See a Red-Band Trailer for the Coens' 'Burn After Reading'!
Filed under: Comedy, Focus Features, Trailers and Clips
After a brief detour through the more substantial, it looks like the Coen brothers are back in full-on madcap comedy mode with this fall's Burn After Reading. The first trailer has made an appearance here, though since it's red-band, the site requires you to go through a cumbersome process involving iTunes. Among other things, it affords the rare treat of seeing John Malkovich punch Brad Pitt in the nose.
It's always hard to predict how Coen movies are going to come together, but although Pitt might deserve an Oscar for the little dance he does at 1:36, I don't think Burn After Reading will be making an awards run -- it looks very, very strange, sort of in the vein of Raising Arizona. (On the other hand, the fact that the utterly insane O Brother, Where Art Thou? managed a screenplay nomination might mean all bets are off.) I cherish the Coens' comic sensibilities -- Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers were trifles, but they made me laugh, really hard. This looks similarly anarchic and over-the-top.
Burn After Reading premieres at the Venice Film Festival in August and hits theaters September 12th.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-29-2008 @ 11:08PM
William Goss said...
Here's the direct Quicktime link:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/focus_features/burn_after_reading/burn_after_reading-red-tlr_h480.mov
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5-30-2008 @ 12:21AM
Claudia Lomelí said...
I'm not particularly impressed with this trailer, but is the Coens, so it's worth the chance. Plus I'm curious to see how goofy can Brad Pitt be.
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5-30-2008 @ 12:34AM
AJ Wiley said...
That is hilarious. The Coens have never made a bad movie, and this one doesn't look to change that.
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5-30-2008 @ 12:42AM
Dwayne Conyers said...
Malkovich punching Pitt is worth the $9 plus popcorn money.
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5-30-2008 @ 2:22AM
TK said...
Clooney/Swinton again?
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5-30-2008 @ 4:01AM
Scott Weinberg said...
Looks pretty damn fun to me, although the trailer really shoulda given some "name blocks" to JK Simmons, David Rasche, and Richard Jenkins too.
Man I do love a broad ensemble farce. Fingers crossed.
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5-30-2008 @ 9:01AM
NP said...
This looks great... the kind of comedy you expect from the Coens.
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5-30-2008 @ 9:45AM
Gene said...
OK, that was pretty funny. Not too often that a trailer makes me laugh out loud. Nice to see the Coens back to comedy after No Country.
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5-30-2008 @ 10:20AM
kevjohn said...
Spike Lee was right. The Coens hate black people.
(I am just kidding. Grow a sense of humor why dontcha.)
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8-08-2008 @ 4:43AM
european middle-easter from south pacific said...
hello there! can anyone tell me the name of the song in this magnificent trailer?
thanks a lot.
and enjoy the film. i know I will.
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