Burn After Reading

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black comedy film crime comedy film film

Burn After Reading is a 2008 dark comedy film by Joel and Ethan Coen that satirizes espionage and modern American paranoia through an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Frances McDormand.

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Burn After Reading canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
crime comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
character Chad Feldheimer ⓘ
Harry Pfarrer ⓘ
Katie Cox ⓘ
Linda Litzke ⓘ
Osborne Cox ⓘ
cinematographyBy Emmanuel Lubezki ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
distributor Focus Features ⓘ
editedBy Roderick Jaynes ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
espionage comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCastMember Brad Pitt ⓘ
Frances McDormand ⓘ
George Clooney ⓘ
J.K. Simmons ⓘ
surface form: J. K. Simmons

John Malkovich ⓘ
Richard Jenkins ⓘ
Tilda Swinton ⓘ
hasTheme bureaucratic incompetence ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ
miscommunication ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
mainSubject espionage ⓘ
intelligence agencies ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Carter Burwell ⓘ
narrativeLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Eric Fellner ⓘ
Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
Tim Bevan ⓘ
productionCompany Relativity Media ⓘ
StudioCanal ⓘ
Working Title Films ⓘ
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenedAt Venice Film Festival ⓘ
surface form: 65th Venice International Film Festival
setInPeriod early 21st century ⓘ
writer Ethan Coen ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ

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Chivo → workedOn → Burn After Reading ⓘ
subject surface form: Emmanuel Lubezki
Frances McDormand → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Ethan Coen → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Joel Coen → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ
John Malkovich → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Eric Fellner → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Richard Jenkins → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Richard Jenkins → hasRoleIn → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Jonathan Kimble Simmons → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Roderick Jaynes → creditedAsEditorOn → Burn After Reading ⓘ
Coen brothers → notableWork → Burn After Reading ⓘ