2007 · 122 min · R

No Country for Old Men

Name: No Country for Old Men
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Western
Released: 2007
Duration: 122 min
Cast: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · Crime, Thriller, Western

No Country for Old Men (2007) is a Crime film, directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen set in Texas during the 1980s. It runs 122 minutes and is rated R.

A western and neo noir, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of fate & destiny, greed & ambition, and power & corruption run throughout.

Composer

Carter Burwell

Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Cast

Javier BardemTommy Lee JonesJosh BrolinWoody HarrelsonKelly MacdonaldGarret DillahuntTess HarperBarry Corbin

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Texas

Setting

Desert Rural

When

1980s

Premise & themes

Premise

Western Neo Noir

Themes

Fate & Destiny Greed & Ambition Power & Corruption

Tone

BleakTenseContemplative

Shape

Protagonist

EnsembleAntihero

Pacing

Measured

Dialogue

Sparse Quiet

Based on

Pure Fiction

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No Country for Old Men

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Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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