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No Country for Old Men

There are no clean getaways.

This multi-award winning film (including four Oscars) see the Coen Brothers return to form. Based on a Cormac McCarthy novel, the story is set in the Texas-Mexican badlands. Our young hero stumbles across the wreck of a drug transporter, and finds several million dollars in a bag. He appropriates the money, setting in chain a series of events that he is powerless to control. With both the law, and a cold-blooded assassin on his tail, the scene is set for high action and drama. At the time of writing the film comes in at number 38 on the IMDB's Top 100 movies.

122 minutes, No persons under 16 (Violence)
Crime, Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly McDonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin
Director	Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Screenplay	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, from the novel by Cormac McCarthy
Music	Carter Burwell
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Editing	Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2007
Produced by	Paramount Pictures, Miramax Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Mike Zozz Productions
SA Distributor	UIP

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Crime, thriller
Language	Strong, fairly infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Intense, bloody, graphic, realistic but not gratuitous
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Sensitive viewers may find the graphic violence disturbing.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	15
Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	20
Cape TimesMichael Phillips	15
iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal	18
The CitizenPeter Feldman	18
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
International Media
BBC (UK)Paul Arendt	20
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	20
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	15
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	18
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	20
ScreenIt (USA)	16
Metacritic.com37 critics	18
RottenTomatoes.com191 critics	17
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	19
Internet (IMDB)66578 Netizens	17

Average .. 88%	17

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