No Country For Old Men is a perfect classic movie to rewatch in 2023, as this film might blow your mind, quite literally. This thriller movie by the Coen brothers is based on the 2005 novel of the same name.
Penned by American author Cormac McCarthy, the No Country For Old Men novel’s violent tale concerns an illegal drug deal gone wrong in the 1980s period. Its story takes place in the Texas desert backcountry located near the Mexico–United States border area. Mind you, this crime drama is not for the weak-hearted. So, that is our word of caution to all the viewers.
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No Country For Old Men (2007) movie:- details
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Age-Restrictions | A (18+) |
| Released | November 2007 |
| Directors | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Taglines | There Are No Clean Getaways |
| Cast | Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald, etc. |
| Awards | Academy Awards, USA – 2008 Winner Oscar – Best Motion Picture of the Year – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Academy Awards, USA – 2008 Winner Oscar – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Javier Bardem Academy Awards, USA – 2008 Winner Oscar – Best Achievement in Directing – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Academy Awards, USA – 2008 Winner Oscar – Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen BAFTA Awards – 2008 Winner David Lean Award for Direction – Best Director – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen BAFTA Awards – 2008 Winner BAFTA Film Award – Best Supporting Actor – Javier Bardem BAFTA Awards – 2008 Winner BAFTA Film Award – Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins Golden Globes, USA – 2008 Winner Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Javier Bardem Golden Globes, USA – 2008 Winner Golden Globe – Best Screenplay – Motion Picture – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Screen Actors Guild Awards – 2008 Winner Actor – Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Javier Bardem Screen Actors Guild Awards – 2008 Winner Actor – Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture – Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald Critics Choice Awards – 2008 Winner Critics Choice Award – Best Picture Critics Choice Awards – 2008 Winner Critics Choice Award – Best Supporting Actor – Javier Bardem Critics Choice Awards – 2008 Winner Critics Choice Award – Best Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
No Country For Old Men (2007) movie:- synopsis
While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds the grisly aftermath of a drug deal. Though he knows better, he cannot resist the cash left behind and takes it with him. The hunter becomes hunted when a merciless killer named Chigurh (Javier Bardem) picks up his trail. Also looking for Moss is Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an ageing lawman who reflects on a changing world and a dark secret of his own, as he tries to find and protect Moss.
No Country For Old Men (2007) movie:- {Spoilers Free} review
After a hunter stumbles upon dead bodies scattered all around in a remote place near the Rio Grande with more than two million dollars in cash lying around without any claimant in sight, he decides to take the blood money of a drug deal gone wrong; soon after the mayhem starts as the psychopath Anton Chigurh searches for the missing cash. We were unaware of any spoilers while watching this, we were shocked by the brutal violence and the unadulterated anarchy associated with it.
This dark crime film explores the anxiety, fear, death, and the menacing side of human nature – in a stylish manner. In other words, this movie is like a classic cat versus mouse hunting game, wherein the cat hunts for one mouse at a time to kill. And then moves on to stalk and kill the next mouse on the line. So, this is a chilling tale about the deadly villain Anton Chigurh (excellently played by Javier Bardem) for people with hearts. The cold-blooded violent mannerism of the antagonist Anton sent shivers down my spine even on a hot day in my country.
No Country For Old Men – it is one of those movies, in which we talk more about the “Villain”/”Anti-Hero” (Gabbar Singh) rather than the “Heroes”. I have shared his pictures and bonus information about Anton in this article. No Country For Old Men is an excellent thriller movie. If you have not watched it, then go, watch it for the Coen brothers and Javier Bardem.
I think it is a must-watch movie, not only for old men but the adult populace of all kinds. So, go ahead and watch it and relish the menace.
Focus:- bonus info. about this movie
No Country For Old Men movie was the second Best Picture Academy Award winner to be produced, directed, written and edited by the same person (two people: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen). The first movie was Titanic (1997) by James Cameron. Also, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen became the first and second persons to be nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Film Editing in the same year (2008) for this film.
For his role as Anton Chigurh in this film, Javier Bardem won Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards in 2008; thus he became the first Spanish actor to win these four major awards. Actually, his win at the 80th Academy Awards made him the first Spanish actor to triumph at Oscar. He was also the first Spanish actor to be nominated for an Oscar with Before Night Falls in 2000.
No Country For Old Men (2007) movie:- {Spoilers Alert} bonus info. & video about Anton Chigurh
We have no doubt that the No Country for Old Men movie gave us one of the scariest anti-heroes in Hollywood movie history: Anton Chigurh. As a matter of fact, this memorable antagonist is perfectly played by Javier Bardem.
Sharing a few bonus information about the character Chigurh (played by Javier Bardem) in this.
- When the Coen brothers offered the villainous role of Anton Chigurh to Javier Bardem, he told them, “I don’t drive, I speak bad English (he is a Spanish actor born in Las Palmas, Spain) and I hate violence.” The Coen brothers answered, “That’s why we called you.” Javier Bardem said he took the bad-guy role because his dream was to work in the Coen Brothers film.
- One of the weirdest features of Anton Chigurh was his unique hairstyle. The Coen brothers used a 1979 photo of a brothel patron for Chigurh’s hairstyle. When Javier Bardem first saw his new haircut, he said, “Oh no, now I won’t get laid for the next two months.” Reportedly, the Coen brothers responded by happily high-fiving each other because Bardem’s reaction meant Chigurh would look as creepy as the brothers had hoped. A few years later, Javier Bardem joked that in his two best well-known films, viz., No Country For Old Men in 2007 and Skyfall in 2017, he has the worst haircuts ever.
I had to live with that! It wasn’t a wig. It was my hair! It’s bad. It’s really bad. You go to the market to buy your milk and people get weird, like really scared…It’s the worst haircut I’ve ever had…They (Coen brother) owe me another movie.
Jarvier Bardem | Vulture (2007)
- In the movie, Anton Chigurh says that the coin he flips in the gas station was dated 1958 so “it’s been travelling 22 years to get here”. In the subsequent scenes, Chigurh flips a coin to determine whether or not he will kill someone. This movie has used coin toss as a visual metaphor for a yin and a yang situation, also it depicts the duality of these characters as mere mortal humans.
- Chigurh’s name is similar sounding to ‘sugar’; but it must be noted that Chigurh is anything but sweet. In fact, he’s one of the most vicious and psychopathic characters in Hollywood film history. Chigurh kills or tries to kill almost every person to whom he speaks during the film. So, in this movie, Chigurh’s kill score is either 13 or 14; it depends on whether or not the accountant is presumed dead or alive by the viewers. The weapon of choice for Chigurh is a captive bolt pistol. It is commonly used to stun cows before slaughter without the risk of flying bullets. In this film, to get the eerie sound effect of Chigurh’s cattle gun, they have used the sound of a nail gun.
- As per the article in Business Insider (January 2018), to diagnose the top psychopath, a group of psychiatrists led by Dr. Samuel Leistedt spent years watching over 400 films and identified 126 psychopathic characters. Then these psychiatrists chose Javier Bardem’s portrayal of Anton Chigurh as the most clinically accurate portrayal of a psychopath. Undoubtedly, the character Anton Chigurh was voted the most realistic psychopath in cinema history by a team of forensic psychiatrists.
Anton Chigurh is a merciless killer who feels absolutely no remorse for blowing his victims apart with a shotgun. He’s very determined, has no empathy for his victims, and is incapable of emotions like love or shame.
Dr Samuel Leistedt | Business Insider (2018)
No Country For Old Men (2007) movie:- poster
No Country For Old Men (2007) movie:- ratings
| FM’s rating | 4.30/5 |
| IMDb rating as of the date | 8.20/10 |
| Rotten Tomatoes ratings as of the date | 93% Tomatometer & 86% Audience Score |
| Critics Consensus / Rotten Tomatoes | Bolstered by powerful lead performances from Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men finds the Coen brothers spinning cinematic gold out of Cormac McCarthy’s grim, darkly funny novel. |
No Country For Old Men (2007) movie:- trailer
If you like watching the award winning movies like No Country For Old Men, then check out the recent Oscar winning film – All Quiet On The Western Front, too.
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