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UPC: 5-050582-596670 (DVD)
Region Coding: 2, 4
Production Year: 2008
Rating: MA 15+ (Not suitable for people under 15. Under 15s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian)
Infrequent Strong Violence, Coarse Language
Running Time: 92 min.
DVD Release: 2/18/2009
Case Type: Keep Case
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: $0.00
An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness!

When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!

From Joel and Ethan Coen, The Academy Award®-winning* directors of No Country For Old Men and The Big Lebowski, comes this brilliantly clever and endlessly entertaining movie that citics are calling smart, funny, and original.

*1996 Best Original Screenplay, Fargo; 2007 Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, No Country For Old Men.

Genres
Comedy
Crime
Suspense/Thriller

Studios
Focus Features
StudioCanal
Relativity Media
Media Companies: Universal Pictures
Features
Scene Access
Featurettes
Subtitles
English
Spanish
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Cast
George Clooney as Harry Pfarrer
Frances McDormand as Linda Litzke
Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer
John Malkovich as Osborne Cox
Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox
Richard Jenkins as Ted
Elizabeth Marvel as Sandy Pfarrer
David Rasche as CIA Officer
JK Simmons as CIA Superior
Olek Krupa as Krapotkin
Michael Countryman as Alan
Kevin Sussman as Tuchman Marsh Man
JR Horne as Divorce Lawyer
Hamilton Clancy as Peck
Armand Schultz as Olson
Pun Bandhu as Party Guest
Karla Mosley as Party Guest
Jeffrey DeMunn as Cosmetic Surgeon
Richard Poe as Stretching Gym Patron
Carmen M. Herlihy as Prospective Gym Customer
Raul Arañas as Manolo
Judy Frank as Lawyer's Secretary
Sandor Tecsy as Russian Embassy Escort
Yury Tsykun as Senior Russian Embassy Man
Brian O'Neill as Hal
Robert Prescott as Process Server
Matt Walton as Morning Show Host
Lori Hammel as Morning Show Hostess
Crystal Bock as PR Woman
Patrick Boll as Sandy's Man
Logan Kulick as Four-Year-Old Patient
Dermot Mulroney as Star of "Coming Up Daisy"
Robert R. Barry as Drunken Princetonian
Ted Bouton as Drunken Princetonian
Bob Bowersox as Drunken Princetonian
Oliver Buckingham as Drunken Princetonian
Michael Fawcett as Drunken Princetonian
William Fowle as Drunken Princetonian
Charles Gemmill as Drunken Princetonian
Mitch Giannunzio as Drunken Princetonian
Cliff Goulet as Drunken Princetonian
William D. Grey as Drunken Princetonian
Gary Henderson as Drunken Princetonian
Ron Kidd as Drunken Princetonian
Bill Massof as Drunken Princetonian
Brian McKeon as Drunken Princetonian
Ken McNeill as Drunken Princetonian
Tim Miller as Drunken Princetonian
Jay Parks as Drunken Princetonian
Roger Rathburn as Drunken Princetonian
Eric Richardson as Drunken Princetonian
Bart Wilder as Drunken Princetonian
Crew
Direction:
Joel Coen: Director
Ethan Coen: Director
Writing:
Joel Coen: Writer
Ethan Coen: Writer
Production:
Joel Coen: Producer
Ethan Coen: Producer
Tim Bevan: Executive Producer
Eric Fellner: Executive Producer
Robert Graf: Executive Producer
Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Roderick Jaynes: Film Editor
Roderick Jaynes: Film Editor
Music:
Carter Burwell: Composer
Sound:
Skip Lievsay: Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Kurland: Production Sound Mixer
Craig Berkey: Sound Designer
Skip Lievsay: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Craig Berkey: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Greg Orloff: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Jess Gonchor: Production Designer
Mary Zophres: Costume Designer
David Swayze: Art Director
Jean A. Black: Make-up Artist
Patricia Regan: Make-up Artist
Carmen Campolo: Visual Effects
Frank Oliva: Visual Effects
Roy Savoy: Visual Effects
Tommy Viviano: Visual Effects
Randy Balsmeyer: Visual Effects