SYNOPSIS: Llewlyn Moss (Josh Brolin), hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a drug transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice - leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run. Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything. And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participate seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to adandon his life?

CAST

Josh Brolin - Llwlelyn Moss

Tommy Lee Jones - Sheriff Bell

Javier Bardem - Anton Chigurh

Garrett Dillahunt - Wendell

Woody Harrelson - Wells

Kelly MacDonald - Carla Jean

NOTES: The movie is based on the best selling novel of the same title by Cormac McCarthy.

Heath Ledger was lined up to star (presumably in the role of Moss, taken by Josh Brolin) but he dropped out to "take time off".

Shot on location at Marfa, Texas and New Mexico in the USA.

Shooting began on 23rd May 2006.

The movie was in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival but left empty handed despite being hotly tipped for the Palme d'Or.

Keep your eyes peeled for the Mike Zoss pharmacy/drug store outside of which Chigurh explodes a car. Mike Zoss, of course, being the name of the Coen's production company. You can see a screengrab of it here.

When asked why he thought his character, Moss, took the money, Josh Brolin said "for the love of his wife". He explained that he wanted to give his wife a better life and saw the money as a unique opportunity to do so.

Download the script legally and officially from the official site here. But if, by the time you read this, that site is no more- you can download the script in text format using the links at the top of this page or by clicking here.

In the February 2008 issue if Empire magazine, which came out in December (!?!?!) they ran a one page feature on Josh Brolin's resurgent career. Within said article he was quoted as saying, "I knew the book really well, so asked Robert [Rodriguez], 'Would you tape my audition?' He said, 'Man, why don't we just use the camera we have?' So Robert shot it on a $950,000 Genesis camera - me and Marley [Shelton], my wife in Grindhouse - and Quentin [Tarantino] directed us. Then Robert put music to it and cut it. It's probably the best-looking audition tape in the history of audition tapes! We sent it to the Coens and their response was, 'Who lit it?' - they didn't respond to me in the least. But my very persistent agent eventually got them to meet me as a favour..." Hopefully this fantastic audition tape will make it onto the DVD.

On 22nd January 2008, the Academy announced the nominations for 80th Academy Awards. No Country For Old Men and Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood topped the table for most noms with eight apiece. The Coen brothers were nominated in both the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay categories while Javier Bardem picked up yet another Best Supporting Actor nod and the movie was also up for the big one- Film of the Year. The other noms were Achievement in Cinematography (Roger Deakins), Achievement in Film Editing (Coen alias Roderick Jaynes), Achievement in Sound Mixing and Achievement in Sound Editing. Happily No Country went on to top the table for most wins on the night (24th Feb 2008) with FOUR wins - Best Picture, Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem).

AWARDS:

80th ACADEMY AWARDS (OSCARS) 4 Wins- Best Picture, Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem).

BAFTAs 3 Wins- Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Badem), Best Cinermatography (Roger Deakins)

Director's Guild of America Awards 1 Win- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Golden Globes 2 Wins - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Drama (Javier Bardem), Best Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen)

National Board of Film Review 4 Wins - Best Picture of the Year, Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Ensemble Cast and Career Achievement in Cinematograpgy (Roger Deakins)

New York Film Critics Circle 5 Wins- Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Joel and Ethan), Best Director (Joel and Ethan), Best Ensemble, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

Boston Film Critics 2 Wins - Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

Washington DC Film Critics 4 Wins - Best Picture, Best Director (Joel and Ethan), Best Ensemble, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle 1 Win - Best Director (Joel and Ethan)

New York Film Critics Online 1 Win - Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

Gotham Awards1 Win - Gotham Award Tribute (Javier Bardem)

Chicago Film Critics 4 Wins- Best Picture, Best Director (Joel and Ethan), Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan) , Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)