US (2007): Crime/Drama/Thriller
Based on the acclaimed novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning American master, Cormac McCarthy, the story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law - in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) - can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers - in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Javier Bardem) - the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible, and as bloodily contemporary as this morning's headlines.
Written for the screen and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, and executive produced by Robert Graf and Mark Roybal. (Paramount Vantage / Miramax - Web site)
8 nominations, 4 Awards
· Best Picture of the Year 2007: (Miramax & Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
· Best Supporting Actor 2007: Javier Bardem
· Best Achievement in Directing 2007: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
· Best Achievement in Writing: Adapted Screenplay 2007: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
· Achievement in Cinematography 2007: Roger Deakins
· Achievement in Film Editing 2007: Roderick Jaynes
· Achievement in Sound Editing 2007: Skip Lievsay
· Achievement in Sound Mixing 2007: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff & Peter Kurland