Soon to be a major film directed by and starring tommy lee jones and costarring meryl streep, hilary swank, and john lithgow, this classic western novel captures the devastating realities of early pioneers in the american west through the eyes of one extraordinary woman. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by that. In the homesman 2014, mary bee hilary swank was the antithesis of a regular woman in 1850. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But if youve really honed in on the homesman, youll be shaken. Nov 09, 2016 the homesman is a 2014 frenchamerican period drama film produced and directed by tommy lee jones, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. Soon to be a major film directed by and starring tommy lee jones and costarring meryl streep, hilary swank, and john lithgow, this classic western novel captures the devastating realities of early frontier life through the eyes of one extraordinary woman. With tommy lee jones, hilary swank, grace gummer, miranda otto.
Tommy lee jones is directing and starring in the feature film the homesman, along with hilary swank, miranda otto, john lithgow, tim. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman. The homesman soundtrack list 2014 complete tracklist, movie score details, the entire ost playlist, all songs played in the movie and in the trailer and who sings them. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld. She employs a feisty lowlife drifter, george biggs jones, to join her. John freeman because of its limited distribution, i was lucky to catch this at our local art theatre. I am a fan of tommy lee jones so this piqued my interest. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones. It was a what an odd and ultimately disappointing read this was.
Four women in the isolated frontier territory go mad, and it is up to the unlikely combination of homesteader mary bee cuddy and neerdowell briggs to escort them east to safety. The journey in tommy lee jones the homesman, based on the 1988 novel by glendon swarthout, travels from west to east, from the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman. Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the. Why hilary swank breaks your heart in the homesman. In the homesman, why did mary bee hang herself screenprism. The homesman is a 2014 frenchamerican period drama film produced and directed by tommy lee jones, based on the 1988 novel of the same. This book, the homesman, caught my eye at costco because of the cover. I dont understand the ending of the movie and was wondering if anyone else can shed some light on the rest of the movie after tommy lee jones drops off the three women.
One throws a baby away in an outhouse, and other dead babies are also shown. The homesman book austin public library bibliocommons. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones, the homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s american west. The second theatrical feature directed by tommy lee jones adapting the screenplay from glendon swarthouts novel alongside kieran. Nov, 2014 set on the great plains in the mid1800s, the homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely, but comes across as mawkish, tedious and selfindulgent. In the homesman, jones plays a claimjumping saddle tramp and. I think this was a labor of love for tommy lee jones, who produced. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film. But, the first and last times she speaks in the film, shes proposing to a man who turns her down. The homesman is a 2014 frenchamerican period drama film produced and directed by tommy lee jones, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. Sep 18, 2015 im on lots of book email sites and theres always good ol amazon andor goodreads to make suggestions. Based on a novel by glendon swarthout who also wrote the shootist the.
Its an unusual story about four women who loose their minds after a hard winter in the nebraska territory in the 1850s. He gave me one book, and the book was an essay, really, of. A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. I just felt so bereft at the end, and then like the end didnt make any sense. Anyone who imagines that a homesteaders life on americas great plains was all little house on the prairie hasnt tried it. He gave me one book, and the book was an essay, really, of photographs of crazy people that is beautiful. One of swarthouts skeletons, the old colts, the melodeon, etc. I went to my local library to find it and it wasnt there. Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independentminded mary bee cuddy, who in turn. Did tommy share with you a lot of research with books and old photographs.
Nov 14, 2014 when three women living on the edge of the american frontier are driven to the brink, the task of saving them from their surroundings falls to independentminded mary bee cuddy swank. Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independentminded mary bee cuddy, who in turn employs lowlife drifter george briggs to assist her. The homesman book lawrence public library bibliocommons. Dec 10, 2014 and therein lay the challenge of costuming the homesman, a bleak frontier tale that finds mary bee cuddy, a desperate, homely spinster played by hilary swank, and george briggs, a noaccount drifter played by the films director and one of its writers, tommy lee jones, on a fiveweek journey to guide three disturbed women across the. A rare 21stcentury western without shootouts or explosions, the welldirected the homesman based on a novel by the author of the shootist paints a striking portrait of two.
Watch hilary swanks breasts, bush scene on aznude for free 1 minute and 59 seconds. The journey in tommy lee jones the homesman, based on the 1988 novel by glendon swarthout, travels from west to east, from the unmarked nebraska territory to a town in iowa. The homesman has patches of brilliance but is ultimately too uneven to work in any totality. The homesman is a 2014 historical period drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. The driving character in the homesman is mary bee cuddy and she is a fictional character i wont soon forget. Simon and schustersoon to be a major film directed by and starring tommy lee jones and costarring meryl streep, hilary swank, and john lithgow, this classic. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. In pioneer nebraska, a woman leads where no man will go soon to be a major motion picture. The homesman is a remarkable western delving into numerous social issues all but ignored by other films of the genre such as the role of marriage, the churchs role in society, womens role in. Nov 14, 2014 the west, as seen in the homesman, is an unforgiving place, with flashes of stark and nightmarish beauty. It is a reverse trajectory of the typical western path, the wildness of the prairies and plains reverting, startlingly, to a tame village perched on the edge of the placid missouri river. The homesman by michael sragow on november, 2014 tommy lee jones, who reached a midcareer high in the coen brothers adaptation of cormac mccarthys no country for old men and later directed mccarthys novel in dramatic form, the sunset limited, for hbo, has made a movie that declares the nebraska territory in the.
But never before has there been a film that so miserably documents the psychological impact of the pioneer spirit. Nov, 2014 in the homesman, a most unromantic american west hilary swank and tommy lee jones play two very different people taking a dangerous trip across the arid plains in a beautifully photographed film. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing ofthe brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by that. I purchased the book on amazon cheaper and read it in about three sittings. Mockingjay part 1, the homesman, winter sleep and get on up. She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from.
The point of the homesman, directed by tommy lee jones and based on glendon swarthouts novel of the same name, is not that these adjectives are inappropriate. Mar 06, 1988 the homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end. Why hilary swank breaks your heart in the homesman indiewire. The homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end. Mary bee was unable to find a husband or have children, which makes her a societal outcast in the 1850s. The homesman is a film with an unimaginably specific and small ideal audience. Im on lots of book email sites and theres always good ol amazon andor goodreads to make suggestions. Gets under covers shadowy campfire under covers shadow camp man on. And therein lay the challenge of costuming the homesman, a bleak frontier tale that finds mary bee cuddy, a desperate, homely spinster played by hilary swank, and george briggs, a noaccount drifter played by the films director and one of its writers, tommy lee jones, on a fiveweek journey to guide three disturbed women across the. Tommy lee jones on the set of the homesman with costar hilary swank dawn jones.
Glendon fred swarthout the homesman is a devastating, humane story of early pioneers to americas west in the 1850s. Dec 31, 2015 the homesman is a 2014 frenchamerican period drama film produced and directed by tommy lee jones, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. In the homesman, a most unromantic american west hilary swank and tommy lee jones play two very different people taking a dangerous trip across the arid plains in a beautifully photographed film. So i looked on ebay, and there it was, more than one actually. Have a look below to see the official score list for the 2014 western movie, the homesman. Its a perfect ending to a movie that isnt perfect, but easily one of year. Soon to be a major film directed by and starring tommy. Three women have lost their minds in the homesman, but honestly, everyone you meet in the film is slightly crazy, the homesman most of all. Years, ago really, and i was telling some one about it. Set on the great plains in the mid1800s, the homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely, but comes across as mawkish, tedious and selfindulgent. Complete summary of glendon swarthouts the homesman. Mary bee cuddy is a 30ish spinster, tough as nails but yearning for a man, who has set up a nice homestead out near the town of loup, in oklahoma territory. Hilary swank breasts, bush scene in the homesman aznude.
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