New York City Filming Report Surfaces For ‘Burn After Reading’ With Pitt, Clooney


They are shooting today (Sunday, Sept. 23) literally across the street from my apartment.
They have slightly doctored the area around Grant’s Tomb (the General Grant National Memorial site).
One of the crew told us they would be filming up and down Riverside Drive including near Riverside Church and the International House. Riverside Drive runs along the west side of upper Manhattan.
Brad Pitt and George Clooney are on hand. My two children were fascinated by the many cars with Virginia license plates and the D.C. cabs, which are distinctive from their New York City cousins.
The film also features John Malkovich and Frances McDormand. IMDb describes the plot with these words:
A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous gym employees who attempt to sell it.

Various reports questioned whether or not this would delay “Burn After Reading” filming.

I followed up with my initial source for this report for more information. Daniel Tamulonis has given me permission to cite this information to his real name. In his follow-up e-mail to my question, he said:
As for Clooney, the technician who spoke to my children and me assured us that “it was nothing” and that Clooney would be taking part in the shoot.
As the day progressed (we were walking a neighbor’s dog and had several chances to witness what was going on), we saw rehearsals and then a car stunt involving Pitt.
There will be more shooting [on Monday] in front of the International House. We saw Pitt several times but not Clooney.
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