From the Vault: Remington 11-87 from "No Country for Old Men"

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Published 2019-12-06

We're back in "The Vault" at the movie prop house Independent Studio Services (ISS) with motion picture armorer Larry Zanoff. Today, Larry shows us the silencer-equipped Remington 11-87 shotgun carried by the psychopathic hitman Anton Chigurh, played by Javier Bardem, in "No Country for Old Men." The script simply called for a silenced semi-auto shotgun - but at the time (2005) such a weapon didn't exist! So Larry and his colleagues had to get inside the head of the Anton Chigurh character and create the type of gun he would have built. (Spoiler Alert: they didn't build a real silencer; the "silenced" shots were created through sound editing.) The result? One badass assassin's weapon that became almost another character in the movie!

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All Comments (21)

@rossicourvosi218 3 years ago

Forget the weapons the scariest thing about Anton was his haircut.
@wonderfultigger6620 3 years ago

"it's not a real silencer its just a contraption on the end of the muzzle" legal defense game on point
@grahampalmer9337 4 years ago

I agree that No Country was a great movie; but when I think of the Anton Chigurh character I don't think of the silenced shotgun - I think of that abattoir gas bottle & bolt gun !
@Francois15031967 4 years ago

Well in the book the silencer is quite well described: "a shopmade silencer fully a foot long and big around as a beer can".
@adamjames2254 4 years ago

Anton Chigurh is hands down one of the most absolutely terrifying characters in the history of literature/film. Bardem did one hell of a job bringing him to life on the screen
@HealedCoyote997 4 years ago

"We made this silencer" ATF wants to know your dog's location.
@waqaskhanmomand7103 4 years ago

"StepoutofthecarPleaseSir" "What?" "Iwantyoutostepoutofthecar,sir"
@MrMalformedllama 3 years ago

2:46 "And what does he care what the metal finish is? He's an assassin" Cartels: laughs with $60k ornate guns
@1stLtDavis 4 years ago

“What’s the most you’ve ever lost on a coin toss?”
@TM-tt8mz 4 years ago

I wish they put a "silencer" on the background music while he was talking.
@rockerone9594 3 years ago

Anton Chigur is rated as one of the most--if not THE most--authentic cinematic representation of a psycopath ever. And if you've watched other films with "psychos" in them, they don't hold a candle to this character and, especially, to Javier Bardem's repreesentation of him. F*cking brilliant!
@doorswhofan 4 years ago

I was surprised he didn't also mention that such a shotgun didn't exist in 1980 either -- the year in which the movie is set.
@londonjolly9174 4 years ago

"Do you see me?"
@jeremymenning56 4 years ago

"People always say that." "Say what?" "You don't have to do this."
@whosgenso3288 1 year ago

The Remington is scary alone, but Anton Chigur with the Remington is something else.
@dekir7663 4 years ago

-where did you get that Sir ? - at the getting place
@scatsp 4 years ago

Dam I was hoping for a demonstration.
@IntoTheMindlessAbyss 4 years ago

"Is that what you're asking me? Is there something wrong with anything?"
@DraxTheDestroyer 1 year ago

I love that his tool and weapon of choice is all silent, he even took his shoes off before breaching that other hired group's room, I love his style, very original.
@billbrasky7540 3 years ago

I think Anton Chigurh was the kinda guy who would make an ersatz suppressor out of an oil filter.