A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. 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. But if youve really honed in on the homesman, youll be shaken. Spend six months trapped inside a dark sodhouse with sickly children, your food and firewood running low, and your nearest neighbor many. Mar 06, 1988 the homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end. 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. 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.
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. 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. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld. Anyone who imagines that a homesteaders life on americas great plains was all little house on the prairie hasnt tried it.
The homesman book lawrence public library bibliocommons. I am a fan of tommy lee jones so this piqued my interest. 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. 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. She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from. 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. John freeman because of its limited distribution, i was lucky to catch this at our local art theatre. Tommy lee jones is directing and starring in the feature film the homesman, along with hilary swank, miranda otto, john lithgow, tim blake nelson and meryl streep. Tommy lee jones on the set of the homesman with costar hilary swank dawn jones.
In pioneer nebraska, a woman leads where no man will go soon to be a major motion picture. The homesman is a 2014 frenchamerican period drama film produced and directed by tommy lee jones, based on the 1988 novel of the same. Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the. She employs a feisty lowlife drifter, george biggs jones, to join her. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones. The homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end. Hilary swank breasts, bush scene in the homesman aznude. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman. 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. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman 2014. 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. In the homesman, jones plays a claimjumping saddle tramp and. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. 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.
The homesman has patches of brilliance but is ultimately too uneven to work in any totality. I think this was a labor of love for tommy lee jones, who produced. The second theatrical feature directed by tommy lee jones adapting the screenplay from glendon swarthouts novel alongside kieran. The driving character in the homesman is mary bee cuddy and she is a fictional character i wont soon forget. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by that. This book, the homesman, caught my eye at costco because of the cover. Why hilary swank breaks your heart in the homesman.
The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones the. One of swarthouts skeletons, the old colts, the melodeon, etc. In the homesman, why did mary bee hang herself screenprism. Mary bee was unable to find a husband or have children, which makes her a societal outcast in the 1850s. With tommy lee jones, hilary swank, grace gummer, miranda otto. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film.
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. 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. The journey in tommy lee jones the homesman, based on the 1988 novel by glendon swarthout, travels from west to east, from the. 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. So i looked on ebay, and there it was, more than one actually. The homesman is a film with an unimaginably specific and small ideal audience. 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. The homesman book austin public library bibliocommons. 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.
Gets under covers shadowy campfire under covers shadow camp man on. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. He gave me one book, and the book was an essay, really, of photographs of crazy people that is beautiful. Have a look below to see the official score list for the 2014 western movie, the homesman. It was a what an odd and ultimately disappointing read this was. 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. 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. I just felt so bereft at the end, and then like the end didnt make any sense. 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. They scream, thrash, and moan, and one cuts herself with a needle. 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. Sep 18, 2015 im on lots of book email sites and theres always good ol amazon andor goodreads to make suggestions. He gave me one book, and the book was an essay, really, of.
Why hilary swank breaks your heart in the homesman indiewire. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld, john lithgow, and james spader. 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. One throws a baby away in an outhouse, and other dead babies are also shown. 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. Its a perfect ending to a movie that isnt perfect, but easily one of year.
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. Im on lots of book email sites and theres always good ol amazon andor goodreads to make suggestions. Mockingjay part 1, the homesman, winter sleep and get on up. Its an unusual story about four women who loose their minds after a hard winter in the nebraska territory in the 1850s. But, the first and last times she speaks in the film, shes proposing to a man who turns her down.
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. Nov 14, 2014 the west, as seen in the homesman, is an unforgiving place, with flashes of stark and nightmarish beauty. Tommy lee jones is directing and starring in the feature film the homesman, along with hilary swank, miranda otto, john lithgow, tim. Watch hilary swanks breasts, bush scene on aznude for free 1 minute and 59 seconds. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman. I went to my local library to find it and it wasnt there. 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. The homesman is a 2014 historical period drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. Based on a novel by glendon swarthout who also wrote the shootist the. Soon to be a major film directed by and starring tommy.
Years, ago really, and i was telling some one about it. Nov 14, 2014 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. 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. But never before has there been a film that so miserably documents the psychological impact of the pioneer spirit. Parents need to know that the homesman is a western based on a novel by glendon swarthout with disturbing material, mostly related to three frontier women who go insane. Complete summary of glendon swarthouts the homesman. 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. I purchased the book on amazon cheaper and read it in about three sittings. Glendon fred swarthout the homesman is a devastating, humane story of early pioneers to americas west in the 1850s. Spend six months trapped inside a dark sodhouse with sickly children, your food and firewood running low, and your nearest neighbor many miles away so you are forced to deliver your baby by.
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