Release Date: 4/7/2009 Original Release: 2007 Format: DVD Length: 122 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 786936787016 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
No Country for Old Men Collector's Edition; 3-Disc Set; Includes Digital Copy DVD Description
With NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, the Coen Brothers have found a perfect match in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy. Their adaptation of McCarthy's praised novel is a staggering masterpiece. In this almost impossibly faithful adaptation, the film takes place in a small Texas border town in 1980. Sheriff Bell (a never-been-better Tommy Lee Jones) has ruled the land for years without the use of a gun, but a new brand of reckless lawlessness has taken over his town. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is an innocent Everyman with a devoted wife, Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), but when he stumbles across a drug deal gone deadly and finds two million dollars, he's determined to keep it for himself. There's only one problem. He's being pursued by one of the most amoral, evil psychopaths that the big screen has ever seen. Wearing an absurd haircut and brandishing a pressurized weapon that's used to murder cattle, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) creeps forward on his mission to track Moss down and return the money to its rightful owners to save his own skin. As the tension mounts, the body count begins to rise, confirming Sheriff Bell's inability to battle this new wave of modern brutality.
The most striking thing about the Coen Brothers' thriller is their masterly use of silence to create an almost unbearable level of tension. Cinematographer Roger Deakins is once again at the top of his game, beautifully capturing this stark and lonely world. The well-rounded cast is clearly excited to be a part of such a stellar production--particularly Bardem, whose Chigurh is a freakishly mysterious monster, and is certain to haunt viewers long after the final credit has rolled. In a career filled with striking achievements, this might very well be the Coen Brothers' finest. It is filmmaking at its best.
DVD Features
3-Disc Set Region [unknown] Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Spanish DTS HD Master Audio - English Additional Release Material: Behind the Scenes: 1. Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind-The-Scenes 2. Instore Appearance With Javier Bardem And Josh Brolin Interviews: 1. Lunch With David Poland (IKLIPZ) Javier Bardem And Josh Brolin 2. Channel 4 News - Joel And Ethan Coen Appearance 3. WNBC Reel Talk With Lyons & Bailes - Josh Brolin 4. LA WGAW Q & A Panel 5. Q & A With Joel And Ethan Coen, Roger Deakins And The Sound And Production Design Crews 6. CHARLIE ROSE Featuring Joel And Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin And Javier Bardem 7. EW.com "Just A Minute...With Javier Bardem" 8. VARIETY Screening Series Q & A 9. Six Additional Audio Interviews Featurette: 1. WORKING WITH THE COENS: REFLECTIONS OF CAST & CREW 2. DIARY OF A COUNTRY SHERIFF 3. Making Of 4. ABC "Popcorn" Video Additional Products: Digital Copy
