No Country for Old Men (2007) Movie poster and book cover compared.

No Country for Old Men

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2007

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No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy, 2005

No Country for Old Men is a movie directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen in 2007 and based on the book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, first published in 2005. The movie features Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, and others.

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RATING

8.1

/ 10

Movie Poster: No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2007)

8.2

/ 10

Book Cover: No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy, 2005)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of No Country for Old Men, the 2005 book by Cormac McCarthy.

No Country for Old Men

Read by: Tom Stechschulte

Storyline

In Texas, 1980, hitman Anton Chigurh strangles a deputy sheriff to escape custody and uses a captive bolt pistol to kill a driver and steal his car. Following an electronic tracking device hidden in the money, Chigurh goes to Moss’s motel room and kills a group of Mexicans who are waiting to ambush Moss with his shotgun.

Movie vs Book

Poster of No Country for Old Men, the 2007 movie by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

Year

2007

Minutes

122

Movie Rate

8.10

Source: IMDb

Movie

No Country for Old Men

Country: USA

Year: 2007

Length: 2h2m

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Cover of No Country for Old Men, the 2005 book by Cormac McCarthy

Year

2005

Pages

309

Book Rate

8.24

S: Goodreads

Book

No Country for Old Men

Country: USA

First published in: 2005

Length: 309 pages

Genre: Fiction

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