What's the Difference between No Country For Old Men the Book and No Country For Old Men the Movie?
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Anton Chigurh
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Anton Chigurh
Portrayed by: Javier Bardem
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female hitchhiker
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This Character does not appear.
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No Country For Old Men Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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loretta (bell's wife) is a major character |
loretta is all but excluded, appearing in only a few scenes |
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Chigurh killed a man in order to be arrested. He then killed the police and stole their car. |
We don't learn that he was captured on purpose, he is seen driving the car after strangling the Deputy.
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Chigurh kills the hotel clerk and steals a key to Moss' room. He sneaks in but Moss is hiding and captures him at gun point. |
Chigurh destroys the lock with his propane tank gun and bursts in and wounds Moss. |
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Chigurh meets and delivers the money to an unknown man. |
He doesn't.
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Sheriff Bell interviews the kids who witnessed Chigurh's car accident. |
This doesn't happen. |
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This doesn't happen. |
Moss is chased by a dog downstream. He eventually shoots it.
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Bell refers to his service in WWII. |
This is left out. |
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Chigurh found the stolen drug money and returned it to it's owner. |
He never returns the money and apparently keeps it for himself
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Moss meets a hitchhikers. He has an interlude with her. The mexicans threaten to kill her unless he puts down his own gun. He is then killed. |
Moss goes for a drink with a woman at the hotel. He is next seen dead at his hotel as the Mexican's drive away. |
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Carla Jean gives in and flips the coin, gets it wrong, and gets killed |
Carla Jean refuses to flip the coin
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Chigurh is described shooting Carla Jean, Lewelyn's wife. |
We don't see the result of their interaction. |
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Chigurh offers Carla Jean the chance to call the coin flip to decide her fate. She calls incorrectly. |
She refuses the offer and doesn't call the coin flip.
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