Ozzie Cox (John Malkovich), a CIA vet, writes a damning memoir after being fired for being an alchoholic.
Cox's soon-to-be ex-wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) steals the disc containing his memoirs and accidentally leaves it at the gym where it is found by a trainer, Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and the gym's owner, Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand).
The believe that they can make money from the disc by blackmailing Cox.
Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney) is an oversexed, fanatically fit, lactose-intolerant federal marshal who is sleeping with Cox's wife.
He meets Linda at an online dating service and becomes involved in the blackmail plot.
This is 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?
Starring: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand
Burn After Reading is released 17th October