The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld, john lithgow, and james spader. Four pioneer women, all of them wives, for one reason or another have gone insane in a territory lacking an asylum. Marco beltrami the homesman end credits from the homesman ost duration. One of swarthouts skeletons, the old colts, the melodeon, etc. The homesman is a quirky, slowmoving, ultimately depressing western based on a novel. She will save his life if he will promise to accompany her to iowa with her cargo of unpredictable women. Read the the homesman movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
In pioneer nebraska, a woman leads where no man will go soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones. The homesman by hilary swank, meryl streep, grace gummer. She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from. The homesman is based on a 1988 novel by the late glendon. The storyline is quite unusual with some rather unexpected detours.
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. This book, the homesman, caught my eye at costco because of the cover. One throws a baby away in an outhouse, and other dead babies are also shown. When asked, click the save button and select a folder where you want to save the file. They scream, thrash, and moan, and one cuts herself with a needle.
It was a what an odd and ultimately disappointing read this was. 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. A strongwilled woman recruits a loathsome drifter to help transport three insane women across the unforgiving nebraska territories so that they may find sanctuary with a compassionate minister and his wife in this drama directed and cowritten by tommy lee jones. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. Maybe this will allow him to put his thoughts in order and keep the bad dreams at bay. 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.
Set on the great plains in the mid1800s, the homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely. Mary bee cuddy is simultaneously gritty and fragile. Set predominantly in sodbuster country we encounter a wide range of weathers and strangers. There is one splendidly horrible moment of surprise that sets up. Books similar to the homesman goodreads share book. 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. 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.
A form of homosexual foreplay where two men situate themselves naked on the floor in the shape of two ls with the backs of their legs together representing two bookends from a birdseye view. The homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s nebraska. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones. 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. Tommy lee jones adaptation of the late glendon swarthouts flavorful 1988 novel is both lyrical and shocking, weirdly funny and grimly serious. 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 am a fan of tommy lee jones so this piqued my interest. Marco beltrami the homesman main title from the homesman. The frontier of the old west has rarely been evoked as a more miserable, barren land than it is in this melancholy novel by the author of the shootist. Nov 12, 2014 title and director notwithstanding, tommy lee jones the homesman is very much a feminist western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it was for even a strong and. The homesman pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the homesman pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive.
The homesman jordan hoffman 05182014 you are a man of low character. The homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s american west. Twitter tommy lee jones in competition western stars hilary swank, john lithgow, james spader, hailee. French suite is the title of a planned sequence of five novels by irene nemirovsky, a french writer of ukrainianjewish origin. Thats just about the worst thing mary bee cuddy could ever say to a person. Title and director notwithstanding, tommy lee jones the homesman is very much a feminist western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it was for even a strong and. A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones the. 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. This leads to a knockout of an ending, in which briggs becomes the visual embodiment of a famous piece of american folk art, except that now we know the bitterness and loss behind the jolly image. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film. May 18, 2014 the homesman an absorbing, melancholy look at the hard lot of women in the old west. The homesman an absorbing, melancholy look at the hard lot of women in the old west. Mar 06, 1988 the homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end.
Choose a folder you can easily find later, such as the documents folder, or the root directory of your c. It sometimes seems to have a christian viewpoint but then undercuts it in a couple strange, somewhat ambiguous ways that left movieguide scratching its proverbial head. At the end of the book, jacks just like virginia woolf, with a room of his own. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman 2014. Alternating between tragedy and dark comedy, the homesman cowritten and directed by tommy lee jones is a beautifully made film, showcasing the harsh struggles and difficult times faced by women in the wild west. Nov 12, 2014 anxiously awaiting my radiology report, i arrive at the beverly hilton hotel, help myself to a cup of black coffee and enter a sprawling, topfloor suite where tommy lee jones and hilary swank are settled in to discuss the homesman. Spend six months trapped inside a dark sodhouse with sickly children, your food and firewood running low, and your nearest neighbor many. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones. Its an unusual story about four women who loose their minds after a hard winter in the nebraska territory 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. Tommy lee jones, trapped in a covered wagon with three madwomen the homesman recounts a dangerous trek from the american frontier back east. Jan 23, 2015 the homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s nebraska. The west, as seen in the homesman, is an unforgiving place, with flashes of stark and nightmarish beauty. I purchased the book on amazon cheaper and read it in about three sittings.
The homesman has a long way to travel and passes through violence, sentiment and grim realism as if cormac mccarthy was doing the little house on the prairie. Lee jones, through the novel its based on, sees a little more light at the end of the tunnel for. Owen wilson and peter brant at an event for the homesman 2014 tommy lee. Playing a single, selfsufficient farmer, hilary swank takes on the responsibility of escorting three women driven mad by the brutalities of pioneer living across the. His characters are heartwrenchingly believable because they are drawn from truelife pioneer experiences. A series of gravesdesecrated, ransacked, unmarkedhas led to briggss moment of rude hilarity, and jones wont let us forget it. Anyone who imagines that a homesteaders life on americas great plains was all little house on the prairie hasnt tried it. Home suite address book, password manager, vehicle.
The homesman 2014 official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more. Tommy lee jones, trapped in a covered wagon with three. The homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
The team at novel suite are passionate about story telling, and continually research and develop ways to assist you on your writing journey. Keep track of addresses, email, and phone numbers for your friends and family. In the homesman 2014, mary bee hilary swank was the antithesis of a regular woman in 1850. To ask other readers questions about the homesman, please sign up. By default, mary bee cuddy is chosen as the homesman, the person who will. 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. 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. 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. A link has been sent to your friends email address. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman. The touch of ball sacks is enough to drive those gays crazy and they are well on the road to brown loving. Its about a bossy spinster named mary bee cuddy hilary swank who agrees to transport three mentally ill women on a monthlong trip from loupan arid nebraska territory thats suffering widespread crop. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access.
In the homesman, why did mary bee hang herself screenprism. The homesman, the second theatrical feature directed by actor tommy lee jones, has the slippery, stubbornly imperfect feel of a vintage acid western. The homesman is a 2014 historical drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. 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 is a 2014 historical period drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. The audio book was a highly enjoyable combination of finely crafted writing with the perfect narrator. Belying its novelised origins, the homesman is alltoooften a series of odd andor off putting scenes joined by some striking scenery and a compelling central partnership.
Hailed as a feminist western by some, the homesman only is up to a point. Twitter tommy lee jones in competition western stars hilary swank, john. Home suite will help you organize all the bits of information you gather around your home. 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. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. In july 1942, having just completed the first two of the series, nemirovsky was arrested as a jew and detained at pithiviers and then auschwitz, where she was murdered, a victim of the holocaust. We believe in nurturing authors from first ideas through to the promotion of their published novels.
The homesman by glendon swarthout overdrive rakuten. This is a wonderful book that immediately draws the reader into the story and delivers an unforgettable story at a fast pace. The film gives us more than we see at first glance. A series of gravesdesecrated, ransacked, unmarkedhas led to briggss moment of rude hilarity, and jones wont let.