
Burn After Reading

Intelligence is relative.
Rating: 6.7 out of 10TMDB(5.4K votes)
Overview
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Box office
Grossed $164M worldwide, about 4.4 times its $37M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in New Jersey and New York City
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Setting
Set in Washington, D.C.
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Music
Music by Carter Burwell
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Joel CoenWriter
- Ethan CoenWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 5, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $37M
- Revenue
- $163.7M
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom, France
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