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Burn After Reading   2008         R, 96 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen   Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins, David Rasche, J.K. Simmons, Olek Krupa, Michael Countryman, Kevin Sussman, J.R. Home, Hamilton Clancy, Armand Schultz, Jeffrey DeMunn   Ex-CIA analyst Osborne Cox's (John Malkovich) wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) has turned over to her lawyer the CD on which Osborne had listed his finances and his memoirs of days as a government spook. Katie is in love with Harry (George Clooney) and wants the CD to be used as evidence when she divorces Osborne. But, the lawyer loses the CD, and it turns up in the hands of health club workers Chad Feldheimer and Linda Litzke (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) who decide to enter the game of blackmail and turn the CD into cash. Cast George Clooney Harry Pfarrer Frances McDormand Linda Litzke Brad Pitt Chad Feldheimer John Malkovich Osborne Cox Tilda Swinton Katie Cox Richard Jenkins Ted Treffon David Rasche CIA Officer J.K. Simmons CIA Superior Officer Olek Krupa Krapotkin Michael Countryman Alan Kevin Sussman Divorce Lawyer J.R. Home Divorce Lawyer Hamilton Clancy Peck Armand Schultz Olson Jeffrey DeMunn Cosmetic Surgeon