In this Feb. 2, 2008 file photo, directors and producers Joel Coen, left and Ethan Coen, right, pose in the press room after receiving the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award for theatrical motion pictures for their work on "No Country for Old Men" along with producer Scott Rudin, not pictured, at the 2008 Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. "Burn After Reading," a dark spy-comedy by Oscar-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen, will open this year's Venice Film Festival. The movie, which stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will have its world premiere Aug. 27, festival organizers announced Monday.
(AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, file)
Coen brothers film to open this year's Venice Film Festival
In this Feb. 2, 2008 file photo, directors and producers Joel Coen, left and Ethan Coen, right, pose in the press room after receiving the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award for theatrical motion pictures for their work on "No Country for Old Men" along with producer Scott Rudin, not pictured, at the 2008 Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. "Burn After Reading," a dark spy-comedy by Oscar-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen, will open this year's Venice Film Festival. The movie, which stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will have its world premiere Aug. 27, festival organizers announced Monday.
(AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, file)
VENICE, Italy—"Burn After Reading," a dark spy-comedy by Oscar-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen, will open this year's Venice Film Festival.
The movie, which stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will have its world premiere Aug. 27, festival organizers announced Monday.
"Burn After Reading" is the story of an ousted CIA official whose memoir falls into the hands of two gym employees.
The festival will run through Sept. 6, when the prestigious Golden Lion will be awarded. The official lineup will be announced in late July.
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