Burn After Reading

Starring: Malkovich, John

Product Description

When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 025195016490
• Release Date: September 2009
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Studio Distribution Servi
• Directors: Coen, Joel, Coen, Ethan
• Starring: Malkovich, John
• Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

An ax-ceptable film from the Coen Brothers.

In the Coen tradition, we get our share of blood and guts in the story of Semper Fidelis. A level-three CIA a-n-a-l-y-st, Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich), is banished to a lesser position, presumably due to excessive imbibing. As with the movie "Hopscotch" with Walter Matthau, Osbourne decides to write his memoirs. Now, what do you suppose would happen if the memoir mysteriously gets into the possession of some aging female who is determined to get comedic surgery and is desperate for money and love? This leads to a chain reaction of fidelity and infidelity. When the day is done, does the CIA know what they started and learn from whatever it is they did? The film has a good collection of popular actors. Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox gets to reprise her role as the Snow Queen.