Question 1

Which Coen brothers film shares a writing timeline with Burn After Reading?

Accepted Answer

The Coen brothers wrote Burn After Reading while also writing No Country for Old Men (2007), alternating between scripts every other day.

Question 2

What real-life location was transformed into the Hardbodies gym in the film?

Accepted Answer

The Hardbodies gym was a building in Paramus, New Jersey that was so convincingly converted that locals inquired about membership.

Question 3

How did costume designer Mary Zophres make Brad Pitt's suit look intentionally cheap?

Accepted Answer

For Chad's cheap suit scene, Mary Zophres dressed Brad Pitt in an ill-fitting suit with a horrid-looking wool tie to make it look purposefully bad.

Question 4

Which Stanley Kubrick film is referenced through the opening title sound in Burn After Reading?

Accepted Answer

The opening titles feature the homing scanner sound from Bowman's space pod in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Question 5

What motivates Linda and Chad's scheme after finding a CIA analyst's memoirs?

Accepted Answer

Linda and Chad see the disc as a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery, but events quickly spiral out of control.

Question 6

Which Coen brothers film was written simultaneously with 'Burn After Reading'?

Accepted Answer

The Coen brothers wrote the screenplay for 'Burn After Reading' while also writing the screenplay for 'No Country for Old Men' (2007), alternating between scripts every other day.

Question 7

What real-life location was transformed into the Hardbodies gym in the film?

Accepted Answer

The Hardbodies gym was created from a building in Paramus, New Jersey. The crew's work was so convincing that locals actually came in to inquire about membership.

Question 8

How did costume designer Mary Zophres make Brad Pitt's suit look intentionally cheap?

Accepted Answer

For the scene where Brad Pitt's character Chad wears a cheap suit, costume designer Mary Zophres dressed him in a purposefully ill-fitting suit with a bad cut and a horrid-looking wool tie.

Question 9

Which Stanley Kubrick film references appear in 'Burn After Reading'?

Accepted Answer

The film includes multiple Stanley Kubrick references: the 2001: A Space Odyssey scanner sound in the opening titles, house number 114 referencing Dr. Strangelove, and Linda's 'Mickey Mouse H.M.O.' line nodding to Full Metal Jacket.

Question 10

What major film festival premiered 'Burn After Reading' in 2008?

Accepted Answer

'Burn After Reading' was an official selection at the Venice Film Festival in 2008.

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