Burn After Reading - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Burn After Reading"
Burn After Reading (2008)
Timing: 1:36 (96 min)
Burn After Reading - TMDB rating
6.674/10
5156
Burn After Reading - Kinopoisk rating
6.875/10
138418
Burn After Reading - IMDB rating
7/10
375000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

Photo Tim Bevan #8467
Tim Bevan
Executive Producer
Photo Eric Fellner #8468
Eric Fellner
Executive Producer
Robert Graf
Executive Producer

Writer

Casting

Photo Ellen Chenoweth #4033
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting

Editor

Art Direction

David Swayze
Art Direction

Costume Design

Photo Mary Zophres #8630

Mary Zophres

Mary Zophres
Costume Design

Stunts

Photo Mick O
Mick O'Rourke
Stunts
Photo Jennifer Lamb #18530
Jennifer Lamb
Stunts
Janet Paparazzo
Stunts
George B. Colucci Jr.
Stunts

Production Design

Photo Jess Gonchor #70431
Jess Gonchor
Production Design

Set Decoration

Nancy Haigh
Set Decoration

Stunt Driver

Photo Samantha MacIvor #6639
Samantha MacIvor
Stunt Driver

Key Makeup Artist

Patricia Regan
Key Makeup Artist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Photo Skip Lievsay #10790
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Photo Craig Berkey #26202
Craig Berkey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Greg Orloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

Photo Carter Burwell #16851

Carter Burwell

Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer

Unit Production Manager

Robert Graf
Unit Production Manager

Production Supervisor

Karen Ruth Getchell
Production Supervisor

Associate Producer

David Diliberto
Associate Producer

Set Dresser

Jeffrey Rollins
Set Dresser
JoAnn Atwood
Set Dresser
Carl Catanese
Set Dresser
Steven T. Duke
Set Dresser
Roman Greller
Set Dresser
Stephen G. Shifflette
Set Dresser
Joe Taglairino
Set Dresser

Second Assistant Director

Bac DeLorme
Second Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Photo Emmanuel Lubezki #71477

Emmanuel Lubezki

Emmanuel Lubezki
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Steadicam Operator

Photo George Richmond #10729

George Richmond

George Richmond
Steadicam Operator

Makeup Department Head

Jean Ann Black
Makeup Department Head

Assistant Art Director

Deborah Jensen
Assistant Art Director
Nithya Shrinivasan
Assistant Art Director
Jeffrey D. McDonald
Assistant Art Director
Tobin Ost
Assistant Art Director

Visual Effects Supervisor

Randall Balsmeyer
Visual Effects Supervisor

Supervising Sound Editor

Photo Skip Lievsay #10790
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor

Hair Department Head

Lyndell Quiyou
Hair Department Head

Set Costumer

Nicole Greenbaum
Set Costumer
Fionnuala Lynch
Set Costumer

Hairstylist

Waldo Sanchez
Hairstylist

Sound Mixer

Peter F. Kurland
Sound Mixer

Visual Effects Producer

Adrienne Winterhalter
Visual Effects Producer

Screenplay

Photo Joel Coen #70706Photo Joel Coen #70707Photo Joel Coen #70708Photo Joel Coen #70709

Joel Coen

Joel Coen
Screenplay

Set Decoration Buyer

Rebecca Meis DeMarco
Set Decoration Buyer

Foley Artist

Catherine Harper
Foley Artist

Sound Designer

Photo Craig Berkey #26202
Craig Berkey
Sound Designer

Construction Coordinator

Ron Petagna
Construction Coordinator

Foley Editor

James Morioka
Foley Editor

Key Hair Stylist

Sonia Rivera
Key Hair Stylist

Special Effects

Wilfred Caban
Special Effects

Foley Mixer

Darrin Mann
Foley Mixer

Gaffer

Kevin 'Vinnie' Campbell
Gaffer

Assistant Director

Betsy Magruder
Assistant Director

Wardrobe Supervisor

David Davenport
Wardrobe Supervisor

Title Graphics

J. John Corbett
Title Graphics

Transportation Captain

Steven R. Hammond
Transportation Captain

Executive In Charge Of Post Production

Michelle Wright
Executive In Charge Of Post Production

What's left behind the scenes

  • This is the first film by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen since «Miller’s Crossing» (1990) in which Roger Deakins is not the cinematographer. He is replaced by Emmanuel Lubezki.
  • Although the CIA agent's house is located in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), filming for the movie scenes took place in Brooklyn Heights, as Ethan Coen and Joel Coen wanted to stay in New York to be with their families.
  • Filming began in August 2007 and ended in early November 2007.
  • The word “Fuck” is used 60 times in the film.
  • When Brad Pitt's character first meets John Malkovich's character, he asks to be called "Mr. Black." This is a deliberate nod to the film *Meet Joe Black* (1998), the slickness of whose protagonist Pitt was mocking here.
  • The film *Meeting Daisy* with Claire Danes and Dermot Mulroney, which Linda watches in the cinema first with Alan and then with Harry, does not exist. It was invented specifically for the film.
  • The film is set in 2008. The film states that Harry's wife, Sandy Farrier, hires the firm "Tacman Marsh". The same firm is hired by Judith Gopnik in the Coen brothers' next film, "A Serious Man," which takes place in 1967.
  • The difference between this film and previous Coen pictures is that there isn't a single positive, sympathetic character among the main ones. This led some critics to accuse the Coens of arrogant indifference to people, a kind of Swiftian misanthropy. “There are no good guys in this film. Some are too emotional, others are crazy,” John Malkovich noted on this subject. Brad Pitt's reaction was characteristic: “When I was told the role was written specifically for me, I didn't know whether to feel flattered or offended.”
  • In fact, the building used as the Russian embassy in Washington is Meister Hall – one of the buildings of the Bronx Community College campus in New York, built in 1964 to the design of architect Marcel Breuer.
  • When Chad and Linda chase after Cox, Chad claims that a standard Bic ballpoint pen can open a bicycle lock. This refers to the widely publicized scandal in the American media with Kensington and Kryptonite, which were long considered the standard for bicycle locks but, as it turned out, could be opened with a cheap Bic ballpoint pen.
  • In the opening scene, when Osborne Cox enters Palmer's office, he stops in front of the chair. In the next shot, when the camera films from the doorway, he is already standing behind the chair. When the camera films from Palmer's side again, he is standing in front of the chair again.
  • The film contains a continuity error. In the scene in the Russian embassy, the portrait of Russian President B.N. Yeltsin on the wall of the office changes to a portrait of President V.V. Putin.
  • This is the first film by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, since “Miller’s Crossing” (1990), in which Roger Deakins is not the cinematographer. He is replaced by Emmanuel Lubezki.
  • When Brad Pitt's character first meets John Malkovich's character, he asks to be called "Mr. Black." This is a deliberate nod to the film "Meet Joe Black" (1998), whose slickness Pitt parodies here.
  • The film "Meeting Daisy," starring Claire Danes and Dermot Mulroney, which Linda watches in the cinema first with Alan and then with Harry, does not exist. It was invented specifically for the film.
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