Five facts about best picture

Published February 26, 2008

Directed by brothers Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, the movie won four Academy Awards, also including best directing, best adapted screenplay and best supporting actor (Javier Bardem).

It competed in eight Academy Award categories to tie “There

Will Be Blood” as the most Oscar-nominated film this year.

— “No Country” won two top prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards — for best ensemble cast and for Spanish performer Bardem as best supporting actor for his role as a cold-blooded killer.

— The Directors Guild of America on Jan 26 chose the Coens as best feature film directors.

— The Coen brothers were given the best adapted screenplay award from the Writers Guild of America for their adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name.

— “No Country” is the 12th movie co-written and directed by the Coen brothers and their most commercially successful, grossing just over $64 million at the domestic box office and $30 million more overseas.—Reuters

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