Q 01/05

Who directed No Country for Old Men?

A) Paul Thomas Anderson

B) Joel and Ethan Coen

C) David Fincher

D) Quentin Tarantino

Answer · why

B) Joel and Ethan Coen

They also wrote, produced and edited it, the editing under their usual alias Roderick Jaynes.

Q 02/05

Whose 2005 novel is the film based on?

A) Larry McMurtry

B) James Ellroy

C) Elmore Leonard

D) Cormac McCarthy

Answer · why

D) Cormac McCarthy

It was the second McCarthy adaptation after All the Pretty Horses; he chuckled at a screening, which Ethan took as approval.

Q 03/05

Who plays the hitman Anton Chigurh?

A) Javier Bardem

B) Mark Strong

C) Benicio del Toro

D) Woody Harrelson

Answer · why

A) Javier Bardem

Mark Strong was on standby when Bardem's schedule looked like a problem.

Q 04/05

In which year is the film set?

A) 1975

B) 1980

C) 1977

D) 1979

Answer · why

B) 1980

The West Texas desert of Terrell County is the setting; much of it was shot in New Mexico.

Q 05/05

How much cash is in the briefcase Llewelyn Moss finds?

A) $500,000

B) $1 million

C) $2 million

D) $1.5 million

Answer · why

C) $2 million

He is hunting pronghorn when he stumbles on the dead men from a drug deal gone wrong.

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