{"product_id":"counselor-film-tie-in","title":"Counselor Film Tie In By Mccarthy, Cormac","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to the screen by Ridley Scott (\u003ci\u003eAlien\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e) and starring Michael Fassbender, \u003ci\u003eThe Counselor\u003c\/i\u003e is an original screenplay from the legendary author of \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e, Cormac McCarthy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''McCarthy has delivered a brutal study in grief'' – \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e, on the film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man, unnamed, wants to be rich. So entranced is he by this need, and the desire to impress his fiancée, that he works his contacts to become involved in a high-risk game: drug-smuggling across the US-Mexico border.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis contacts in the cocaine trade are mysterious, corrupt and seductive. They speak of a device called ''the bolito'' which, around the neck of its victim, constricts and decapitates. They warn of the Mexican cartels, whose brutality is without mercy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so it is, as the action crosses into Mexico, the Counselor''s life becomes darker, more violent and more sexually disturbing than he had imagined possible. Deft and shocking, The Counselor is a tale of the treacherous balance between risk and consequence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''[A] great, misunderstood film'' – \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, on the film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power'' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence'' – Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57754141098366,"sku":"NW9781447227649","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781447227649.jpg?v=1785156176","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/counselor-film-tie-in","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}