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Film details
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Country
USA
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Year
2007
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“[‘No Country for Old Men’] is a reiteration of the old myth that Death stalks the land. That is why West Texas has that desert look, the scorched air, and the heat that leaves brave men listless.”
David Thomson, Have You Seen...? 2008
The stash of cash is a favourite plot device of the Coen brothers, but the idea has seldom been unpacked with the brutal elan they bring to bear on this, one of their most critically and commercially successful projects.
Closely based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, the story follows a Texan man (Josh Brolin) whose opportunism puts him in the sights of an implacable mob enforcer (Javier Bardem) distinguished by detached sadism and bizarre and profoundly disturbing self-righteousness. Meanwhile, a local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) tries against his better judgement to see right done.
Dry as dust, slippery in genre terms and scathing about the lure of money, it’s a compelling yarn and a brilliant character piece that winds slowly towards a climax that is both devastating and elegiac.
The Coens also sent fools after piles of cash in Fargo (1996) and The Big Lebowski (1997), while Charley Varrick (1973) shares many elements of plot, character and locale with No Country for Old Men.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
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Anton Chigurh
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Llewelyn Moss
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Carson Wells
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Carla Jean Moss
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Wendell
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Loretta Bell
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Ellis
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man who hires Wells
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El Paso sheriff
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Carla Jean's mother
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poolside woman
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Sheriff Bell's secretary
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strangled deputy
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man in Ford
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'agua' man
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gas station proprietor
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'managerial' victim
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'managerial' victim
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Desert Aire manager
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cabbie at bus station
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Del Rio motel clerk
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boot salesman
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cabbie at motel
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waitress
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gun store clerk
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sporting goods clerk
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Mexican in bathtub
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hitchhiking driver
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nervous accountant
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Hotel Eagle clerk
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pickup driver
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border bridge youth
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border bridge youth
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border bridge youth
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flatbed driver
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INS Official
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well dressed Mexican
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chicken farmer
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boy on bike
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boy on bike
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Odessa cabbie
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Norteño band
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Norteño band
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Norteño band
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Norteño band
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Directed by
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2nd Unit Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (2nd 2nd)
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Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd)
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Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd 2nd)
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Script Supervisor
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Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Production:
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Executive Producer
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Associate Producer
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Unit Production Manager
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Production Manager (Mexico Unit)
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Production Supervisor
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Production Co-ordinator
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Production Co-ordinator (Mexico Unit)
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Production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Location Manager (Marfa, Texas Unit)
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Location Manager (Marfa, Texas Unt Asst)
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Location Manager (Mexico Unit)
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Post-production Co-ordinator
Casting:
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Casting
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Casting (Location)
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Casting (NY Associate)
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Casting (LA Associate)
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Casting (New Mexico Assistant)
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Casting (New Mexico Assistant)
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Casting (Additional)
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Casting (Background)
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Casting (Voice)
Writing:
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Written for the Screen by
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Written for the Screen by
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Based on the novel by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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2nd Unit Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
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1st Assistant Camera (A)
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1st Assistant Camera (B)
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1st Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
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1st Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
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2nd Assistant Camera (A)
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Film Loader
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Chief Lighting Technician
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Chief Lighting Technician (2nd Unit)
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1st Company Grip
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1st Company Grip (2nd Unit)
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Video Assist
Stills:
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Still Photographer
Special Effects:
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Visual Effects by
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Luma Pictures (Senior Visual FX Sprvsr)
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Luma Pictures (Visual FX Supervisor)
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Special Effects Co-ordinator
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Special Effects Foreperson
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Graphic Designer
Editing:
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Edited by
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Edited by
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Associate Film Editor
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Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Visual Consultant
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Art Director
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Set Decorator
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Property Master
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Construction Co-ordinator
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Costume Supervisor
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Assistant Costume Designer
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Key Costumer
Make-up:
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Make-up Department Head
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Additional Make-up Artist
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Special Make-up Effects
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Special FX Make-up Prdctn Co-ordinator
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Make-up Effects Co-ordinator
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Hair Department Head
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Assistant Hairstylist
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Additional Hairstylist
Titles:
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Film processing:
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Digital Intermediate
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Digital Colour Timer
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Digital Intermediate Producer
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Negative Cutter
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Opticals
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Music:
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Music
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Orchestra Contractor
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Music Executive
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Music Editor
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Music Recorded/Mixed by
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Sound Designer
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Sound Mixer
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Boom Operator
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Boom Operator
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recorded at
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Assistant Sound Editor
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Dialogue Editor
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ADR Editor
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Foley Artist
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Foley Artist
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Foley Mixer
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Foley Editor
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator
Consultant:
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Dialect Coach to Mr [Javier] Bardem
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Dialect Coach to Ms [Kelly] Macdonald
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Animal Trainer
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Animal Trainer
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Animal Trainer
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Animal Trainer
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Animal Trainer
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Animal Trainer
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Wrangler
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Head Wrangler (Marfa, Texas Unit)
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Wrangler Foreperson (Marfa, Texas Unit)
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Wrangler (Marfa, Texas Unit)
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Wrangler (Marfa, Texas Unit)
Publicity:
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Unit Publicist
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