The Academy Award-winning 2007 film, No Country for Old Men, was written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It was produced by Scott Rudin, Joel and Ethan Coen and stars Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem.

Tommy Lee Jones
Synopsis
Adapted from the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name, No Country for Old Men draws heavily on McCarthy's themes of chance and fate; it tells the story of a drug deal gone wrong and the ensuing cat-and-mouse drama as three men crisscross each other's paths in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas.
Llewellyn Moss, played by Josh Brolin, comes upon a corpse-strewn drug-deal-gone-wrong in the middle of the barren West Texas range. He takes the bag of cash he finds at the scene and soon draws the attention of the county sheriff investigating the crime. Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) will become Llewellyn's best hope for survival, however, when he finds himself the object of a relentless pursuit by hired killer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a murderous sociopath.
Critical review The film has been highly praised by critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called it "as good a film as the Coen brothers…have ever made."
A Guardian journalist said the film proved "that the Coens' technical abilities, and their feel for a landscape-based western classicism reminiscent of Anthony Mann and Sam Peckinpah, are matched by few living directors."
The film was also nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and won two at the 65th Golden Globe Awards. Javier Bardem won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture and the Coen Brothers won Best Screenplay – Motion Picture. The film was also nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Director (Coen Brothers).
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Screen Actors Guild gave a nomination nod to the cast for its "Outstanding Performance".
The film won top honors on January 26, 2008 at the Directors Guild of America Awards for Joel and Ethan Coen.
Other awards include: Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA's) in 2008; Best Director - Joel Coen/Ethan Coen; Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem.won best film in the 2008 academy awards.
80th Academy Awards and Nominations
- Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - won
- Achievement in Cinematography
- Achievement in Directing - won
- Achievement in Film Editing
- Best Motion Picture of the Year - won
- Achievement in Sound Editing
- Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Adapted Screenplay - won