No Country for Old Men (2007)

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Directors:

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Writers:

Joel Coen (screenplay), Ethan Coen (screenplay)

Stars:

Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin

Top Rated Movies #156 | Won 4 Oscars. Another 160 wins & 139 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Ed Tom Bell
Javier Bardem	...	Anton Chigurh
Josh Brolin	...	Llewelyn Moss
Woody Harrelson	...	Carson Wells
Kelly Macdonald	...	Carla Jean Moss
Garret Dillahunt	...	Wendell
Tess Harper	...	Loretta Bell
Barry Corbin	...	Ellis
Stephen Root	...	Man who hires Wells
Rodger Boyce	...	El Paso Sheriff
Beth Grant	...	Carla Jean's Mother
Ana Reeder	...	Poolside Woman
Kit Gwin	...	Sheriff Bell's Secretary
Zach Hopkins	...	Strangled Deputy
Chip Love	...	Man in Ford

Storyline

In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

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Plot Keywords:

sheriff | texas | contemporary western | cold blooded murder | desert | 

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Taglines:

You can't stop what's coming.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong graphic violence and some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is included among the "1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider.

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Goofs

During his encounter with the gas station attendant, Anton pulls out what he says is a 1958 quarter for use in a flip. A quarter with this date would have been made of silver, as opposed to the copper-nickel sandwich coins in use in the United States since 1965. The U.S. stopped minting silver coins in 1964, so it is unlikely that Anton or anyone else in 1980 would have had a 1958 quarter in pocket change -- almost all the silver coins had been hoarded or otherwise removed from circulation by the late 1960s.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ed Tom Bell: I was sheriff of this county when I was twenty-five years old. Hard to believe. My grandfather was a lawman; father too. Me and him was sheriffs at the same time; him up in Plano and me out here. I think he's pretty proud of that. I know I was. Some of the old time sheriffs never even wore a gun. A lotta folks find that hard to believe. Jim Scarborough'd never carried one; that's the younger Jim. Gaston Boykins wouldn't wear one up in Comanche County. I always liked to hear about ...

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Connections

Referenced in The O'Reilly Factor: Episode dated 22 January 2008 (2008)

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Soundtracks

Las mañanitas
Traditional
Performed by Lola Beltrán
Courtesy of Warner Music Mexico SA de CV
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Marvellous Ending

The message of this film is that there is no symmetry to life. What goes around does not come around. The fall of the coin has no bearing on the way the cookie crumbles. There is no right or wrong to the fates of men. No justice. Opportunities seized may lead on to fortune, but they could just as well lead on to dusty death. Only children expect things to be fair. As things once were they need no longer be. Now that IMDb has decided to list reviews by date there is a slightly increased possibility that this effort will be read by someone. Performance reviews are absolutely not read by me for helpfulness, but for interest and entertainment.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA Mexico

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

No Country for Old Men

Filming Locations:

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,202,000, 11 November 2007

Gross USA:

$74,283,625

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$171,627,166

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Vantage, Miramax, Scott Rudin Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1