Collection of three modern Best Picture Oscar winners. ‘No Country for Old
Men’ (2007) is the Coen brothers' stripped down and gritty chase thriller
which has a Vietnam vet desperately trying to give the slip to a relentless
killer. While out hunting in the barren wilds of Texas, Llewelyn Moss (Josh
Brolin) discovers the aftermath of a drugs deal gone wrong, with dead bodies,
heroin and a case filled with two million dollars in cash.
Deciding to keep the money, Moss says goodbye to his wife (Kelly MacDonald) and
takes off to plan his next move. It's not long before he discovers he's being
followed by psychopathic ex-special forces hitman, Chigurh (Javier Bardem), who
decides his victim's fate, guilty or not, on the toss of a coin. As Chigurh
raises the body count, gaining ever nearer to Moss, he in turn is hunted by
local Sheriff Ed Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a seen-it-all-before cop, who could do
without the excitement.
In ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001), Russell Crowe takes the role of the
groundbreaking mathematician and paranoid schizophrenic, John Nash. Arriving at
Princeton in 1947, Nash resolves to make an important new contribution to his
field and begins developing his insights into game theory. After this work
proves a great success, Nash moves to MIT, where he dates and then marries his
student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly).
It's not long, however, before the mathematician begins to receive visits from
a shady secret service agent (Ed Harris) who wants him to do some important work
for the government.
Finally, in ‘American Beauty’ (1999), Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a
man in mid-life crisis; his estate agent wife Carolyn (Annette Bening) despises
him, while teenage daughter Jane (Thora Birch) is disgusted by the obsession he
develops with her attractive friend Angela (Mena Suvari). In an attempt to
recapture the lost days of his youth, Lester takes a job flipping burgers, and
begins working out in his garage to the strains of ‘Dark Side of the
Moon’.
He also rediscovers the joys of recreational drugs, supplied by new neighbour
Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) who has also started dating Jane.
Note: This is an imported product that has been officially rated by
the Film and Video Labelling Body of New Zealand. As this is sourced from
overseas, the discs may not play on standard DVD players.