Burn After Reading (2008)
Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer obtains the disc and ascertains that it contains classified government information. Along with his fellow employee, Linda Litzke, he intends to use the disc to blackmail Osbourne. When blackmailing him fails, Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy. At the embassy, she hands the disc over to the Russians, promising that she will give them more information. Linda and Chad don't have any more information, so they decide to break into Cox's house. This brings about a series of events that no one foresees.
Primary Title
- Burn After Reading
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 26 June 2016
Release Year
- 2008
Start Time
- 22 : 00
Finish Time
- 23 : 45
Duration
- 105:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer obtains the disc and ascertains that it contains classified government information. Along with his fellow employee, Linda Litzke, he intends to use the disc to blackmail Osbourne. When blackmailing him fails, Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy. At the embassy, she hands the disc over to the Russians, promising that she will give them more information. Linda and Chad don't have any more information, so they decide to break into Cox's house. This brings about a series of events that no one foresees.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- DVD available (Call no. DVD-V LD09-0677)
Subjects
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Drama
- Optical storage devices--Drama
- Personal trainers--United States--Drama
- Extortion--Drama
- Adultery--Drama
- Comedy films
- Crime films
- Feature films--United States
Genres
- Comedy-drama
Contributors
- Ethan Coen (Writer)
- Ethan Coen (Director)
- Joel Coen (Writer)
- Joel Coen (Director)
- Brad Pitt (Actor)
- Frances McDormand (Actor)
- George Clooney (Actor)
- John Malkovich (Actor)
- Tilda Swinton (Actor)
- Richard Jenkins (Actor)
- J.K. Simmons (Actor)
- Carter Burwell (Composer)
- Emmanuel Lubezki (Cinematographer)
- Mike Zoss Productions (Production Unit)
- Focus Features (Production Unit)
- StudioCanal (Production Unit)
- Relativity Media (Production Unit)
- Working Title Films (Production Unit)
Subjects
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Drama
- Optical storage devices--Drama
- Personal trainers--United States--Drama
- Extortion--Drama
- Adultery--Drama
- Comedy films
- Crime films
- Feature films--United States