The Coen Brothers have a way of creating unsettling characters in the most unsuspecting of ways. More specifically, their movies often feature memorable antagonists who pursue their targets with an almost comedic relentlessness, be it the lone biker of the apocalypse in "Raising Arizona" or Sheriff Cooley in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" However, in "No Country For Old Men," this pursuer archetype would transform into something much more severe and terrifying than anything the filmmakers had created in the past. To set a precedent for what would follow for the film, the Coens decided to kick-off "No Country For Old Men" with a graphic and violent opening scene.
At the center of this violence is Anton Chigurh, in a performance from Javier Bardem that won the actor the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Chigurh is a terrifying threat whose subdued, chaotic, and violent nature is a large part...
At the center of this violence is Anton Chigurh, in a performance from Javier Bardem that won the actor the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Chigurh is a terrifying threat whose subdued, chaotic, and violent nature is a large part...
- 1/1/2023
- by Ernesto Valenzuela
- Slash Film
Longtime stunt coordinator Jery Hewitt, known for his work on the Coen Brothers’ films, including “The Big Lebowski” and the Academy Award-winning “No Country for Old Men,” along with Wolf Entertainment shows such as “Law & Order,” died Saturday, his family confirmed. He was 71.
Over the past 30 years, Hewitt worked on more than 300 episodes of Dick Wolf programming, including “Law & Order,” “New York Undercover” and “Law & Order: Svu.” Known as one of New York’s most prominent stunt coordinators and performers, he was working on the 22nd season of “Law & Order: Svu” prior to his death earlier this month.
Hewitt worked on 14 of the Coen Brothers’ films, with his efforts bringing iconic moments to life, such as teaching actor Tex Cobb how to ride a motorcycle in 1987’s “Raising Arizona” to sending his wife and collaborator for the past 25 years, Jennifer Lamb, hurtling into a snake pit...
Over the past 30 years, Hewitt worked on more than 300 episodes of Dick Wolf programming, including “Law & Order,” “New York Undercover” and “Law & Order: Svu.” Known as one of New York’s most prominent stunt coordinators and performers, he was working on the 22nd season of “Law & Order: Svu” prior to his death earlier this month.
Hewitt worked on 14 of the Coen Brothers’ films, with his efforts bringing iconic moments to life, such as teaching actor Tex Cobb how to ride a motorcycle in 1987’s “Raising Arizona” to sending his wife and collaborator for the past 25 years, Jennifer Lamb, hurtling into a snake pit...
- 11/25/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Jery Hewitt, a legendary stunt coordinator who worked on 14 of the Coen brothers’ films, including The Big Lebowski and Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men, and dozens of other films and TV shows including Dick Wolf’s Law & Order franchise, has died. He was 71.
Hewitt’s wife, stuntwoman Jennifer Lamb, who worked with him on the Wolf shows, was at his side when he died suddenly on November 21.
Along with other Coen brothers’ pics including O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Raising Arizona, Hewitt also was the stunt coordinator on more than 300 episodes of Wolf Entertainment programming, including every episode of the original Law & Order and 22 seasons of Law & Order Svu, on which he was working earlier this month. Wolf Entertainment said of his death that “has lost a member of the family.”
Graduating from the State University of New York at Farmingdale, Hewitt had...
Hewitt’s wife, stuntwoman Jennifer Lamb, who worked with him on the Wolf shows, was at his side when he died suddenly on November 21.
Along with other Coen brothers’ pics including O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Raising Arizona, Hewitt also was the stunt coordinator on more than 300 episodes of Wolf Entertainment programming, including every episode of the original Law & Order and 22 seasons of Law & Order Svu, on which he was working earlier this month. Wolf Entertainment said of his death that “has lost a member of the family.”
Graduating from the State University of New York at Farmingdale, Hewitt had...
- 11/24/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Jery Hewitt, who served as the stunt coordinator on Dick Wolf-produced shows for more than 30 years and on 14 Coen brothers films from Raising Arizona to Inside Llewyn Davis, has died. He was 71.
Hewitt died Saturday at a hospital in Middletown, New York, shortly after suffering “a catastrophic stroke,” his family and Wolf Entertainment said.
Often described as “the thinking man’s stunt coordinator,” Hewitt worked on on all 20 seasons of Wolf’s Law & Order, starting with the first in 1990, and on all 22 seasons of Law & Order: Svu, from the 1999 pilot through the ...
Hewitt died Saturday at a hospital in Middletown, New York, shortly after suffering “a catastrophic stroke,” his family and Wolf Entertainment said.
Often described as “the thinking man’s stunt coordinator,” Hewitt worked on on all 20 seasons of Wolf’s Law & Order, starting with the first in 1990, and on all 22 seasons of Law & Order: Svu, from the 1999 pilot through the ...
- 11/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jery Hewitt, who served as the stunt coordinator on Dick Wolf-produced shows for more than 30 years and on 14 Coen brothers films from Raising Arizona to Inside Llewyn Davis, has died. He was 71.
Hewitt died Saturday at a hospital in Middletown, New York, shortly after suffering “a catastrophic stroke,” his family and Wolf Entertainment said.
Often described as “the thinking man’s stunt coordinator,” Hewitt worked on on all 20 seasons of Wolf’s Law & Order, starting with the first in 1990, and on all 22 seasons of Law & Order: Svu, from the 1999 pilot through the ...
Hewitt died Saturday at a hospital in Middletown, New York, shortly after suffering “a catastrophic stroke,” his family and Wolf Entertainment said.
Often described as “the thinking man’s stunt coordinator,” Hewitt worked on on all 20 seasons of Wolf’s Law & Order, starting with the first in 1990, and on all 22 seasons of Law & Order: Svu, from the 1999 pilot through the ...
- 11/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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