A disc containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.A disc containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.A disc containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.
- Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards
- 8 wins & 32 nominations total
- CIA Superior
- (as JK Simmons)
- Divorce Lawyer
- (as JR Horne)
- Directors
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Summary
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Coen Brothers (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen) wrote the character Osborne Cox with John Malkovich in mind. Brad Pitt's character was also written with the actor in mind, inspired by a commercial for which he suffered a similar haircut and dye job. Indeed, the Coen Brothers noted at a Q&A session at the Venice Film Festival that all the leading characters were written for all the leading actors, with the exception of Tilda Swinton.
- GoofsWhen Osborne returns home after being served for divorce, he tries to enter his home with a car key not a house key.
- Quotes
- [last lines]
- CIA Superior: What did we learn, Palmer?
- CIA Officer: I don't know, sir.
- CIA Superior: I don't fuckin' know either. I guess we learned not to do it again.
- CIA Officer: Yes, sir.
- CIA Superior: I'm fucked if I know what we did.
- CIA Officer: Yes, sir, it's, uh, hard to say.
- CIA Superior: Jesus fucking Christ.
- Crazy creditsAs usual, the Coen Brothers edited this film under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes
- ConnectionsEdited into Meet the Mormons (2014)
Details
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Quémese después de leerse
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $37,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $60,355,347
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,128,001
- Sep 14, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $163,728,902
- Runtime
- 1h 36m(96 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

















































