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...like to buy her some nice things. He, however, reckons without Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), who is an all-star psychopath. His preferred murder weapon is a pneumatic device the ranchers use to put livestock out of their misery and he sometimes asks his potential victims to flip a coin. If they call the toss correctly they live; if they don't they die. Across from him in McCarthy's radically simplified story structure is Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), the patient and taciturn local sheriff. He comes from a long line of lawmen, and is having trouble comprehending...
...crosshairs of unsavory bounty hunters, as the movers of the product look to reclaim their investment. The homicidal Anton Chigurh, played flawlessly by Javier Bardem (“Mar Adentro”), counts himself among these mercenaries. Bardem, a merciless machine, pivots on the peculiar axis of coin-tossing to decide whether certain victims live or die. Having cornered Brolin’s horrified wife, he asks her to “call it,” in a voice that whispers rumors of the hell that exists inside. The Gabriel to Bardem’s Mephistopheles is Tommy...
...physical comedy that filled the room and carried the show. As narrator, Shields’ unctuous tenor and bawdy gestures sweetened the tone of the show’s uriniferous notes. Other highlight performances included that of Rachel E. Flynn ’09 as Penelope Pennywise, the coin-collecting bathroom bouncer. Her hysterical intonations and clear voice commanded the stage and provided dazzling comedy...
...They have a jumbotron at Wien Stadium! Granted, it's mini-sized, but they had a pre-game video and everything. By the way, isn't the pre-game coin toss always so cool for Harvard? Three Columbia guys walk out to mid-field holding hands, while Brad Bagdis runs out alone, looking all baller-like. More teams should adopt the one-captain mantra...
There is the army of firefighters and other personnel who waded into the flames and slowly beat them back. There is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, adept at both crisis management and showmanship, who moved fast, stayed visible and received a general's welcome after the crisis as he tossed the coin to begin the San Diego Chargers game at a spotless Qualcomm Stadium, which only days earlier had been home to thousands of evacuees...