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Where was No Country for Old Men filmed?

2008 film, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.

  • New Mexico

The story is set in Mexico, about 798 miles (1,284 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Mexico; Texas
Filmed in
New Mexico
Distance
About 798 miles (1,284 km) between Mexico and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 406 miles (654 km) between Texas and the nearest filming location.
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About No Country for Old Men

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Released
2008
Directors
Ethan CoenJoel Coen
Cast
Tommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinWoody HarrelsonKelly MacdonaldGarret DillahuntBarry CorbinStephen RootTess HarperBeth Grant
Genre
ThrillerWesternDramaContemporary WesternCrime Drama
Based on
No Country for Old Men
Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Writing and 4 more

In 1980, hitman Anton Chigurh is arrested in Texas.

He looks up to the ridge and sees two armed men who pursue him in a truck.

Following a tracking device hidden in the case, Chigurh goes to Moss's motel and kills three Mexican mobsters who were waiting for Moss in his room.

Famous lines from No Country for Old Men

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • If it ain't a mess, it'll do till the mess gets here.No Country for Old Men
  • Nothin wounded goes uphill, he said. It just dont happen.No Country for Old Men
  • If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?No Country for Old Men
  • How to prevail over that which you refuse to acknowledge the existence of.No Country for Old Men
  • Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.No Country for Old Men

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