MOVIE SYNOPSIS
No Country for Old Men
"No Country for Old Men" begins when Llewelyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law--in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell--can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers--in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives--the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning's headlines.
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MPAA rating:
R
for strong graphic violence and some language
Cast:
Stephen Root; Kelly Macdonald; Woody Harrelson; Josh Brolin; Garret Dillahunt; Barry Corbin; Rodger Boyce; Javier Bardem; Tess Harper; Tommy Lee Jones
Directed by:
Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
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Genre:
Action, Adventure; Drama; Suspense, Thriller Running time:
02:02
Release date:
2007
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