Introducing Burn After Reading

15-10-2008 10:42

This weeks sees Burn After Reading finally being released in the UK and it's the first film from the Coen brothers since their Oscar winning No Country for Old Men and with reunite them with George Clooney for the first time since O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The film also reunites Clooney with his Michael Clayton co-star, and Oscar winner, Tilda Swinton and his old mucker Brad Pitt.

FemaleFirst introduces you to the film's core characters.

Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand)

When a disc containing classified government information is left in their gym Chad and Linda see an opportunity to make some money through blackmail.

it's Linda who is the brains behind the operation and buffoon Chad is happy to plan the dim-witted sidekick.

But when their plans fails Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy. She hands the disc over promising that more information will follow.

But when they have nothing else to give to the Russians they plant to break into Cox's house. After Chad's stakeout on the property he enters the house but it all goes horribly wrong.