No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

An ordinary worker finds a mountain of corpses in the desert, a truck full of heroin, and a tempting sum of two million dollars in cash. He decides to take the money for himself, and the result is a wave of violence that the entire West Texas police force cannot stop. Read more A modern legend and literary individualist, Cormac McCarthy had already earned fame for his works by the time the novel "No Place for Old Men" was published in 2003. His novel is a witty and multi-layered thriller about an honest man who accidentally stumbled upon two and a half million dollars on the Texas border and became the victim of a complicated pursuit. This book is a provocative meditation on good and evil in today's cruel and lawless world. Complex characters and symbolic themes of McCarthy were written in the novel so deeply that the creators of the film needed all their imagination to transform the pages of the book into a script full of stunning images and sharp dialogues. It is difficult to imagine directors more in line with the spirit of McCarthy's characters than Joel and Ethan Coen - who broke into the American cinema with the amazing black comedy "Just Blood", and then released several of the most notable films of our time - "Raising Arizona", "Miller's Crossing", "Barton Fink", the Oscar-winning "Fargo", "The Man Who Wasn't There" and "Where Are You, Brother?" In this film, the Cohens managed to accurately convey McCarthy's voice - complex, full of nuances, multi-layered and humorous - and complement it with their own unique vision. The result was an action movie of unusual depth. The Cohens learned about McCarthy's novel from producer Scott Rudin. "He brought it to us, thinking that it would interest us," recalls Ethan, "and we really liked this book." We immediately realized that we can do something about it." "This book is the perfect basis for action," says Joel. - This is the story of a chase - Chigurh is chasing Moss, and the sheriff is following both of them. There is a lot of physical action in the book, and it is interesting from the point of view of the genre; but it is also interesting because it does not fully correspond to the expectations of the genre." The Cohens began to adapt the plot to a clear cinematic structure, emphasizing black humor and humanity in the play of Llewellyn Moss, who discovered two million dollars at the scene of a failed drug deal, against two completely opposite people following his trail - the psychopath Chigurh and the respected man in the city, Sheriff Bell. The result was a film that forced the Coen brothers to enter completely new territory for them. "There is a lot of humor in the book, although it cannot be called a humorous novel," says Joel. - She is really very black - and this has become a fundamental characteristic for us. In addition, the book is very cruel and bloody. So we ended up with the most brutal film we've ever made. I think that this exactly corresponds to the spirit of the book." The script, distinguished by McCarthy's sharp look at purely American themes, incredible rhythm and black humor, attracted the attention of many of the best actors of our time. Tommy Lee Jones, who agreed to play Sheriff Bell, read McCarthy's book shortly after its publication and was intrigued by it. His interest increased when he learned that the Cohen brothers had taken up the adaptation of the book. "Cormac McCarthy is America's best contemporary novelist," says the actor. - His works were always interesting to people who make films." Josh Brolin is another big McCarthy fan who read the novel long before the script was written. "This book is one of the most shocking, brutal and quintessentially American stories I've read," says Brolin. - Despite the fact that this is a linear plot, its structure is simply amazing. I like this trio - Moss, Chigurh and Bell, and the fact that one person is somehow divided into three." Brolin says about the script: "This is a very emotional script about right and wrong human principles, about temptation and honor." Brolin plays Llewellyn Moss, an ex-soldier who finds himself in a serious makeover when he decides to appropriate the drug dealers' money lying around. The actor believes that his hero does it not out of greed, but out of love. "It seems to me that from the point of view of Moss, all these events are connected because of his relationship with his wife, Carla Jean. He loves her very much and wants to create conditions for a better life for her, so that she is happy - this is his main goal." The famous Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who got the role of Chigurh, a murderer and drug dealer, had not read the book before getting to know the script. The novel immediately captured the ego. "It seemed to me that this is a very powerful story about cruelty and control, about how to stop this wave of cruelty in which the whole world now lives," he says about the film adaptation. Kelly McDonald, who plays Moss's young wife Carla Jean, reacted to the script in about the same way - not only as a human drama, but also as a humorous work. "I saw a funny side in him," she says. - The characters on its pages are simply alive, and they are all very witty, and this is exactly what interested me." "It's not surprising that we named the film the same as the book - it's partly a picture about the perspective of Sheriff Bell, about the fact that he's getting older and everything is changing," says Joel Cohen. "It seems to me that this is why the action of the book takes place in 1980, and not in the present time," adds Ethan. "The events unfold just when the drug trade has reached its peak, and this is exactly what the sheriff is thinking about." Thinking about who could play the sheriff, the Cohens quickly came to the conclusion that it could only be Tommy Lee Jones. "There are very few people who can play this role," says Joel. - Sheriff Bell is the soul of the film, and, in a sense, the soul of this region of America, so we needed a person who understands this state well. In addition, this role required subtlety, which is characteristic only of great actors. Their list is quite limited, so when we combined these two factors, we realized that it must be Tommy Lee Jones. He himself is from Texas, and this state is part of his soul." Jones hesitated at first, but then realized that he could not resist. "I've already played Texas law enforcement several times," Jones modestly recalls, "so I doubted it for a while." However, I really wanted to work with Cormac McCarthy's material." It was much more difficult to find an actor for the role of Llewelyn Moss than for the role of the sheriff. Moss, a Vietnam veteran, is a good Texan guy who might never have run afoul of the law until he discovers two million dollars worthless. "Moss is a completely ordinary person who found himself in very unusual circumstances. At one point, without thinking, he appropriates money that does not belong to him, - explains Ethan Cohen. - Throughout the rest of the film, he tries to avoid the consequences of this concession. So he is essentially the center of the film's action." "There is a good guy and a bad guy in this story, and Moss is something in between," adds Joel. "However, it turned out to be the most difficult to play this middle." "We thought it would be easy to find Moss," laughs Ethan, "because we thought we just needed a good guy." However, it turned out that most of the good guys are either very boring people or those who have absolutely no idea what this region is like. In the end, the Cohens found an actor who could create this image - Josh Brolin, who has a solid track record on television. "Josh grew up on a ranch, so he knew what Moss was all about," Ethan explains. "He was perfect for this role." Brolin, who grew up in a rural area in central California, felt a strong connection with his character. "Moss is like a compilation of many guys with whom I grew up together. These are guys who have principles, but I am convinced that under a certain set of circumstances they would do the same things as Moss." An actor with special intensity was needed for the role of the third member of this powerful moral triangle, Anton Chigur, a merciless thief who is not used to leaving witnesses. "Chigur is described in the book as a person without a sense of humor," says Joel. - However, this is not quite so. He is tireless, there is something mysterious about him. No one knows where it came from." "We needed an actor who could reincarnate into Chigurh - but at the same time not leave him with this mystery. And we chose Javier Bardem." Bardem quickly gained a reputation as one of the world's most talented actors. The role of the Cuban poet Reynaldo Arenas in the film "Until Night Comes" brought him a nomination for the Academy Award, and his role in the film "The Sea Within" - the title of best actor at the Venice Film Festival. Chigurh, a man with a dark soul is the most difficult role in an actor's career. "One of the themes of the film is a huge wave of cruelty that swept the world. Chigur himself symbolizes this evil. He has no roots, he always thinks one step ahead, and it is impossible to stop him." The actor created his character in close collaboration with the Cohens. "Conversations with Joel and Ethan completely changed my perspective, and my character became much more interesting, complex and funny," he says. The brilliant male trio is opposed by no less outstanding women. For the role of Moss's wife, Karla Jean, the directors hired the Scottish actress Kella Macdonald, who was awarded an "Emma" and a nomination for the "Golden Globe" for her role in the NVO channel's series "The Girl in the Cafe." "We thought that people from Texas could only be played by people from Texas, but we took Kelly Macdonald - a native of Glasgow - laughs Joel. - I did not believe that she could play an American woman and a resident of Texas - however, at the rehearsals, she convinced us that it was possible." Macdonald was attracted by the way the role of her heroine was written in the script. This is a strong young woman, equal to her husband. "They have a very cordial relationship," MacDonald notes. - There is a feeling that they are very suitable for each other, and that she can give him as much as he is ready to take. This was the first thought that came to my mind when I read the script. They joke about each other all the time, but at the same time it is clear that they love each other very much." Tommy Lee Jones really liked this choice. "Kelly did a great imitation of a Texas accent," notes Jones (and that's a huge compliment from a West Texas native). - Between takes, she was just a pretty girl from Scotland, but when the camera turned on, she became a native of Texas. This really impressed me." Another love plot line is the relationship between Sheriff Bell and his wife Loretta, which shades the main character. Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Tess Harper, a native of Arkansas, was invited to play her role. The Cohens noted her after the film "Tender Mercy", noting her ability to "pack a lot into a very short period of time." Here's what Harper herself says about her heroine: "Loretta is a rock that the sheriff can always lean on. She is the home port of the ego in any storm." PLACE OF ACTION The action of the film "No Place for Old Men" takes place in one of the most famous landscapes of America - on the desert border between Texas and Mexico, where the two countries are separated only by the banks of the Rio Grande River. In order to adequately convey this dry, harsh, sun-drenched land, the film crew went to western Texas and the deserts of New Mexico. The cinematographer of the film was Roger Deakins, a long-time employee of the Coen brothers. "Landscape is actually one of the reasons we decided to make this film," notes Ethan Cohen. - We shot the first film there - "Just Blood". It was in Austin, but we also went to West Texas and fell in love with this land even before we read the book. The landscape is an integral part of the plot. It is very beautiful there - but graphically, not picturesquely. It is quite difficult to live there, and these landscapes correlate with the plot - the confrontation of a person with a harsh environment." "This place has its own history of cruelty," adds Joel. - As in all of Cormac McCarthy's novels, the place of action is a character in itself - it cannot be separated from the plot. Dekins created a striking visual series, enlivened the filming locations. He recalls that at the first stages of preparation for filming, he and the Cohens "talked about heat, about light, about a mixture of colors for a motel and night streets." Dekins had his own film associations. "There's no place for old men here" reminded me of Sam Peckinpah's films, he explains. - There is a sense of eternity in it - as long as modernity does not interfere with it. I especially remembered Peckinpah's film "Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia", where the heroes live according to the laws of the past, and the modern world does not touch them." To heighten this tension, Deakins used light as a narrative tool. "I like the contrast between the brightness of nature and the darkness of interiors, and I like this blurred landscape with grayish night tones," he says. - One of the biggest difficulties was to create an easy transition from dusk to night in a place where a drug deal takes place. We filmed at twilight and at sunset, and then created a "fake sunset" with the help of spotlights. At the same time, Deakins was convinced that the landscape is just a background for the characters. "Most of the films I made were films about the main characters. And the shooting location is just a background, my focus is always on the actors. If the shot is beautiful, but does not create a mood and does not help develop the plot, then it is meaningless. I like to shoot faces, and the best actors were involved in this film." For his work with the Coen brothers, Deakins was awarded many awards, including Oscar nominations for Fargo, Barton Fink and The Man Who Wasn't There. He believes that the basis of their relationship lies in the sympathy they have for each other. "We know each other very well, and we have the same approach to visual art," the operator sums up. - I hope that my work was successful in this film." Deakins' editing work was continued by another long-time colleague of the Cohens - the famous and mysterious British editing director Roderick Janes, who had been with them since the filming of the film "Just Blood". Filming began in Marfa, Texas, three and a half hours from El Paso. The main attraction of Marfa, where the movie "Giant" was filmed in the 1950s, is the Peizano hotel, where James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and Dennis Hopper lived. The young production designer Jess Gonchor ("The Devil Wears Prada", "Capote") was looking for locations for filming. "The Cohens did such an amazing job with the script that I didn't want to add anything extra - just emphasize the various plot twists." The most difficult thing was to create the office of Ellis - Sheriff Bell's uncle, also a sheriff in the past, to whom Bell comes for advice when he is on the verge of despair. "We built an office in Santa Fe where Joel and Ethan could watch the process, and then we moved the entire ego to Texas," says Honchor. Despite the long distances between the shooting locations, unpredictable weather, dangerous desert animals and heat, the authentic shooting locations turned out to be priceless, providing this atmosphere of loneliness, so harsh and so poetic. After filming in Texas, the group moved to New Mexico, where filming took place in the historic town of Las Vegas, seventy miles from Santa Fe. This city with its western-style streets and historic center played the role of several Texas cities. An intersection on the US-Mexico border was also filmed there on the way from Eagle Pass in Texas to a small Mexican town. An artificial border sign was erected on one of the boulevards of Las Vegas, Texas, not far from the bridge and the highway exit. Residents of the city were puzzled as to why the border with Mexico had moved so far to the north. As for the make-up and hairstyles of the film's characters, Javier Bardem's hairstyle is the most noticeable. It was developed by the winner of the Film Academy award stylist Paul LeBlanc ("Amadeus"). "I worked closely with costume designer Mary Zofres," says LeBlanc. - We wanted Chigur to look strange and scary, but not too much. So I made him a mysterious hairstyle - the kind that makes you ask: "where is this guy from?" - but does not reveal a murderer in him. Such hairstyles could be worn both in the seventeenth century and in the seventies." LeBlanc has already collaborated with the Coen brothers on the films "Oh, Where Art Thou, Brother?" and "Gentlemen's Games" and gladly agreed to participate in their new project. "They are my favorite directors. It is very easy to work with them, and they pay a lot of attention to the hairstyles of the characters. After all, hairstyles also create character." AUTHOR The film "No Place for Old Men" brought together Ethan and Joel Cohen with one of the most outstanding writers of our time: Cormac McCarthy, who is even called the "Shakespeare of the West." He wrote ten novels and created unforgettable heroes - very often outcasts, unwanted people who cling to a sense of honor and freedom - the values ​​of modern America. His novels have attracted the attention of millions of readers. He writes about the way of life and, more broadly, being, about how our modernity is changing. "There's no place for old men here" is his ninth novel, devoted to the rise of crime on the border with Mexico in the early eighties. After that, McCarthy wrote his tenth novel on the eternal theme of the post-apocalyptic world of dust and destruction, in which father and son fight for survival. The novel "The Road" received the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. "There is no place for old men here" is a real action thriller. Like his other books, this novel explores the vast metaphorical territory where moral integrity and justice collide with apathy and cruelty. Critic Anna Pruhl wrote in "The Guardian": "McCarthy managed to turn the simple plot of "good guy vs. bad guy" into serious literature." "Chicago Tribune" critic Alan Cheuse noted that, unlike McCarthy's previous novels, this book is "an incredibly powerful testimony of deep human feelings and hope in the face of hopelessness." The action of the novel takes place in western Texas, as well as in his famous trilogy "The Border" ("Indomitable Hearts", screened by Bill Bob Thornton; "Crossroads" and "Plain City"). This trilogy strengthened his reputation as a singer of the new American West - a majestic and rough place where the last values ​​and heroes disappear. In all of McCarthy's novels - such as the book about the Civil War "Blood Meridian" or the novel in the spirit of Faulkner "Sutters" about the provincial Tennessee of the fifties - the landscape is one of the most intriguing central characters. He uses the desolateness and abandonment of the landscape, its horror and beauty as a reflection of the experience of his heroes. In the novel "There's No Place for Old Men" the border itself - the Rio Grande River - becomes a metaphorical crossroads through which the characters move in pursuit of each other. ABOUT THE CREATORS AND CREW TOMMY LEE JONES Sheriff Bell One of the most famous and renowned actors in Hollywood, the winner of the Academy Award, Tommy Lee Jones is distinguished by thoroughness in the development of his characters. He received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in the blockbuster The Fugitive, where he played uncompromising police officer Sam Gerard. Three years before that, Jones was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Clay Shaw in Oliver Stone's JFK: Shots in Dallas. Jones recently finished shooting in the film directed by Paul Haggis "In the Valley of El" with the participation of Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron. He just finished shooting Bertrand Tavernier's film "In the Electric Fog" based on the novel by James Lee Burke. In 2005, the actor starred in the famous film "Three Graves", in which he also acted as a director. The picture was presented at the Cannes Film Festival. Jones received the award for best actor for it, and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga won for best screenplay. In 2003, together with Cate Blanchett, he played the main role in the film "The Last Raid" for director Ron Howard. Before that, the actor played with Benicio del Toro in the film "Hunted". Tommy Lee Jones also starred in both Men in Black blockbusters alongside Will Smith. In 2000, Jones starred in "Space Cowboys" with James Garner and Donald Sutherland for director Clint Eastwood, and also starred in the film "Rules of Battle" with Samuel L. Jackson. In 1999, he starred in the film "Double Mistake" with Ashley Judd, and in 1998 he again played Sam Gerard in "Officers of the Law", the sequel to "The Fugitive". The debut film of the actor was the picture "Love Story". Over forty years of his career, he starred in such films as "The Eyes of Laura Mars", "The Miner's Daughter" (the first nomination for the "Golden Globe"), "Stormy Monday", "Delivery as intended", "Besieged", "Heaven and Earth", "The Client", "Natural Born Killers", "Blue Sky", "Batman Forever" and "Cobb". In 1995, Jones made his debut as a director, adapted Elmer Kelton's novel "Good Old Boys" on television. He also played the main role in the film and was nominated for the Guild of Screen Actors Award. Before that, he played in several television films. In addition, Jones was busy in several Broadway productions. A native of Texas, he worked for some time at his father's oil companies, after which he entered Harvard University. JAVIER BARDEM Anton Chigurh Javier Bardem is the first Spaniard to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role of Cuban poet and dissident Reynaldo Arenas in Julian Schnabel's film "Until Night Comes". For this role, he was also awarded several other prestigious awards, a nomination for the "Golden Globe" and the title of best actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2004, he again brought the title of best actor from Venice for his role in Alejandro Amenabar's film "The Sea Within". This role also brought him a Goya award and a Golden Globe nomination. Among his other works are Golden Eggs, Titus and Luna, Between the Legs, Diaz Contados (best actor in San Sebastian), Face to Face, Ecstasy, Live Flesh by Almodovar, Dance with the Devil, Washington Wolves and Second Skin. Bardem was born in 1969 in the Canary Islands. His mother Pilar was and remains a famous actress, and his uncle Juan-Antonio Bardem is one of the biggest Spanish directors. The grandfather and grandmother of the actor belonged to the same profession. Javier got his first role in the miniseries "Picasso" at the age of four. At the beginning of the nineties, the Spanish director Bigas Luna offered him a role in the television series "The Age of Lulu", which was a boost in his career. In 1992, Bardem became famous thanks to his role in the film "Jamon, jamon" with Penelope Cruz, which brought him a nomination for the title of best actor at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Among his recent works are John Malkovich's directorial debut Dancing Upstairs, Fernando Leon de Arano's Mondays of the Sun (best film at the San Sebastian Film Festival), Michael Mann's Accomplice and Goya's Ghosts with Natalie Portman. Soon we will see him in the film "Love in the Time of Cholera". In total, Javier was awarded seven nominations and four "Goya" awards, which is the Spanish equivalent of "Oscar". JOSH BROLIN Llewelyn Moss Josh Brolin continues his active career in both mainstream and independent films. In December, we saw Brolin in Ridley Scott's film "Gangster" with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, as well as in the Paul Haggis drama "In the Valley of El" with Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon. Among the actor's latest roles is "Planet of Fear", the second part of "Grindhouse" by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez with Rose McGowan and Freddy Rodriguez. Brolin made his film debut in Richard Donner's comedy "Babblers" produced by Steven Spielberg. After that, he starred in several hits, including Paul Verhoeven's blockbuster The Invisible Man with Kevin Bacon, Jim Stern's Fury with Gary Sinise, Joan Allen, Giovanna Rybiza and Anna Paquin. Brolin attracted the attention of critics and viewers after his role in David O. Russell's film "Don't Wake the Sleeping Dog" with the participation of Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Thea Leona, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin and Richard Jenkins. His track record includes films such as "The Shore" by Victor Núñez, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002; "Stylyagi Squad" with Claire Danes; Ol Borndahl's psychological thriller "Night Watch" with Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette and Ewan McGregor; "Best Plans" with Reese Witherspoon and Alessandro Nivolo; Guillermo Del Toro's sci-fi thriller "Mutants" with Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam and Charles S. Dutton. The actor also appears a lot on television, in such series as "The Road to Winnetka", "To the West", "Mr. Sterling" and others. He also actively plays in the theater. WOODY HARRELSON Carson Welles A well-known film, television and stage actor, Woody Harrelson was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in the famous film The People vs. Larry Flynt. In 2007 and 2008, we will see the ego in Zach Penn's comedy "The Thing" and in "The Battle of Seattle" by Stewart Townsend. Among his other works are "After Sunset", "Blow to the Bone", "Thin Red Line", "Country of Hills and Valleys", "The Tail Wags the Dog", "Welcome to Sarajevo", "Zavodyla", "Natural Born Killers", "Indecent Proposal", "Whites Can't Jump", "Big White Burden", "Northern Country", "Cloudiness", "The Winner", "Companions". Harrelson has just finished filming in the film directed by Brad Anderson "Trans-Siberian Express" and in the film "Semi-Pros" with Will Farrell and Andre Benjamin. Harrelson became widely known thanks to his participation in the NBC series "Hello", for which he was awarded one award and four nominations for "Emmy". In addition, he starred in such series as "Frasier" and "Will and Grace." He is also a theater actor and director. Among his latest works is "Night of the Iguana" based on the play by Tennessee Williams in London. Harrelson takes an active part in environmental protection. KELLY MACDONALD Carla Jean Moss Kelly Macdonald's career began after her role in Ivan McGregor's film Trainspotting in 1996. After this, numerous main roles in feature films followed, for example, the role of a teenage prostitute in the film "Stella Shows Magic", the girl who seduces the schizophrenic Daniel Craig in Some Voices, and the role in the British thriller "Hosford Park" by Robert Altman, for which she received nominations for the Empire Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award. Among the other films of the actress are "Cousin Beta", "My Fun Life", "Loss of Sexual Innocence", "Elizaveta", "Entropy", "Two Family Homes", for which MacDonald was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award as the best performer of the leading role, "Sinatra's Spilled" and "Fateful Brush". Her latest works are the film "The Girl in the Cafe" by Richard Curtis, which was broadcast on the BBC channel, Intermission and the famous "Magic Land" by Mark Forster, where she played Peter Pan. In the films "The Story of the Rooster and the Bull" by Michael Winterbottom and "All the Invisible Children" by Meda Sharef and Emir Kusturica, Macdonald played the main roles. She just finished starring in Charles Sturridge's "Lessie" and "In the Electric Fog" with Tommy Lee Jones. Now she is filming in the film "Strangling" based on the script by Chuck Palahniuk with Anjelica Huston and Sam Rockwell. GARRETT DILLAHANT Sheriff Wendell A native of California, Garrett Dillahunt studied journalism at the University of Washington and then acting at New York University. The actor is best known for his work in the NVO TV series "Deadwood", where he plays two characters at once. In addition, he played Christ in the NBC series "The Book of the Prophet Daniel" and participated in the series "Ambulance" and "4400". Currently, he continues to appear in several television series and in the film "The Murder of Jessa James" with Brad Pitt in the main role. In addition, the actor has an impressive track record of theatrical roles. TESS HARPER Loretta Bell In 1986, Tess Harper was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Bruce Beresford's Crimes of the Heart. Prior to that, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in the film "Tender Mercy" with Robert Duvall. In addition, the actress starred in such films as "Jackal", "Man from the Moon", "Silkwood" and "Karla". Among her latest roles are "Broken Bridges" with Toby Keith and Burt Reynolds, as well as "Sarah Kane's Revenge" by Michael Landon. JOEL COHEN Director, screenwriter, producer Cohen was awarded the title of best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 for the film "The Man Who Wasn't There", and in 1991 - the same title for the film "Barton Fink". In 1996, he received the BAFTA award and the title of best director from the Society of Film Critics of New York for the picture "Fargo". This film won him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, which he co-wrote with his brother Ethan. The script for the film "Where are you, brother?" was also co-written with Ethan and nominated for a BAFTA and a Film Academy Award. In 2004, the Coen brothers filmed the comedy "Gentleman's Games". Among his other works as a screenwriter and director are Unbearable Cruelty, The Big Lebowski, Hudsaker's Handmaiden, Miller's Crossroads, Raising Arizona, and Just Blood. ETHAN COHEN Director, screenwriter, producer Cohen was a producer and one of the authors of the script for such films as "Miller's Crossing" and "Barton Fink". For the film "Where are you, brother?", nominated for two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globes, he was awarded the Palme d'Or and named Best Director and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991. In 1996, the film "Fargo" received four nominations for the "Oscar" and two statuettes, including for the best original screenplay. In 2004, the Coen brothers filmed the comedy "Gentleman's Games". Among his other works as a screenwriter and director are Unbearable Cruelty, The Big Lebowski, Hudsaker's Henchman, The Man Who Wasn't There, Raising Arizona and Just Blood. SCOTT RUDIN Producer The films released by him are "Underwater life", "Love and Other Troubles", "Team America: World Police", "Heartbreakers", "Mysterious Forest", "The Manchurian Candidate", "Stepford Wives", "School of Rock", "Times", "In Stranger's Row", "Country of Strangers", "Iris", "The Tenenbaum Family", "Zoolander", "Detective Shaft", "Sleepy Hollow", "Angela's Ashes", "Rules of Battle", "Wonderkids", "Resurrection of the Dead", "South Park: Longer, Longer, Uncut", "Truman Show", "Civil Lawsuit", "Entry and Exit", "Redemption", "Mother", "Marvin's Room", "First Wives' Club", "Twilight", "Bewildered", "Sabrina", "No Fools", "The Firm", "Finding Bobbi Fisher", "Act Sister!", "Act Sister 2: Back to Her Own", "The Addams Family", "Addams Family Values", "Little Man Tate", "Something About Henry", "Pacific Heights", "Comatose", "Jennifer Eight", "Mrs. Soffel" and "Want to Dance" (Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the best documentary). Theater: Passion (Tony Award for Best Musical), Hamlet, Seven Guitars, Chairs, Kiss Judas, Stupid Kids, The Blue Room, Copenhagen (Tony Award), The Goat (Tony Award), Medea, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Margaret by Kenneth Lonergan, Notes on a Scandal by Richard Eyre, Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson, The Queen by Stephen Frears, Venus by Roger Mitchell and There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson. The producer also works a lot in the theater. ROBERT GRAF Executive Producer Robert Graf's recent works include Joe Carnahan's thriller "Aces of Trump" and Peter Berg's film "Friday Night Lights." The count has long collaborated with the Cohen brothers. He was a location manager for the films Fargo and The Big Lebowski, an assistant producer for the films Where Are You, Brother?, The Man Who Wasn't There, Unbearable Cruelty and Gentlemen's Games. MARK ROIBAL Executive producer Mark Roybal is president of Scott Rudin Production. He has been working there for 12 years. During this time, he was the executive producer of such films as "Shaft", "Resurrection of the Dead", "Sleepy Hollow" and "South Park: Big, Long, Uncut". In addition, he took part in the creation of the films "Prodigy" and "Angela's Ashes". Among his future works are Kim Peirce's War on Coercion, Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding, and John Patrick Shanla's Doubt. ROGER DEAKINS, A.S.C, B.S.C. "No Place for Old Men" is the ninth joint film by Deakins and the Coen brothers. Dekins was repeatedly nominated for the Academy Award. He directed such films as "Gentleman's Games", "Intolerable Cruelty", "The Man Who Wasn't There" (nominated for the Academy Award, ASC and BAFTA Awards), "Where are you, brother?" (BAFTA and nomination for the Academy Award), "The Big Lebowski", "Fargo" (nomination for the Academy Award), "Hadsaker's Sidekick" and "Barton Fink". For the film "The Shawshank Redemption", Deakins received the award of the American Society of Cinematographers and the first nomination for the award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Deakins' cinematography on the film "Kundun" was also awarded a number of prestigious nominations, including an Oscar. Deakins started out as a photographer. In 1972, he entered the British National Film School. Friendship with fellow student Michael Radford led to the fact that he shot three of his films: "Drugoe mesto, drugeo vremya", "1984" and "White Onslaught". Deakins' other works include "Sid and Nancy" by Alex Cox, "Heart of Thunder" by Michael Apted, "Fish of Passion" by John Saylis, "The Secret Garden" by Agnieszka Holland