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No Country for Old Men is a
2007 crime thriller film adapted for the screen and directed by
Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring
Tommy Lee Jones,
Javier Bardem, and
Josh Brolin.
Adapted from the
Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name,
tells the story of a botched drug deal and the ensuing
cat-and-mouse drama, as three men crisscross each other's paths in the desert landscape of 1980
West Texas. The film examines the themes of fate and circumstance the Coen brothers have previously explored in
Blood Simple and
Fargo.
No Country for Old Men has been highly praised by critics.
Roger Ebert of the
Chicago Sun-Times called it "as good a film as the Coen brothers...have ever made."
[Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times, November 8, 2007.] The Guardian journalist John Patterson said the film proved "that the Coens' technical abilities, and their feel for a landscape-based Western classicism reminiscent of
Anthony Mann and
Sam Peckinpah, are matched by few living directors."
The film was honored with numerous awards, garnering three
British Academy of Film awards, two
Golden Globes, and four
Academy Awards for
Best Picture,
Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen),
Best Adapted Screenplay and
Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem).
