Sunday night brought the 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. New Mexico had four movies filmed around the state that were up for a collective 14 Oscar nominations, and we won big. “No Country for Old Men” parts of which were filmed here in our great city, Albuquerque, won four Oscars.

•Best Motion Picture
•Supporting Actor Javier Bardem
•Director Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
•Adapted Screenplay Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Cormac McCarthy the writer of the novel the movie is based off of resides here in New Mexico.