Burn After Reading
World-premiering as the opening-night film of the 2008 Venice International Film Festival; a dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. An ousted CIA official’s (John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two gym employees (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) intent on exploiting their find. George Clooney and Tilda Swinton also star. (Source)
The disc containing a fired CIA agent's memoirs inadvertently gets left in a ladies locker room at a gym, where two co-workers hatch a plan to sell its contents to the highest bidder. (Source)
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