The homesman is a thoroughly depressing experience with little energy. 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. 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 official us release trailer 2014 tommy. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones. A period drama with a stellar cast, based on the glendon swarhout novel. Title and director notwithstanding, tommy lee jones the homesman is very much a feminist western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it. Riveting film about a spinster, a drifter and a peculiar promise, being slickly developed by actordirector tommy lee jones. For a moment, it looks as though the film may be headed for the. The idea of throwing a feminist and a curmudgeon on a road trip is inspired.
Tommy lee jones the homesman is 2014 hamptons festival. She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from. The homesman nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. Tommy lee jones on the homesman the new york times. 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 official trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hillary swank.
The homesman hilary swank and tommy lee jones go west with volatile cargo. And its not an antiwestern, which hed scowl at you for. Those scenes, to me, were great examples of a different time, a time when life was hard and people died. Western drama film geregisseerd door tommy lee jones. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman.
Its not a western, and hed probably wince at you for calling it that. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. The hamptons international film festival announces tommy. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film. By and large consisting of closeups, and filmed mostly in marinas car and small apartment, the short conveys the claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in an unforgiving, often unpredictable profession. Set on the great plains in the mid1800s, the homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely. Glendon swarthout is best known for his western classic the shootist, a novel that eventually became actor john waynes last film. Filmed primarily on location in new mexico about 100 miles from where were lunching, the movie, which. East hampton, ny august 26, 2014 the 22nd annual hamptons international film festival proudly announces that the homesman will be this years centerpiece film and its star, hilary swank will. Paddington, the drop, the homesman and more a 21stcentury paddington is a triumph, tom hardy is outstanding in the drop, and hilary swank rides.
Honeymoon is a 2014 american science fiction horror film directed by leigh janiak, who cowrote the screenplay with phil graziadei. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Four and a half stars out of five tommy lee jones directed, cowrote and stars in this westerndrama film set in the 1850s midwest about a spinster and a drifter transporting three women, driven mad by the hardships of the time, across the country. They scream, thrash, and moan, and one cuts herself with a needle. 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 homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank western hd presented by roadside attractions directed. It is a reverse trajectory of the typical western path, the wildness of the prairies and plains reverting, startlingly. Set in the unforgiving landscape of 1850 nebraska the movie follows the experiences of several people trying to cope with the isolation and brutality of nineteenth century frontier. Swank and jones are particularly good in the leading roles. But i go with a veggie omelet, and without further ado, we get down to business discussing the homesman. Its a grim, lyrical, and unpredictable adaptation of the colorful 1988 novel by glendon swarthout about the harrowing hardships of frontier life and the terrible toll it took on the brave and battered. The american theatrical release is set for october 2014.
One throws a baby away in an outhouse, and other dead babies are also shown. The homesman movie clip rescue 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank movie hd duration. The homesman was a tragedy and because of it, some people might not be able to pallet the story. Watch the homesman 2014 full movie free online streaming.
The homesman us release trailer 2014 tommy lee jones. On the midwest frontier, an independent spinster and a grifter she saved from hanging transport three mentally ill women on a dangerous journey. 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. Recensie the homesman 2014, een film van tommy lee jones met tommy lee jones, hilary swank, grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja. But jones and swank, walking the tightrope between comic and tragic. Watch the homesman starring tommy lee jones in this western on directv. The grizzled western the homesman 2014 is directed by and stars tommy lee jones as a hardened claim jumper who is hired by a frontier woman hilary swank to escort and protect a trio of mentally ill women grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja richter from nebraska to iowa. The homesman 2014 recensie, een film van tommy lee jones. The only issue with this film some viewers have noted, is that the story is slowmoving and is very different to the majority of films at the cinema.
The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld, john lithgow, and james spader. But, the first and last times she speaks in the film, shes proposing to a man who turns her down. The homesman lacks the scope and depth of jones dynamite 2005 directorial debut, the three burials of melquiades estrada. Sometimes the risks pay off, sometimes they dont, but the feeling of risk infuses the film with chaos, humor, violence, beauty. A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. The homesman us release trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank western hd presented by roadside attractions directed by tommy lee jones. Rent the homesman 2014 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. In the homesman 2014, mary bee hilary swank was the antithesis of a regular woman in 1850. 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.
Tommy lee jones and hilary swank talk the homesman, the shorthand they developed on set, jones as a director, swanks singing. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Rent the homesman 2014 starring tommy lee jones and hilary swank on dvd and bluray. The homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank western hd. In the homesman, why did mary bee hang herself screenprism. Audiences and critics alike are naming detail after detail that they found excellently crafted and executed. 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 low.
The homesman, starring tommy lee jones and hilary swank, with john lithgow, hailee steinfeld and meryl streep, did most of its filming in new. The storyline is quite unusual with some rather unexpected detours. London i think that the genre of western in film is defined by having horses and men in big hats, tommy lee jones said. Cowboys and indians may equal boxoffice ebola, but the homesman, directed by tommy lee jones, is not your grandmas typical hollywood western. But now that swarthouts equally powerful western, the homesman, is being filmed and directed by tommy lee jones, this 1988 novel is being given new life thankfully so, because i missed it the first time around. Janiaks feature film directorial debut, it stars rose leslie and harry treadaway as a newly married couple whose honeymoon ends up being ruined by a series of strange events. Tommy lee jones and hilary swank talk the homesman collider. The homesman is a 2014 historical drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. Tommy lee jones was born in san saba, texas, the son of lucille marie scott, a police officer and. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman 2014. The homesman official trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hillary.
Financial analysis of the homesman 2014 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Film festival will spotlight tommy lee jones upcoming western the homesman as its centerpiece film, one of the first titles to be named to the slate of the 22nd annual. The homesman 2014 is available on netflix united states. A frontier farm woman hilary swank saves the life of a claimjumper tommy lee jones and persuades him to help her escort three insane women to a safe haven in iowa. Watch the homesman online stream full movie directv. In his best directorial effort yet, tommy lee jones has crafted a film thats boldly unsentimental and impossible to peg. Its a film worth seeing before the crowd of oscar contenders sweeps it. The homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy lee. Parts of the homesman are a slog to sit through, but the movie ends. The homesman had its worldpremiere at the 2014 cannes film festival and was theatrically released in french cinemas in may 2014. Starring hilary swank, tommy lee jones, grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja richter, meryl streep, john lithgow, jesse plemons and william fichtner. The homesman an absorbing, melancholy look at the hard lot of women in the old west. 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 dangers the women face are numerous, and whether or not they can. The destination of hebron, iowa was filmed for one week at a reconstructed 1850s town called westville in the town of lumpkin, georgia. Nothing lasts long in the austere wild west of tommy lee jones the homesman. In the homesman, wind is the sound of insanity two composers became instrument builders to score the film, set in the pioneer days of the american west. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace.
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