Marfa movies earn
film awards, nominations
MARFA, HOLLYWOOD, Ca. – Move over, Giant. Three movies with Marfa connections released this year are creating a media buzz as loud as a hornet’s nest.
The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s dark thriller No Country for Old Men was directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen and filmed in Marfa over the summer of 2006. Also filmed here that summer was There Will Be Blood, a Daniel Day-Lewis vehicle directed by P.T. Anderson.
Each of these films is racking up awards and nominations from a variety of sources.
Also winning critical nods is Body of War, a documentary on an Iraq war veteran that was co-produced by Marfa resident Karen Bernstein.
“Body of War was just awarded the National Board of Review’s Documentary Film award, which bodes well for an Academy Award nomination – or so the film critics tell us,” Bernstein reports. “Last year’s National Board of Review’s pick was Inconvenient Truth, and we all remember what happened with that film. I would be thrilled if the film was nominated by the Academy.”
Check it out:
New York Film Critics
Best film, No Country for Old Men
Best actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best supporting actor, Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
LA Film Critics
Best film, There Will Be Blood
Best actor, Daniel Day-Lewis
Best director, Paul Thomas Anderson
Best producer, Jack Fisk, There Will Be Blood
Washington, DC, Area Film Critics
Best film, No Country for Old Men
Best directors, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best Supporting actor, Javier Bardem
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
Best film, No Country for Old Men
Best documentary, Body of War
Best ensemble cast, No Country for Old Men
Best adapted screenplay, No Country for Old Men
Time Magazine
Best film, No Country for Old Men
Golden Globes nominations
Best motion picture, No Country for Old Men; There Will Be Blood
Best performance by an actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best performance by a supporting actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best screenplay: No Country for Old Men
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