Chaos reigns when a gym employee (Frances McDormand) and her colleague try to benefit from a disc that they... (Learn more)
Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt (View All)
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Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt
At the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Arlington, Va., analyst Osbourne Cox arrives for a top-secret meeting. Unfortunately for Cox, the secret is soon out: he is being ousted. Cox does not take the news particularly well and returns to his Georgetown home to work on his memoirs and his drinking, not necessarily in that order. His wife Katie is dismayed, though not particularly surprised; she is already well into an illicit affair with Harry Pfarrer, a married federal marshal, and sets about making plans to leave Cox for Harry. Elsewhere in the Washington D.C. suburbs, and seemingly worlds apart, Hardbodies Fitness Centers employee Linda Litzke can barely concentrate on her work. She is consumed with her life plan for extensive cosmetic surgery, and confides her mission to can-do colleague Chad Feldheimer. Linda is all but oblivious to the fact that the gym's manager Ted Treffon pines for her even as she arranges dates via the Internet with other men. When a computer disc containing material for the CIA analyst's memoirs accidentally falls into the hands of Linda and Chad, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. As Ted frets, "No good can come of this," events spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, in a cascading series of encounters.
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US Release Date
9/12/08
MPAA Rating
Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.
Running Time
95 mins.
Locations
- New York City, New York, USA
- Washington, DC, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$60,338,891
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction in a Contemporary Film award at the 2008 Art Directors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Ensemble award at the 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2008 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2008 Utah Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Comedy Movie award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Comedy award at the 2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat Awards.
Distributor
- Focus Features
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
