• No Country for Old Men is the film adaptation of the bestselling novel by Cormac McCarthy. A hunter stumbles on a drug deal gone wrong, and takes off with ill-gotten gains -- a fateful decision that sets off a harrowing chain of events. The Best Picture Oscar was awarded to this film at the Academy Awards on February 24, 2008. Javier Bardem won the 2008 Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the film, and Joel and Ethan Coen won the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars.

• 1. Directed by: Ethan and Joel Coen
  2. Release Date: November 9, 2007 (Limited Release) & November 21, 2007 Thanksgiving weekend (Wide Release)
  3. Rating: R, for extreme violence and language
  4. Run Time: 122 min
  5. Title is from the first line of the poem [http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_to_Byzantium "Sailing to Byzantium"] by William Butler Yeats
  6. Academy Award winner: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay
  7. Academy Award nominated for best cinematography, best film editing, best sound editing, and best sound mixing

• Cast

  • Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss
  • Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
  • Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh
  • Kelly MacDonald as Carla Jean Moss
  • Woody Harrelson as Carson Wells

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