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| Year: | 2007 |
| Rating: | 8.3(197312) |
| Listed in: | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Ethan Coen Joel Coen |
| Actors: | Tommy Lee Jones Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Woody Harrelson Garret Dillahunt Kelly Macdonald |
| "You've never been anywhere like No Country" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Ethan Coen | |
| Joel Coen | |
| Actors | |
| Tommy Lee Jones | as Ed Tom Bell |
| Javier Bardem | as Anton Chigurh |
| Josh Brolin | as Llewelyn Moss |
| Woody Harrelson | as Carson Wells |
| Garret Dillahunt | as Wendell |
| Barry Corbin | as Ellis |
| Stephen Root | as Man who hires Wells |
| Rodger Boyce | as El Paso Sheriff |
| Zach Hopkins | as Strangled Deputy |
| Chip Love | as Man in Ford |
| Eduardo Antonio Garcia | as 'Agua' Man |
| Gene Jones | as Gas Station Proprietor |
| Myk Watford | as 'Managerial' Victim |
| Boots Southerland | as 'Managerial' Victim |
| Johnnie Hector | as Cabbie at Bus Station |
| Thomas Kopache | as Boot Salesman |
| Jason Douglas | as Cabbie at Motel |
| Rutherford Cravens | as Gun Store Clerk |
| Matthew Posey | as Sporting Goods Clerk |
| George Adelo | as Mexican in Bathtub |
| Mathew Greer | as Hitchhiking Driver |
| Trent Moore | as Nervous Accountant |
| Marc Miles | as Hotel Eagle Clerk |
| Luce Rains | as Pickup Driver |
| Philip Bentham | as Border Bridge Youth |
| Eric Reeves | as Border Bridge Youth |
| Josh Meyer | as Border Bridge Youth |
| Chris Warner | as Flatbed Driver |
| Brandon Smith | as INS Official |
| Roland Uribe | as Well Dressed Mexican |
| Richard Jackson | as Chicken Farmer |
| Josh Blaylock | as Boy on Bike |
| Caleb Landry Jones | as Boy on Bike |
| Dorsey Ray | as Odessa Cabbie |
| Angel H. Alvarado Jr. | as Norteño Band |
| David A. Gomez | as Norteño Band |
| Milton Hernandez | as Norteño Band |
| John Mancha | as Norteño Band |
| Scott Flick | as Cab Driver |
| Fernando Lara | as Bus Passenger |
| Angelo Martinez | as Bus Passenger |
| Actresses | |
| Kelly Macdonald | as Carla Jean Moss |
| Tess Harper | as Loretta Bell |
| Beth Grant | as Carla Jean's Mother |
| Ana Reeder | as Poolside Woman |
| Kit Gwin | as Sheriff Bell's Secretary |
| Kathy Lamkin | as Desert Aire Manager |
| Margaret Bowman | as Del Rio Motel Clerk |
| Doris Hargrave | as Waitress |
| Elizabeth Slagsvol | as Nurse |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Spanish |
| Filming dates: | 23 May 2006 - 16 August 2006 |
| Budget: | USD 25,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 74,273,505 USD (6 April 2008) UK - 6,316,478 GBP (2 March 2008) Australia - 3,135,494 AUD (20 January 2008) Brazil - 936,233 BRL (3 February 2008) Philippines - 710,792 PHP (13 April 2008) |
| Plot: | After he finds $2 million in the desert where a drug deal has apparently gone wrong, working man Llewelyn Moss finds himself on the run. His pursuer is Anton Chigurh, an unemotional killer with a unique murder weapon at his disposal. Throughout, soon to be retired Sheriff Ed Tom Bell attempts to convince Moss, mostly through his wife Carla Jean, that he should turn the money over to the authorities or this could all end in tragedy. |
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"Puño de tierra" Written by Michael Eloy Sánchez Performed by Angel H. Alvarado Jr., David A. Gomez, Milton Hernandez and John Mancha "Las mañanitas" Traditional Performed by Lola Beltrán Courtesy of Warner Music Mexico SA de CV By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing "Blood Trails" (uncredited) Written by Carter Burwell |
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DATE: When Bell responds to the hotel shooting, a modern Carl's Jr restaurant is seen in the background over his shoulder. Furthermore, Carl's Jr. was not operating in El Paso in 1980. In addition, when he is driving to the motel, as he first hears the shots, a modern day Wendy's sign is seen behind him. DATE: SPOILER: Outside of the motel after Moss is killed there is a modern day EMS unit (ambulance) in the background. Continuity: When Llewelyn finds the transponder, he leaves the suitcase open, yet when he is escaping minutes later, the suitcase is closed when he grabs it. DATE: Just before Anton enters the pharmacy, a modern Wells Fargo bank is seen in the background on the left side. Not only is it a modern sign, but Wells Fargo didn't operate in Texas in 1980. DATE: In the scene where Anton is chasing Llewelyn through the streets at night, a modern day Dominos Pizza sign can be seen in the background. DATE: The opening scene of the police car features a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice and not a 1980 (or earlier). This is evident from the front door mounted seat belt mechanism, which was only used on the 1990 square-body models before the car was totally redesigned in 1991. There are also numerous mid-late 80's Caprices in the film - all too new for the setting of 1980. These cars are easily identifiable by taillight and grille design to differentiate them from a 1980-84ish car. DATE: The glass milk bottle that Anton and later Sheriff Bell drink from is from Promised Land Dairy in Floresville, TX. This company did not exist until 1987. DATE: Area code 210 appears on Llewelyn's phone bill, however this area code wasn't created until 1992. DATE: When Anton goes into Mike Zoss Pharmacy, you can see a bottle of Prednisone on the shelf. This bottle was manufactured by generic drug company Watson, which wasn't established until 1984. DATE: The $100 bills in the satchel have the signature of Treasury secretary Nicholas Brady. $100 bills with his signature were not printed until 1989. The newest possible $100 bills circulating in 1980 would be Series 1977 bearing the signature of secretary Werner Blumenthal. DATE: When Chigurh enters Llewelyn's trailer and takes the milk from the fridge, you can see a bottle of Dawn Dish Detergent using the current logo. DATE: In the gas station scene, when Anton places the empty peanut wrapper on the counter, you can see the nutrition information on the label. This information was not on food wrappers in 1980. DATE: The weapon Moss picks up in the drug dealers truck is a Heckler and Koch SP89, so named because it was introduced to the American market in 1989. It was also a unique variation and was not sold in that form outside the US but modified specifically to conform with US gun laws. DATE: In the scene where Llewelyn calls Carla Jean from a rotary bank of GTE pay-phones, there is a clearly visible graffiti tag above the phone in silver ink. Not only would this kind of graffiti be hugely unlikely in Texas in 1980, but the tag is dated "06". DATE: In each hotel, modern models of smoke and heat detectors are visible on the ceilings. DATE: The ambulance used outside the hotel scene has modern multi-flash strobe lights. Those type of lights were not introduced until the mid 1990's. CHAR: When the American border guard asks Llewelyn what outfit he was in Vietnam, the answer is "12th Infantry Battalion." This answer wouldn't make any sense to anyone familiar with how the army is organized and in fact would indicate that Llewelyn had never been in the army. (Every infantry regiment has ad-hoc numbered battalions. No regiment has as many as 12.) An infantry soldier would identify his unit by company and regiment, or just by regiment. DATE: The gray/blue Dodge 4x4 at the shoot-out is at least an 1982 (tail light design was changed in '82), and more likely an 83 or 84. Also the wheels on that truck weren't introduced until the mid 80s. DATE: As Chigurh walks through the pharmacy, away from the flaming car, a Tempur-Pedic advertisement is visible to the far left, through a window. The original Tempur-Pedic product was invented in 1983. DATE: In the shoot-out aftermath scene, the red Ford Bronco has a FORD blue oval emblem/logo on the grill, as well as F O R D lettering on the leading edge of the hood. While the hood lettering was used on 1980-1982 models, 1983-1986 models used the updated grille insert with the blue oval. This grill would have not been available in 1980, either the truck's grill or the hood has been changed from original. DATE: SPOILER: After Anton blows up the car outside the pharmacy, numerous car alarms and horns sound off. All those cars didn't have horn alarms, and loud ringing car alarms weren't prevalent until the mid 80s, but would have been very rare (non existent) in Eagle Pass in 1980. DATE: In the scene where Anton shoots at the crow as he is crossing the bridge, the weapon used is a suppressed Tec-9. These pistols were not introduced until after 1982. Crew: During the shot of Sheriff Bell's reflection on the TV in Llewelyn's home, you can see at the far right corner of the television the reflection of three crew members. DATE: Just before Anton's car gets wrecked, a late 90's Toyota Corolla wagon is clearly visible in the driveway of a neighborhood house. Continuity: SPOILER: Anton's car changes direction between 2 shots when it gets hit in the car crash at the end of the movie. In the interior shot of Anton, the front of the car moves to the left during the crash (seen from the driver's point of view). In the following long shot the front of his car moves to the right, inconsistent with the interior shot. GEOG: The sign that shows that Anton is driving towards Del Rio is incorrect. There is an arrow that shows Highway 90 veering off towards the left and Del Rio veering off in the opposite direction of the fork in the road to the right. In fact, the only highway that comes in and out of Del Rio is Highway 90. If Anton was driving to Del Rio, he would be on Highway 90 heading towards Del Rio. Continuity: When Sheriff Bell returns to the Desert Sands motel, we see his shadow squarely approaching the motel room door, as if he's walking directly towards it and the car is directly behind him, but in the next shot, he's just passing in front of the left headlight of his car. GEOG: Moss is crossing the bridge into Mexico. The river is shown flowing to the right instead of to the left as the Rio Grande does when seen from the Texas side. Revealing mistakes: When Llewelyn shoots and kills the pursuing pit bull at the last second the dead animal falls to the side. It is clearly a stuffed animal. Continuity: After Chigurh blows the lock to the hotel room with the Mexican reaching for his gun, the phone on the table next to him is at an angle. However, before Chigurh shoots the man's arm, the phone has shifted in a different direction. GEOG: When Bell is driving up to the Desert Sands Motel, a sign for Route 66 Paint and Body is visible to the right. El Paso is over 250 miles from Route 66. Fact errors: When Anton lights the gas tank of the car on fire that is in front of the pharmacy, the interior of the car explodes and blows the windows out of the car before the gas tank explodes. The interior would have been the last thing to burn and would have most likely never exploded. DATE: When Sheriff Bell is going to find Moss, just before the Mexican's pickup pulls out ahead of him, there is a sign for a Vietnamese grill on the right side. Since the majority of Vietnamese immigrants did not arrive until after 1980 it seems unlikely that this restaurant would exist. Fact errors: The cattle gun used to blow the cylinder out of the center of the lock is not possible as shown in the movie. If the center of the lock was blown out, the bolt that secures the door to the frame (the large steel piece that slides out of a lock when you turn the key on a deadbolt) would still remain in place, and would still remain securing the door to the frame. Simply blowing the cylinder out would not be sufficient for quick or easy entry it would simply eliminate the need for a key. One would have to be able to fit a tool or their finger into the hole that was created and somehow pull the bolt back into the door, or possibly have to rotate the entire mechanism inside of the lock housing, as you would with the rotation of a key - and therefore ruining the element of surprise. Continuity: In the wide shots of the convenience store, there is a rack of nuts behind the cashier, but in his close ups, the rack is at least a few feet to the right of him. Continuity: About 29 minutes into the movie, Tommy Lee Jones and Wendell are looking at the car burning. Wendell's arm(s) keep changing position between shots. SYNC: Obvious voice-over. In the hospital scene when Woody Harrelson's character, Carson Wells, says Chigurh's full name. "Anton Chigurh". Continuity: When in room 138 Moss ('Josh Brolin' (qv)) character slides the suitcase to the left of the HVAC duct, handle-side first. When he retrieves the case from room 38 (the room directly opposite) by hooking into the handle the case is on the wrong side of the duct for the handle to be accessible. Continuity: Moss ('Josh Brolin' (qv)) shoots Chigurh ('Javier Bardem' (qv)) as the latter is diving behind a car, exposing the right side of his body. In the bathtub scene we see that Chigurh was shot on the left side of his left thigh which was never exposed. Continuity: Chigurh hurt his wrists badly from handcuffs in the beginning of the film. Yet for the rest of the film - the story takes place in the span of a few days - his wrists don't show any marks or scars whatsoever, even in the close-up shots. Revealing mistakes: After Chigurh enters the motel room and shoots the first Mexican he closes the door with his foot. He was wearing only socks but it sounds like he has shoes on. GEOG: When Moss returns across the bridge from Mexico back to Eagle Pass, he has no clothes. He returns to the Western store where he bought his boots, but the plot established that the store was in Del Rio, over 55 miles away. Then he is in his new clothes by the river in Eagle Pass retrieving the satchel of money. Did he travel 110 miles to buy clothes? GEOG: The ZIP code on Moss' phone bill, 79821 is for Anthony, TX, about 300 miles away from Sanderson where Moss lives. FAIR: When Llewelyn finds the radio transponder in the briefcase containing the money, the stack the transceiver is in is actually a stack of $1 bills with a $100 bill on the top. Which is understandable because a typical stack of one-hundred dollar bills amounts to twenty thousand dollars. Why destroy that much cash when one could achieve the same effect (hiding the transponder) by defacing far less currency? DATE: When Moss is talking to the woman across the hotel pool, a Carl's Jr. restaurant with the modern logo can be seen behind him. Continuity: When Sheriff Bell turns on his siren to pull over the flatbed truck with the recovered bodies loaded on it, the highway has a very narrow shoulder, less than half the width of the truck. When the truck actually pulls over, the shoulder is very wide - nearly twice the width of the truck. Continuity: When Anton opens the gas lid on the car to blow it up, it's already wet from a previous take. DATE: Although day trading started in 1971, NASD created the Small-Order Execution System around 1985 to enable people to become day traders in the sense that we know it now, but it's unlikely the term would be used in 1980 by Woody's character as it would today. DATE: The rifle case on Moss' left disappears and reappears between shots as he is registering for room #138. Continuity: A license plate is used on two different cars. In the scene about 1hr 3min just after he crashes the pickup truck, when Anton is walking up to the pickup, the car immediately behind the smashed one has a Texas license plate 350 R2H. At the end of the movie Anton drives away from Carla's house and the Olds he is driving has that same 350 R2H Texas plate. GEOG: When the Mexicans flee the Desert Sands Motel in El Paso, a Bank of the West tower can be seen in the distance. El Paso has no such building. Continuity: In the scene where Moss is talking to the lady outside in the pool area you can see a newer model of a Chevy or GMC Tahoe (01-06) in the parking lot of the Carl's Jr. It then disappears and re-appears twice. Revealing mistakes: When Sheriff Bell pulls over the flat bed truck carrying the bodies of the dead Mexican cartel members the driver states they only took the truck instead of a van because "We didn't have a van with four wheel drive." However at the time the driver states this you can see the lower control arm on the front suspension of the truck he is driving. This is a characteristic of a Chevrolet truck of that era that is two wheel drive. A four wheel drive truck would have a leaf spring straight front axle suspension. Revealing mistakes: When Anton is entering Llewelyn Moss's trailer, he picks up his mail, however there is no mail slot in the door and trailer doors are manufactured with rubber weather stripping, preventing air (or mail) from being slipped under. Fact errors: When Chigurh shoots Carson Wells, he is using a semi-automatic shotgun but the action on the gun does not cycle and eject the spent round. That would not happen with a functioning semi-automatic. CHAR: When Anton enter the Texaco Station and asks the owner behind the counter how much the peanuts cost, the owner replies "69 Cents". As he says this, immediately to his right, viewer's left, there is a clip strip of the same peanuts all labeled 99 cents each. (We can tell it is the same kind of peanuts as Anton later discards his wrapper on the counter.) Revealing mistakes: After Anton shoots into the room of Mexicans, the man he shot in the bathroom blinks after being shot and lying against the wall. DATE: In the gas station scene where Anton is talking to the Gas Station proprietor, a whole selection of modern day Jack Links beef jerky can be seen in the background. DATE: In the scene where Anton is in the gas station, there is a rack behind Anton with Jack Link's beef jerky. The Jack Link's logo is one that wasn't introduced until the late 2000s. Continuity: When Chigurh is shooting at the pickup that Moss is in, the rear-view mirror is broken and hangs down at an angle. Later, Moss adjusts the mirror to see where Chigurh is, and it is unbroken again. Continuity: When the Mexican in the motel bathroom is shot the shot passes through the wall, which should hit his left hand, but hits him in the chest. As he falls his gun is firing at the bathroom door, but leaves no holes. Continuity: When Llewlen is talking to the INS agent at the border crossing, the same Ford Mustang passes behind him twice in the same direction. FAIR: It is true that mobile home doors are sealed in a way that would prevent mail from being slipped under the door. However, all doors for older mobile homes were also made to swing outwards to open, never inwards. The door in this movie swings inwards. It is obvious that the set-makers modified this home, especially for the dramatic effect when the door swings open to reveal Chigurh standing there. But, who is to say that somebody hasn't replaced the door in the past so that it opens inwards now? |
Quotes
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Llewelyn Moss: If I don't come back, tell mother I love her. Carla Jean Moss: Your mother's dead, Llewelyn. Llewelyn Moss: Well then I'll tell her myself. Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss. Gas Station Proprietor: Sir? Anton Chigurh: The most. You ever lost. On a coin toss. Gas Station Proprietor: I don't know. I couldn't say. [Chigurh flips a quarter from the change on the counter and covers it with his hand] Anton Chigurh: Call it. Gas Station Proprietor: Call it? Anton Chigurh: Yes. Gas Station Proprietor: For what? Anton Chigurh: Just call it. Gas Station Proprietor: Well, we need to know what we're calling it for here. Anton Chigurh: You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair. Gas Station Proprietor: I didn't put nothin' up. Anton Chigurh: Yes, you did. You've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin? Gas Station Proprietor: No. Anton Chigurh: 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it. Gas Station Proprietor: Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Anton Chigurh: Everything. Gas Station Proprietor: How's that? Anton Chigurh: You stand to win everything. Call it. Gas Station Proprietor: Alright. Heads then. [Chigurh removes his hand, revealing the coin is indeed heads] Anton Chigurh: Well done. [the gas station proprietor nervously takes the quarter with the small pile of change he's apparently won while Chigurh starts out] Don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky quarter. Gas Station Proprietor: Where do you want me to put it? Anton Chigurh: Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is. [Chigurh leaves and the gas station proprietor stares at him as he walks out] Carla Jean Moss: You don't have to do this. Anton Chigurh: [smiles] People always say the same thing. Carla Jean Moss: What do they say? Anton Chigurh: They say, "You don't have to do this." Carla Jean Moss: You don't. Anton Chigurh: Okay. [Chigurh flips a coin and covers it with his hand] Anton Chigurh: This is the best I can do. Call it. Carla Jean Moss: I knowed you was crazy when I saw you sitting there. I knowed exactly what was in store for me. Anton Chigurh: Call it. Carla Jean Moss: No. I ain't gonna call it. Anton Chigurh: Call it. Carla Jean Moss: The coin don't have no say. It's just you. Anton Chigurh: Well, I got here the same way the coin did. [first lines] Ed Tom Bell: I was sheriff of this county when I was twenty-five years old. Hard to believe. My grandfather was a lawman; father too. Me and him was sheriffs at the same time; him up in Plano and me out here. I think he's pretty proud of that. I know I was. Some of the old time sheriffs never even wore a gun. A lotta folks find that hard to believe. Jim Scarborough'd never carry one; that's the younger Jim. Gaston Boykins wouldn't wear one up in Camanche County. I always liked to hear about the oldtimers. Never missed a chance to do so. You can't help but compare yourself against the oldtimers. Can't help but wonder how theyd've operated these times. There was this boy I sent to the 'lectric chair at Huntsville Hill here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killt a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again. Said he knew he was going to hell. "Be there in about fifteen minutes". I don't know what to make of that. I sure don't. The crime you see now, it's hard to even take its measure. It's not that I'm afraid of it. I always knew you had to be willing to die to even do this job. But, I don't want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don't understand. A man would have to put his soul at hazard. He'd have to say, "O.K., I'll be part of this world." Nervous Accountant: Are you going to shoot me? Anton Chigurh: That depends. Do you see me? [Anton has just shot the Man who hires Wells in the throat, and is standing over his body] Anton Chigurh: [to Nervous Accountant] Who are you? Nervous Accountant: Me? Anton Chigurh: Yes. Nervous Accountant: Nobody... accounting. Anton Chigurh: He gave the Mexicans a receiver. [Anton sighs] Nervous Accountant: He feels... he felt that the more people looking [cut-off by Anton] Anton Chigurh: That's foolish. You pick the one right tool. Nervous Accountant: I see. Are you going to shoot me? Anton Chigurh: That depends. Do you see me? Carson Wells: [sitting by bed] Buenos Dias. I'm guessing this isn't the future you had planned for yourself when you first clapped eyes on that money. Don't worry, I'm not the man who's after you. Llewelyn Moss: [in bed] I know that. I've seen him. Carson Wells: You've seen him, and you're not dead? Llewelyn Moss: What's this guy supposed to be, the ultimate badass? Carson Wells: No, I wouldn't describe him as that. Llewelyn Moss: How would you describe him? Carson Wells: I guess I would say he doesn't have a sense of humor. His name is Chigurh. Llewelyn Moss: Sugar? Carson Wells: Chigurh, Anton Chigurh. Do you know how he found you? Llewelyn Moss: Yeah, I know how he found me. Carson Wells: Called a transponder. Llewelyn Moss: Yeah, I know what it's called. He won't find me again. Carson Wells: Not that way. Llewelyn Moss: Not any way. Carson Wells: Took me about three hours. Llewelyn Moss: Yeah, well, I been immobile. Carson Wells: No, you don't understand. [last lines] Loretta Bell: How'd you sleep? Ed Tom Bell: I don't know. Had dreams. Loretta Bell: Well you got time for 'em now. Anythin' interesting? Ed Tom Bell: They always is to the party concerned. Loretta Bell: Ed Tom, I'll be polite. Ed Tom Bell: Alright then. Two of 'em. Both had my father in 'em . It's peculiar. I'm older now then he ever was by twenty years. So in a sense he's the younger man. Anyway, first one I don't remember too well but it was about meeting him in town somewhere, he's gonna give me some money. I think I lost it. The second one, it was like we was both back in older times and I was on horseback goin' through the mountains of a night. Goin' through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on the ground and he rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' by. He just rode on past... and he had his blanket wrapped around him and his head down and when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn the way people used to do and I could see the horn from the light inside of it. 'Bout the color of the moon. And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and he was fixin' to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold, and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up... Wendell: We goin' in? Ed Tom Bell: Gun out and up. Wendell: [Wendell draws his pistol] What about yours? Ed Tom Bell: I'm hidin' behind you. Ellis: Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. Wendell: That's very linear Sheriff. Ed Tom Bell: Well, age will flatten a man. Ed Tom Bell: You ride Winston. Wendell: You sure? Ed Tom Bell: Oh I'm sure. Anything happens to Loretta's horse, I can tell ya I don't want to be the party that was on board. Ed Tom Bell: Now that's aggravatin'. Wendell: Sheriff? Ed Tom Bell: [points to a bottle of milk] Still sweatin'. Wendell: Whoa, Sheriff! We just missed him! We gotta circulate this! On Radio! Ed Tom Bell: Alright. What we circulate? Lookin' for a man who has recently drunk milk? Wendell: You know, there might not have been no money. Ed Tom Bell: That's possible. Wendell: But you don't believe it. Ed Tom Bell: No. Probably I don't. Wendell: It's a mess, ain't it, sheriff? Ed Tom Bell: If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here. Wendell: You think this boy Moss has got any notion of the sorts of sons of bitches that're huntin' him? Ed Tom Bell: I don't know, he ought to. He's seen the same things I've seen, and it's certainly made an impression on me. Man who hires Wells: [about Chigurh] Just how dangerous is he? Carson Wells: Compared to what? The bubonic plague? Anton Chigurh: [indicating bag of cashews] How much? Gas Station Proprietor: Sixty-nine cent. Anton Chigurh: This. And the gas. Gas Station Proprietor: Y'all gettin' any rain up your way? Anton Chigurh: What way would that be? Gas Station Proprietor: I seen you was from Dallas. Anton Chigurh: What business is it of yours where I'm from, friendo? Gas Station Proprietor: I didn't mean nothin' by it. Anton Chigurh: Didn't mean nothin'. Gas Station Proprietor: I was just passin' the time. If you don't wanna accept that I don't know what else to do for you. Will there be something else? Anton Chigurh: I don't know. Will there? Gas Station Proprietor: Is somethin' wrong? Anton Chigurh: With what? Gas Station Proprietor: With anything? Anton Chigurh: Is that what you're asking me? Is there something wrong with anything? Gas Station Proprietor: Will there be anything else? Anton Chigurh: You already asked me that. Gas Station Proprietor: Well... I need to see about closin'. Anton Chigurh: See about closing. Gas Station Proprietor: Yessir. Anton Chigurh: What time do you close? Gas Station Proprietor: Now. We close now. Anton Chigurh: Now is not a time. What time do you close? Man who hires Wells: Did I say you could sit? Carson Wells: No, but you strike me as a man who wouldn't want to waste his chair. Llewelyn Moss: [talking over phone] Hello? Anton Chigurh: Yes? Llewelyn Moss: Is uh, Carson Wells there? Anton Chigurh: Not in the sense that you mean. You need to come see me. Llewelyn Moss: Who is this? Anton Chigurh: You know who it is. You need to talk to me. Llewelyn Moss: I don't need to talk to you. Anton Chigurh: I think you do. Do you know where I'm going? Llewelyn Moss: Why would I care where you're going? Anton Chigurh: I know where you are. Llewelyn Moss: Yeah? Where am I? Anton Chigurh: You're in the hospital across the river, but that's not where I'm going. Do you know where I'm going? [blood flows on the floor, and so Chigurh lifts his feet and rests them on the bed] Llewelyn Moss: Yeah, I know where you're going. Anton Chigurh: Alright. Llewelyn Moss: You know she won't be there. Anton Chigurh: It doesn't make any difference where she is. Llewelyn Moss: So what are you going up there for? Anton Chigurh: You know how this is going to turn out, don't you? Llewelyn Moss: Nope. Anton Chigurh: I think you do. So this is what I'll offer - you bring me the money and I'll let her go. Otherwise she's accountable, same as you. That's the best deal you're gonna get. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't. Llewelyn Moss: Yeah, I'm going to bring you something, alright. I decided to make you a special project of mine. You ain't going have to come looking for me at all. [Moss hangs up the phone] Carla Jean Moss: Llewelyn? Llewelyn Moss: Yeah? Carla Jean Moss: What are you doing, baby? Llewelyn Moss: I'm going out. Carla Jean Moss: Going where? Llewelyn Moss: There's something I forgot to do, but I'll be back. Carla Jean Moss: And what are you going to do? Llewelyn Moss: I'm fixin' to do something dumber than hell, but I'm going anyways. Anton Chigurh: I'm looking for Llewelyn Moss. Desert Aire Manager: Did you go up to his trailer? Anton Chigurh: Yes, I did. Desert Aire Manager: Well, I'd say he's at work. Do you want to leave a message? Anton Chigurh: Where does he work? Desert Aire Manager: I can't say. Anton Chigurh: Where does he work? Desert Aire Manager: Sir, I ain't at liberty to give out no information about our residents. Anton Chigurh: Where does he work? Desert Aire Manager: Did you not hear me? We can't give out no information. Boy on Bike #2: Look at that fucking bone. Wendell: Aw, hells bells. They even shot the dog! "Managerial" Victim #2: [to Chigurh] Mind riding bitch? "Managerial" Victim #1: That's a dead dog. Anton Chigurh: Yes it is. Boy on Bike #2: Mister? You got a bone stickin' out of your arm. Anton Chigurh: Let me just sit here a minute. Carla Jean Moss: Where'd you get the pistol? Llewelyn Moss: At the gettin' place. Carla Jean Moss: Did you buy that gun? Llewelyn Moss: No. I found it. Carla Jean Moss: Llewelyn! Llewelyn Moss: What? Quit hollerin'. Carla Jean Moss: What'd you give for that thing? Llewelyn Moss: You don't need to know everything, Carla Jean. Carla Jean Moss: I need to know that. Llewelyn Moss: You keep runnin' that mouth I'm gonna' take you in the back and screw ya'. Carla Jean Moss: Big talk. Llewelyn Moss: Keep it up. Carla Jean Moss: Fine. I don't wanna' know. I don't even wanna' know where you been all day. Llewelyn Moss: That'll work. Loretta Bell: Be careful. Ed Tom Bell: I always am. Loretta Bell: Don't get hurt. Ed Tom Bell: I never do. Loretta Bell: Don't hurt no one. Ed Tom Bell: [smiles] Well. If you say so. Carson Wells: [Wells sits back and studies Moss] What do you do? Llewelyn Moss: I'm retired. Carson Wells: What did you do? Llewelyn Moss: Welder. Carson Wells: Acetylene? Mig? Tig? Llewelyn Moss: Any of it. If it can be welded I can weld it. Carson Wells: Cast iron? Llewelyn Moss: Yeah. Carson Wells: I don't mean braze. Llewelyn Moss: I didn't say braze. Carson Wells: Pot metal? Llewelyn Moss: [annoyed] What did I say? Llewelyn Moss: Medico... por favor. Llewelyn Moss: [after finding the drug crime scene]... Where's the last guy? Ultimo hombre. Last man standing, must've been one. Carla Jean Moss: What's in the satchel? Llewelyn Moss: It's full of money. Carla Jean Moss: [sarcastically] Yeah, that'll be the day. Carla Jean Moss: I got a bad feeling, Llewelyn. Llewelyn Moss: Well I got a good feeling, so that should even out. Wendell: [referring to the dead bodies in the desert] How come you reckon the coyotes ain't been at them? Ed Tom Bell: I don't know. Supposedly, a coyote won't eat a Mexican. Ed Tom Bell: But I think once you quit hearing "sir" and "ma'am," the rest is soon to foller. Carla Jean Moss: Sheriff, was that a true story about Charlie Walser? Ed Tom Bell: Who's Charlie Walser? Oh! Well... uh... a true story? I couldn't swear to every detail but it's certainly true that it is a story. Ed Tom Bell: You know Charlie Walser? Has the place east of Sanderson? Well you know how they used to slaughter beeves, hit 'em with a maul right here to stun 'em... and then up and slit their throats? Well here Charlie has one trussed up and all set to drain him and the beef comes to. It starts thrashing around, six hundred pounds of very pissed-off livestock if you'll pardon me... Charlie grabs his gun there to shoot the damn thing in the head but what with the swingin' and twistin' it's a glance-shot and ricochets around and comes back hits Charlie in the shoulder. You go see Charlie, he still can't reach up with his right hand for his hat... Point bein', even in the contest between man and steer the issue is not certain. Carson Wells: Call me when you've had enough. I can even let you keep a little of the money. Llewelyn Moss: If I was cuttin' deals, why wouldn't I go deal with this guy Chigurh? Carson Wells: No no. No. You don't understand. You can't make a deal with him. Even if you gave him the money he'd still kill you. He's a peculiar man. You could even say that he has principles. Principles that transcend money or drugs or anything like that. He's not like you. He's not even like me. Llewelyn Moss: He don't talk as much as you, I give him points for that. Anton Chigurh: And you know what's going to happen now. You should admit your situation. There would be more dignity in it. Carson Wells: You go to hell. Anton Chigurh: Let me ask you something. If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? Carson Wells: Do you have any idea how goddamn crazy you are? Anton Chigurh: You mean the nature of this conversation? Carson Wells: I mean the nature of you. Ed Tom Bell: How many of those things you got now? Ellis: Cats? Several. Well, depends what you mean by got. Some are half-wild, and some are just outlaws. Ed Tom Bell: That man that shot you died in prison. Ellis: Angola. Yeah... Ed Tom Bell: What you'd done he had been released? Ellis: Oh, I dunno. Nothing. Wouldn't be no point in it. Ed Tom Bell: I'm kindly surprised to hear you say that. Ellis: Well all the time ya spend trying to get back what's been took from ya, more is going out the door. After a while you just have to try to get a tourniquet on it. Your granddad never asked me to sign on as a deputy. Ed Tom Bell: [talking to Ellis] I always figured when I got older, God would sorta come inta my life somehow. And he didn't. I don't blame him. If I was him I would have the same opinion of me that he does. Llewelyn Moss: And by anybody I mean any swingin' dick. Ed Tom Bell: Here last week they found this couple out in California. They rent out rooms for old people, kill'em, bury'em in the yard, cash their social security checks. Well, they'd tortur'em first, I don't know why. Maybe the television set was broke. Carson Wells: I was wondering... Man who hires Wells: Yes? Carson Wells: Could you validate my parking ticket? Man who hires Wells: An attempt at humor, I suppose. Carson Wells: I'm sorry... You know, I counted the floors to this building from the street. Man who hires Wells: [sighs] And? Carson Wells: There's one missing. Man who hires Wells: [sarcastically] We'll look into it. Carson Wells: Do you have any idea how crazy you are? Anton Chigurh: You mean the nature of this conversation? Carson Wells: I mean the nature of *you*. Anton Chigurh: Step out of your car, please. Carla Jean's Mother: It's not often you see a Mexican in a suit. Ed Tom Bell: The motel in Del Rio? Wendell: Yes, sir. None of the three had I.D. on 'em, but they're tellin' me all three is Mexican... was Mexicans. Ed Tom Bell: There's a question, whether they stopped being and when. Wendell: Yes, sir. El Paso Sheriff: Yea, well, none of that explains your man though. Ed Tom Bell: Uh-huh. El Paso Sheriff: He's just a goddamn homicidal lunatic, Ed Tom. Ed Tom Bell: I'm not sure he's a lunatic. El Paso Sheriff: Yea well what would you call him? Ed Tom Bell: Well, sometimes I think he's pretty much a ghost. El Paso Sheriff: Oh he's real all right. Ed Tom Bell: Oh yea. El Paso Sheriff: Yea all that over at the Eagle Hotel? Huh, it's beyond everything. Ed Tom Bell: Yea. Got some hard bark on him. El Paso Sheriff: Well... , well that don't hardly say it. He shoots the desk clerk one day, walks right back in the next and shoots a retired army colonel. Boot Salesman: [Moss walks in wearing his hospital robe] How those Larry's holdin' up? Llewelyn Moss: Uh, oh, good. Good! I need everything else. Boot Salesman: OK. Llewelyn Moss: Lotta people come in here without any clothes on? Boot Salesman: No sir, it's unusual. Anton Chigurh: Would you hold still, please, sir? Carla Jean's Mother: And I always seen this is what it would come to. Three years ago I pre-visioned it. Carla Jean Moss: It ain't even three years we been married. Carla Jean's Mother: Three years ago I said them very words. No and Good. Cabbie at Bus Station: Yes ma'am. Carla Jean's Mother: Now here we are? Ninety degree heat. I got the cancer. And look at this. Not even a home to go to. Cabbie at Bus Station: Yes ma'am . Carla Jean's Mother: We're goin to El Paso Texas. You know how many people I know in El Paso Texas? Cabbie at Bus Station: No ma'am. Carla Jean's Mother: [She holds up thumb and forefinger curled to make an O] That's how many. Ninety degree heat. Carla Jean Moss: [the cab is stopped outside the depot. Carla Jean and her mother and the driver are at the trunk struggling over bags] I got it Mama. Carla Jean's Mother: I didn't see my Prednisone. Carla Jean Moss: I put it in, Mama. Carla Jean's Mother: Well I didn't see it. Carla Jean Moss: Well I put it in. That one. You just set there. I'll get tickets and a cart for the bags. Well Dressed Mexican: [as Carla Jean goes to the station a man emerges from a car pulled up behind. He is a well-dressed Mexican of early middle age] Do you need help with the bags, madam? Carla Jean's Mother: Well thank god there's one gentleman left in West Texas. Yes thank you. I am old and I am not well. Well Dressed Mexican: Which bus are you taking? Carla Jean's Mother: We're going to El Paso don't ask me why. Discombobulated by a no-account son-in-law. Thank you. You don't often see a Mexican in a suit. Well Dressed Mexican: You go to El Paso? I know it. Where are you staying? Wendell: [Viewing the desert crime scene] It's a mess, ain't it, Sheriff? Ed Tom Bell: If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here. "Managerial" Victim #2: [Viewing the dead bodies in the desert] These are some ripe petunias! |
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