PGA calls it for No Country, friend-o

The Coen brothers' latest collaboration, No Country For Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, has won a top award at the Producers Guild Awards (PGA) in Hollywood.

Ethan and Joel Coen, whose previous hits include Barton Fink, O Brother Where Art Thou?? and The Ladykillers, picked up the gong with co-producer Scott Rudin.

According to industry paper Variety, the PGA trophy could be a good omen for the film's Oscar hopes as the PGA winner has gone on to win the Academy's Best Picture award 11 times in the last 18 years.

No Country For Old Men, which has already won more than a mantelpiece's worth of awards, including prizes from the Screen Actors' Guild, the Directors' Guild of America and two Golden Globes.

Other winners at the PGAs included mob drama The Sopranos, animated flick Ratatouille, Michael Moore's documentary Sicko and sit comedy 30 Rock, which is penned by Saturday Night Live alumni and Mean Girls writer Tina Fey.

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