2007 (80th) ACADEMY AWARDS
Award Category:  Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Film Title:  No Country for Old Men
Winner(s):  Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Award Presenter(s):  Josh Brolin, James McAvoy

JOEL COEN:
Thank you very much for this.  Thank you, Scott Rudin, for bringing us this novel and giving us the opportunity to make the movie.  I think whatever success we've had in this area has been entirely attributable to how selective we are:  we've only adapted Homer and Cormac McCarthy.  So, thank you.

ETHAN COEN:
We, uh... thank you very much.

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