a child , Ethan Coen `` got a suit and a briefcase and we went to the Minneapolis International Airport with a Super 8 camera and made a movie about shuttle diplomacy called ` Henry Kissinger , Man on the Go . ' '' Watch the best of the winners ' backstage remarks '' The Coens , who have been known for their arch style and oddball humor in films such as `` Fargo , '' `` O Brother , Where Art Thou '' and `` The Big Lebowski , '' received some laughs for Ethan Coen 's laconic acceptance speeches . After the pair won for adapted screenplay , Ethan Coen gave a brief thanks . Upon winning the directing award , he expanded on his speech slightly , sort of : `` I do n't have a lot to add to what I said earlier . Thank you , '' he said . Day-Lewis was more effusive in his thanks after winning best actor for his performance as a misanthropic oilman in `` There Will Be Blood . '' `` My deepest thanks to the members of the Academy for whacking me with the handsomest bludgeon in town
LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Oscar said yes to `` No Country for Old Men '' and to European actors on Sunday night . Actors Daniel Day-Lewis , Tilda Swinton , Marion Cotillard and Javier Bardem toast their success . `` No Country , '' the Coen brothers ' brutal tale of a man pursued by death and the law across the bleak moonscapes of West Texas , won best picture at the 80th Academy Awards . The four acting awards , meanwhile , went to Europeans : Marion Cotillard , Daniel Day-Lewis , Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton . The Coens also won best director and best adapted screenplay , and Bardem , who played cattle-gun-armed killer Anton Chigurh , won best supporting actor . Producer Scott Rudin shared the best picture award with the brothers . `` We 're very thankful to all of you out there for letting us continue to play in our corner of the sandbox , so thank you very much , '' Joel Coen said in accepting the directing award . He observed that the pair did n't think they were doing much different work now from when , as