I finally saw No Country For Old Men. Amazing film. A couple of points:
1. Early on, Josh Brolin's character establishes that he has counted the money. Why didn't he find the you-know-what?
2. You can't pull $14,000 out of an ATM today; you certainly couldn't do so in 1980. As I recall, ATMs didn't appear (at least in my state) until a couple of years later -- and they were then called InstaTellers.
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Woah, nice catch, Joe. I missed the ATM thing during my one viewing.
I liked No Country for Old Men, but felt it faltered somewhat as an adaptation of the McCarthy novel. It can be enjoyed on its own, though, despite the flubs Joe notes.
I haven't seen the movie or read the novel, but I've seen the novel. There were ATMs (but not so-called yet) in PA in the mid-1970s. I think 'ATM' was a brand name (and still is?). That was back before VISA and before MasterCard, after GE College Bowl but before Trivial Pursuit. Every movie needs a Best Geezer.
Oh, AitchD, you have to read the novel. It's fab. McCarthy RULES.
Nice catch on the "you-know-what", but I took the ATM scene as Woody's character blowing smoke up Chigurgh's ass trying to stay alive.
By the by, how awesome was Harrelson in that scene? Trying to stay calm and collected, but you could feel his fright and see he was sweating bullets. Some fine acting there.
Everyone was extra good in this very fine film, but I think Josh Brolin was criminally ignored for his work here. I had no idea he was that good.
Ileana
Ileana -- Harrelson may not have been really acting!
I just found out something amazing about that film, and I may devote a blog post to it.
The book indicates that the same drug gang had hired someone to kill a federal judge the year before. Only one federal judge has been murdered -- Judge Wood in 1979.
His killer was a hit man named Charles Harrelson.
Woody's dad.
I'm trying to remember the way the you-know-what was hidden... was it not inside a stack? Perhaps he counted a stack and then counted the # of stacks and went from there?
Good catch, tho.
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