The movie to beat this Oscar season is the Coen Brothers' dark drama "No Country For Old Men." It has been picking up a host of awards - not only for its directors, but also for its stars - in the week leading up to the Feb. 24 ceremony. Co-stars Josh Brolin, left, Tommy Lee Jones, center, and Javier Bardem pose together at Cipriani's in New York in this Jan. 14, 2008, photo.
From left to right, writer-director Ethan Coen, actor Tommy Lee Jones, and writer-director Joel Coen pose on the press line at the premiere of the Miramax Films feature "No Country For Old Men" in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007.
Javier Bardem in a scene from the movie "No Country For Old Men." The Prince Valiant haircut and soul-less gaze are features of Bardem's character, a new villain for the 21st Century.
The movie has made a two-time Oscar nominee of Spanish actor Javier Bardem, seen here at the movie's Nov. 4, 2007, premiere in Los Angeles. Bardem is up for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year; he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for 2000's "Before Night Falls."
The part of a Texas drifter who finds a suitcase full of drug money is a breakthrough role for actor Josh Brolin, seen here at the movie premiere in Los Angeles, Nov. 4, 2007.
Actor Tommy Lee Jones, seen here accepting the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's American Riviera Award from director Andy Davis on Feb. 1, 2008, is also up for an Academy Award, but not for his role as the world-weary sheriff in "No Country For Old Men." His nomination in the Best Actor category is for his role in the Iraq War drama "In the Valley of Elah."
Actor Javier Bardem, left, kisses Woody Harrelson at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in Santa Barbara, Calif., during Bardem's acceptance of the festival's Montecito Award for his performance in "No Country For Old Men." Harrelson had a role in the movie as a bounty hunter trailing Bardem's villain.
Josh Brolin also worked with Tommy Lee Jones in this year's "In The Valley of Elah" and with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in "American Gangster." The 40-year-old actor and his "No Country" co-stars won an Outstanding Cast award from the Screen Actors Guild, beating out the "American Gangster" cast, which was also nominated.
Directors and producers Joel Coen, left and Ethan Coen, right, pose in the press room after receiving the Darryl F. Zanuck producer of the year award for "No Country For Old Men" along with producer Scott Rudin, not pictured, at the 2008 Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif. It is one of a host of awards the brothers have won this year.
Javier Bardem poses with the Best Supporting Actor Award at the British Academy Film Awards 2008 at the Royal Opera House in London, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. For this role, he also won a Boston Society of Film Critics award, a Critics Choice Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award.
Director Joel Coen and actress Kelly Macdonald arrive for a special screening of "No Country For Old Men" at Lincoln Center in New York Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. Macdonald has a role in the movie as the wife of Josh Brolin's character.
Actor Josh Brolin arrives for a special screening of "No Country For Old Men" at New York's Lincoln Center Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. He is the husband of actress Diane Lane and the son of actor James Brolin.
Actor John Malkovich was among the guests at the Los Angeles premiere of "No Country For Old Men" at the El Capitan Theatre on Nov. 4, 2007.
British actress Thandie Newton was among the celebrities in the press line at the Los Angeles premiere of "No Country For Old Men" held at the El Capitan Theatre on Nov. 4, 2007.