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2008 Fall/Holiday Preview: #12. Burn After Reading
Everyone expecting the second-coming of No Country for Old Men, should instead count on a zany piece filled with plenty of dumb people. The ensemble of A-list actors steal the show.
#12. Burn After Reading
Director/Writer: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and the Coens.
Distributor: Focus Features
The Gist: The Coen Bros. script is loosely based on the novel “Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence,” by Admiral Stansfield Turner, who served as director of the CIA from 1977 to 1981. The contemporary East Coast caper is about a CIA agent who is writing a book and he loses the disc.
Fact: Deakins was replaced by Children of Men‘s Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer).
See It: Everyone expecting the second-coming of No Country for Old Men, should instead count on a zany piece filled with plenty of dumb people. The ensemble of A-list actors steal the show.
Release Date/Status?: Venice and TIFF premieres followed by a wide September 12th release.
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