No Country for Old Men
A hunter's discovery of drug money sets a relentless killer on his trail in this Coen brothers thriller.
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About the film
There are no clean getaways.
What it’s about
While hunting in the Texas desert, Llewelyn Moss finds a drug deal gone wrong, a truck full of heroin, and two million dollars. Taking the cash makes him the target of Anton Chigurh, a methodical killer who leaves no witnesses.
What hooks you
Tommy Lee Jones plays a sheriff who watches the violence unfold, while Javier Bardem's performance as Chigurh earned an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. The film also received awards for its adapted screenplay and cinematography.
Who it’s for
It suits viewers who appreciate slow-burning tension, moral ambiguity, and crime stories where every decision has brutal consequences.
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 2007
- Running time
- 2h 2min
- Age rating
- 16+
- MPAA
- R
- World premiere
- May 19, 2007
×6.9box office to budget
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 417 votesCreative team
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Trivia
All facts 10
- The film contains numerous anachronisms: although the film is set in 1980, Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin) picks up a Heckler & Koch SP89 pistol, released in 1989, at the site of the drug dealers' meeting. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is armed with an Intratec TEC-9 submachine gun, released in 1985, as well as a Remington 11-87 shotgun, released after 1987. He also fires a Glock pistol, which appeared in 1983. One of the Mexicans in the hotel fires a Cobray M11/9 submachine gun, released in 1983.
- The film is based on Cormac McCarthy's novel No Country for Old Men (2005).
- The film's title is taken from the first line of William Butler Yeats's poem "Sailing to Byzantium".
- The hairstyle of the killer Anton Chigurh was taken from a photograph of a brothel visitor taken in 1979. After this hairstyle was brought to life, Javier Bardem exclaimed, looking at himself in the mirror: "Oh no, now I've gone two months without sex!"
- The producers negotiated with Heath Ledger for the role of Llewelyn Moss, but he ultimately declined to participate in the film.
- The Coen brothers turned down Josh Brolin's audition for the film. So Josh asked Robert Rodriguez to help him record an audition for the role. Josh's audition was filmed on a camera worth $950,000, with Robert Rodriguez behind the camera and Quentin Tarantino directing the shoot.
Awards and nominations
10 wins · 18 nominations
- 4 wins Academy Awards
- 2 wins Golden Globe Awards
- 2 wins BAFTA Awards
- 1 win Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 1 win Saturn Awards
- Best Director Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Academy Awards · 2008
- Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Academy Awards · 2008
- Best Film Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Academy Awards · 2008
- Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem Academy Awards · 2008
- Best Screenplay Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Golden Globe Awards · 2008
- Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem Golden Globe Awards · 2008
Also nominated Golden Eagle Awards1 MTV Movie & TV Awards1 Cannes Film Festival1
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