Film Adaptation
In 2007 Joel and Ethan Coen released a film adaptation of No Country for Old Men, which was met with critical acclaim and a box office success. On January 27, 2008, the film won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. On February 24, 2008, it won four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen), and Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh). It also won three BAFTA awards and two Golden Globes.
Ironically, No Country for Old Men was originally penned as a screenplay, which McCarthy subsequently was unsuccessful in marketing.
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