleak and scary. On the other, it is really funny. ... It's the whatever-ness of it. You feel that at any minute of any day in any town, this could happen."<sup id="cite_ref-USA0902_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA0902-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malkovich said of the characters, "No one in this film is very good. They're either slightly emotional or mentally defective. Quirky, self-aggrandizing, scheming."<sup id="cite_ref-Emp0208_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emp0208-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pitt said the cast did little ad-libbing because the script was so tightly written and wove so many overlapping stories together.<sup id="cite_ref-AP0828_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP0828-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Veteran actor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jenkins" title="Richard Jenkins">Richard Jenkins</a> said the Coen brothers asked him if he could lose weight for his role as the gym manager, to which Jenkins jokingly replied, "I'm a 60-year-old man, not Brad Pitt. My body isn't going to change."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joel Coen said the sex machine built by Clooney's character was inspired by a machine he once saw a <a href="/wiki/Key_grip" title="Key grip">key grip</a> build, and by another machine he saw in the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Sex" title="Museum of Sex">Museum of Sex</a> in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-SpoutBlog_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpoutBlog-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In its opening weekend, the film grossed $19.1 million from 2,651 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking number one at the box office.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It went on to gross $60.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $103.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $163.7 million worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film holds an approval rating of 78% based on 248 reviews, and an average rating of 6.90/10. The website's critical consensus states, "With <i>Burn After Reading</i>, the Coen Brothers have crafted another clever comedy/thriller with an outlandish plot and memorable characters."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> assigned the film a weighted average score of 63 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>, which gave the film four out of five stars, compared it to the Coen films <i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Arizona" title="Raising Arizona">Raising Arizona</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fargo_(1996_film)" title="Fargo (1996 film)">Fargo</a></i> in its "savagely comic taste for creative violence and a slightly mocking eye for detail."<sup id="cite_ref-Times0827_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times0827-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The review said that the attention to detail was so impeccable that "the Coens can even raise a laugh with something as simple as a well-placed photograph of <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-Times0827_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times0827-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and complimented <a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a>'s musical score, which it described as "the most paranoid piece of film music since <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>'s neurotic soundtrack for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes" title="The Anderson Tapes">The Anderson Tapes</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-Times0827_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times0827-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Andrew Pulver, film reviewer for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, awarded the film four out of five stars, calling it "a tightly wound, slickly plotted spy comedy that couldn't be in bigger contrast to the Coens' last film, the bloodsoaked, brooding <i><a href="/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="No Country for Old Men (film)">No Country for Old Men</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-Guard0827_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard0827-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pulver said that the film "may also go down as arguably the Coens' happiest engagement with the demands of the Hollywood <a href="/wiki/A-list" title="A-list">A-list</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Guard0827_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard0827-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> reviewer Kirk Honeycutt complimented the actors for making fun of their screen personae, and said that the Coen brothers "... have taken some of cinema's top and most expensive actors and chucked them into <i><a href="/wiki/Looney_Tunes" title="Looney Tunes">Looney Tunes</a></i> roles in a thriller."<sup id="cite_ref-Honeycutt_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Honeycutt-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Honeycutt also said "it takes awhile to adjust to the rhythms and subversive humor of <i>Burn</i> because this is really an anti-spy thriller in which nothing is at stake, no one acts with intelligence and everything ends badly."<sup id="cite_ref-Honeycutt_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Honeycutt-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Todd_McCarthy" title="Todd McCarthy">Todd McCarthy</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> wrote a strongly negative review, saying that the film "tries to mate sex farce with a satire of a paranoid political thriller, with arch and ungainly results."<sup id="cite_ref-Variety0827_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety0827-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCarthy said the talented cast was forced to act like cartoon characters, described Carter Burwell's score as "uncustomarily overbearing"<sup id="cite_ref-Variety0827_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety0827-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and said the dialogue is "dialed up to an almost grotesquely exaggerated extent, making for a film that feels misjudged from the opening scene and thereafter only occasionally hits the right note." </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> film critic <a href="/wiki/Richard_Corliss" title="Richard Corliss">Richard Corliss</a> wrote that he did not understand what the Coen brothers were attempting with the film: "I have the sinking feeling I've made <i>Burn After Reading</i> sound funnier than it is. The movie's glacial affectlessness, its remove from all these subpar schemers, left me cold and perplexed."<sup id="cite_ref-Time0831_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time0831-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Denby" title="David Denby">David Denby</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> said that the film had several funny scenes, but that they "are stifled by a farce plot so bleak and unfunny that it freezes your responses after about forty-five minutes."<sup id="cite_ref-NYorker_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYorker-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denby criticized the film's pattern of violence in which innocent people die quickly and the guilty go unpunished. "These people don't mean much to [the Coen brothers]; it's hardly a surprise that they don't mean much to us, either. ... Even black comedy requires that the filmmakers love someone, and the mock cruelties in <i>Burn After Reading</i> come off as a case of terminal misanthropy."<sup id="cite_ref-NYorker_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYorker-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leah Rozen of <i><a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a></i> said that the characters' "unrelenting dumbness and dim-witted behavior is at first amusing and enjoyable but eventually grows wearing."<sup id="cite_ref-PeopleMag_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeopleMag-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But Rozen said that the performances are a redeeming factor, especially that of Pitt, whom she described as a standout who "manages simultaneously to be delightfully broad and smartly nuanced."<sup id="cite_ref-PeopleMag_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeopleMag-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Monde" title="Le Monde">Le Monde</a></i> noticed the film's "particularly bitter image of the U.S. The alliance of political incompetence (the CIA), the cult of appearance (the gym club) and vulgar stupidity (everyone) is the target of a settling of scores" where the comedy "sprouts from a well of bitterness."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Almost a decade later, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic">The New Republic</a></i> senior editor <a href="/wiki/Jeet_Heer" title="Jeet Heer">Jeet Heer</a> argued that the film was "singularly prophetic of the [Donald] Trump era" anticipating "the Trump campaign's collusion with Russian operatives" and "the wider culture of deceit that made Donald Trump's rise possible. More than just a satire on espionage, the movie is scathing critique of modern America as a superficial, <a href="/wiki/Post-political" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-political">post-political</a> society where cheating of all sorts comes all too easily....The most disturbing thing about <i>Burn After Reading</i>, though, is how it resembles every day in Trump's Washington, where the line between blundering idiocy and malevolent conspiracy is increasingly blurred."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review" title="National Board of Review">National Board of Review</a> named <i>Burn After Reading</i> in its list of the Top 10 Movies of 2008. Noel Murray of <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i> named it the second-best film of 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-mctop08_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mctop08-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_(magazine)" title="Empire (magazine)">Empire</a></i> magazine named it the third-best film of 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-mctop08_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mctop08-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Owen_Gleiberman" title="Owen Gleiberman">Owen Gleiberman</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> named it the seventh-best film of 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-mctop08_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mctop08-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Date of ceremony </th> <th scope="col">Category </th> <th scope="col">Recipient(s) </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/AARP_Movies_for_Grownups_Awards" title="AARP Movies for Grownups Awards">AARP Movies for Grownups Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/8th_AARP_Movies_for_Grownups_Awards" title="8th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards">January 27, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AARP_Movies_for_Grownups_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AARP_Movies_for_Grownups_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AARP_Movies_for_Grownups_Award_for_Best_Screenwriter" title="AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter">Best Screenwriter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/ADG_Excellence_in_Production_Design_Awards" title="ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards">Art Directors Guild Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Directors_Guild_Awards_2008" title="Art Directors Guild Awards 2008">February 14, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Art_Directors_Guild_Award_for_Excellence_in_Production_Design_for_a_Contemporary_Film" title="Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film">Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jess_Gonchor" title="Jess Gonchor">Jess Gonchor</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Artios_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Artios Awards">Artios Awards</a> </th> <td>November 2, 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artios_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Casting_-_Big_Budget_Feature_(Comedy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy)">Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature – Comedy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Chenoweth" title="Ellen Chenoweth">Ellen Chenoweth</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/62nd_British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="62nd British Academy Film Awards">February 8, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td>Joel Coen and Ethan Coen </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Supporting_Role" title="BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role">Best Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Supporting_Role" title="BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role">Best Supporting Actress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tilda_Swinton" title="Tilda Swinton">Tilda Swinton</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Awards" title="Critics' Choice Movie Awards">Critics' Choice Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Critics%27_Choice_Awards" title="14th Critics' Choice Awards">January 8, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Comedy" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy">Best Comedy</a> </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Film_Critics_Society" title="Detroit Film Critics Society">Detroit Film Critics Society</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Film_Critics_Society#2008" title="Detroit Film Critics Society">2008</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Ensemble" title="Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble">Best Cast</a> </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Awards" title="Edgar Awards">Edgar Awards</a> </th> <td>April 30, 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners">Best Motion Picture Screenplay</a> </td> <td>Joel Coen and Ethan Coen </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Empire_Awards" title="Empire Awards">Empire Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Empire_Awards" title="14th Empire Awards">March 29, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empire_Award_for_Best_Comedy" title="Empire Award for Best Comedy">Best Comedy</a> </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/66th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="66th Golden Globe Awards">January 11, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy">Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical</a> </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Comedy_or_Musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical">Best Actress – Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical</a> </td> <td>Frances McDormand </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society" title="Houston Film Critics Society">Houston Film Critics Society</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Awards_2008" title="Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008">December 17, 2008</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role</a> </td> <td>Brad Pitt </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/IndieWire_Critics_Poll" title="IndieWire Critics Poll">IndieWire Critics Poll</a> </th> <td>December 24, 2008 </td> <td>Best Screenplay </td> <td>Joel Coen and Ethan Coen </td> <td style="background:#CDE; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-draw">3rd place </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/International_Film_Music_Critics_Association#IFMCA_Awards" title="International Film Music Critics Association">International Film Music Critics Association Awards</a> </th> <td>February 18, 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Film_Music_Critics_Association_Award_for_Best_Original_Score_for_a_Comedy_Film" title="International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film">Best Original Score for a Comedy Film</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carter_Burwell" title="Carter Burwell">Carter Burwell</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="National Board of Review Awards">National Board of Review Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_2008" title="National Board of Review Awards 2008">January 14, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review:_Top_Ten_Films" title="National Board of Review: Top Ten Films">Top Ten Films</a> </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Guild_of_Film_Critics" title="Russian Guild of Film Critics">Russian Guild of Film Critics</a> </th> <td>December 25, 2008 </td> <td>Best Foreign Film </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Russian_National_Movie_Awards" title="Russian National Movie Awards">Russian National Movie Awards</a> </th> <td>2009 </td> <td>Best Independent Movie </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Film_Critics_Association" title="St. Louis Film Critics Association">St. Louis Film Critics Association</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Gateway_Film_Critics_Association_Awards_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2008">December 2008</a> </td> <td>Best Comedy </td> <td><i>Burn After Reading</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/World_Soundtrack_Awards" title="World Soundtrack Awards">World Soundtrack Awards</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">October 17, 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Soundtrack_Award_for_Best_Original_Score_of_the_Year" title="World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year">Best Original Score of the Year</a> </td> <td>Carter Burwell </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Soundtrack_Award_for_Soundtrack_Composer_of_the_Year" title="World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year">Film Composer of the Year</a> </td> <td>Carter Burwell </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/61st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="61st Writers Guild of America Awards">February 7, 2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a> </td> <td>Joel Coen and Ethan Coen </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Burn After Reading</i> was released on <a href="/wiki/DVD_region_code#1" title="DVD region code">Region 1</a> <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc" class="mw-redirect" title="Blu-ray Disc">Blu-ray disc</a> on December 21, 2008. The Region 2 version was released on February 9, 2009. The Blu-ray contains three bonus features, including behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew.<sup id="cite_ref-DVD_Beaver_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DVD_Beaver-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_fictional_films" title="List of films featuring fictional films">List of films featuring fictional films</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burn_After_Reading&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit 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