Other mistake: The date on the surveillance footage from the camera in the Russian Embassy says 01.05.08, implying that it is either January or May (depending on which date notation is being used, American mm.dd.yy or Russian dd.mm.yy). However, it is fall/autumn outside, as there are dead leaves everywhere. And when Katie calls Harry we can see that his cell phone shows 17/9/08. (00:48:00)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton
The Russians send Chad (Brad Pitt) to Osbourne Cox's (John Malkovich) house to get more information. While he is there, Harry (George Clooney) arrives and sees him. Panicked, he shoots Chad in the head. Thinking he's being stalked, he dumps the body. After a while, Harry finds out his wife is cheating on him. He tells this to Linda (Frances McDormand) who, in turn, confides in him that her friend Chad disappeared a few days ago. Realizing this is the same Chad he killed, Harry runs away. Osbourne Cox finds out his wife (Tilda Swinton) is taking all his money. He breaks into his house and finds Linda's co-worker (Richard Jenkins) there, who just went there to find Linda. Cox chases him outside and chops him up with a hatchet. The CIA sees this and they shoot Cox. Linda also gets busted and tells them she'll only confess if they give her the money for her plastic surgery, clearly trying to pull the same scheme that started this whole mess.....
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More mistakes in Burn After Reading
Osborne Cox: You are the guy from the gym.
Ted Treffon: I don't represent Hardbodies.
Osborne Cox: I know very well what you represent. You represent the idiocy of today.
Ted Treffon: No, I don't represent that either.
Osborne Cox: You are part of a league of morons. Oh, yes. You see you're one of the morons I've been fighting my whole life. My whole, fucking life. But guess what. Today, I win.
Trivia: Was written at the same time as the Coen Brothers' Academy Award-winning film "No Country for Old Men." They'd alternate day-by-day. One day they'd work on "No Country " the next they're work on "Burn After Reading."
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