The Counsellor by Cormac Mccarthy
An original screenplay by the great American novelist Cormac McCarthy, author of The Road and No Country for Old Men. Filmed as a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox.
No Country for Old Men on a bender -- IndieWire on the film
The real stars of director Ridley Scott's moody, bloody crime thriller The Counselor aren't Fassbender, Bardem, Diaz, Cruz, or Pitt but writer Cormac McCarthy's words -- IGN on the film
Scott and McCarthy have created a film that in less accomplished hands could have slumped into melodrama, but that retains the grim humour, and the granitic implacability, of a classic morality tale -- Total Film on the film
McCarthy has delivered a brutal study in grief -- Empire on the film
[A] great, misunderstood film -- Esquire on the film
The real stars of director Ridley Scott's moody, bloody crime thriller The Counselor aren't Fassbender, Bardem, Diaz, Cruz, or Pitt but writer Cormac McCarthy's words -- IGN on the film
Scott and McCarthy have created a film that in less accomplished hands could have slumped into melodrama, but that retains the grim humour, and the granitic implacability, of a classic morality tale -- Total Film on the film
McCarthy has delivered a brutal study in grief -- Empire on the film
[A] great, misunderstood film -- Esquire on the film
Cormac McCarthy was the author of many acclaimed novels, including Blood Meridian, Child of God and The Passenger. Among his honours are the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road and No Country for Old Men – the latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture. McCarthy died in 2023 in Santa Fe, NM at the age of 89.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781447227649 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447227646 |
| Title | The Counsellor |
| Author | Cormac Mccarthy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2013-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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