Paramount Home Media Presents: Award season
The Coen Brothers’ Classics
Roll out the red carpet, as this year’s award season springs upon us. The Coen brothers have produced, directed and written some of the most critically acclaimed movies. Two of our favourites are No Country for Old Men with four Academy Awards and True Grit (2011) with ten Academy Award nominations. The Coen brothers have tied the record for the most nominations by a single nominee.
True Grit (2011)
Nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2011 and winner of the best Cinematography True Grit is a powerful story of vengeance and valour set in an unforgiving and unpredictable frontier where justice is simple and mercy is rare. Mattie Ross (Hailee Seinfeld) is determined to avenge her father’s blood by capturing Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn Academy Award® Winner (Jeff Bridges) a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Academy Award® Winner Matt Damon) to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution.
Classification: 15
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin
True Grit (2011) on DVD, Blu-RayTM and Digital Download
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by U.S. author Cormac McCarthy. The story occurs in the vicinity of the United States–Mexico border, in 1980, and concerns an illegal drug deal gone awry in the Texas desert backcountry. Starring a top line cast that includes Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem; No Country for Old Men won 4 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best adapted screenplay, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Javier Bardem) and Best Director, allowing the Coen brothers to join five previous directors honoured three times for a single film. In addition, the film also won 3 BAFTAs including Best Director, and two Golden Globes. No Country for Old Men is one of the Coen brothers’ finest films to date, and one of the best films of the 2000s.
Classification: 15
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin
No Country for Old Men Available on DVD, Blu-RayTM and Digital Download
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True Grit (2011)
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