No Country for Old Men
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No Country for Old Men is a 2007 thriller film directed by Coen brothers, starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin. It drew a wide audience and shaped its genre.
Plot
No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written, directed, produced, and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas, United States. The film revisits the themes of fate, conscience, and circumstance that the Coen brothers had explored in the films Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), and Fargo (1996). It follows three main characters: Llewelyn Moss (Brolin), a Vietnam War veteran and welder who stumbles upon a large sum of money in the desert, Anton Chigurh (Bardem), a hitman who is sent to recover the money, and Ed Tom Bell (Jones), a sheriff investigating the crime.
Production
Written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, the film was produced by Miramax. Carter Burwell composed the score. Roger Deakins handled the cinematography. The film runs 122 minutes. The crew and editing refined every shot.
Reception
On a budget of $25,000,000, No Country for Old Men grossed $171,627,166 worldwide at the box office. A critic consensus praised its screenplay and score.
Legacy
Its legacy endures through a remake, a sequel and a lasting franchise; later cinema cites its influence and symbolism.
See also
References
- "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time". topfilms100. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Ebert, Roger. The Great Movies. Broadway Books.
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