No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men is a western crime-thriller based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy and directed by the Cohen Brothers. Following three protagonists, the film centers around a large $2,000,000+ cache of dirty money lost near the Rio Grande. With a veteran who finds it, a hitman who will stop at nothing to get it, and a sheriff trying to investigate the crimes connected to it, all roads lead to death and mayhem as they find themselves in each other's crosshairs.
No Country for Old Men
- Director
- Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
- Release Date
- November 21, 2007
- Studio(s)
- MiraMax
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures , MiraMax
- Cast
- Kelly Macdonald , Woody Harrelson , Josh Brolin , Javier Bardem , Tommy Lee Jones
- Writers
- Ethan Coen , Joel Coen
- Runtime
- 122 minutes
- Budget
- $25 million
Summary
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
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