The homesman an absorbing, melancholy look at the hard lot of women in the old west. And its damn near impossible to talk about without spoiling all of the things that make it cook. Online dictionaries and encyclopedias with entries for the homesman. To ask other readers questions about the homesman, please sign up. Tommy lee jones miscast homesman too dark for anyones good. Its ok to disagree with someones ideas, but personal attacks, insults, threats, hate speech, advocating violence and other violations can result in a ban. The audio book was a highly enjoyable combination of finely crafted writing with the perfect narrator. Director, star and cowriter tommy lee joness earthy adaptation of glendon swarthouts novel has. The homesman by glendon swarthout overdrive rakuten. The storyline is quite unusual with some rather unexpected detours. Hailed as a feminist western by some, the homesman only is up to a. The homesman by glendon swarthout 3,239 ratings, 3. Glendon swarthouts novel the homesman 1988 is made into a movie in 2014.
One of swarthouts skeletons, the old colts, the melodeon, etc. Legal issue, trolling, hate speech, offensivethreatening language. The homesman international trailer 2014 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, hilary swank, meryl streep, miranda otto, john lithgow, james spader. The homesman is a 2014 frenchamerican period drama film produced and directed by tommy lee jones, based on the 1988 novel of the. The presentation of madness is both compassionate and unblinking. The title gives us a pretty big hint as to what this might be. Adapted from a novel by glendon swarthout that i will soon be devouring, the. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Actordirector tommy lee jones said that his new film, the homesman, set during the mid19th century western expansion of the united states, was. The homesman hilary swank and tommy lee jones go west with volatile cargo 4 out of 5 stars. 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.
He expresses that people do talk about taxes, but when it. I just felt so bereft at the end, and then like the end didnt make any sense. The homesman jordan hoffman 05182014 you are a man of low character. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Cuddy discovers briggs in a posture that suits this westerns offbeat status. I am a fan of tommy lee jones so this piqued my interest.
I purchased the book on amazon cheaper and read it in about three sittings. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Its an unusual story about four women who loose their minds after a hard winter in the nebraska territory in the 1850s. Tommy lee jones is directing and starring in the feature film the homesman, along with hilary swank, miranda otto, john lithgow, tim. Anyone who imagines that a homesteaders life on americas great plains was all little house on the prairie hasnt tried it. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. 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. 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. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman.
The homesman went off on a strange tangent and i found myself not really caring how it was going to end. The homesman is based on a 1988 novel by the late glendon. The western drama, directed by tommy lee jones and starring jones, hilary swank, james spader, john lithgow and meryl streep in a cameo performance, had its world premiere at the cannes film festival this spring and released french theaters shortly after hence the early home media release. Plus, the cast is incredible in a way that mimics the central theme. As previously mentioned, the homesman has been released on dvd and bluray in france, yesterday. The homesman doesnt play things safe, and thats a welcome. But, the first and last times she speaks in the film, shes proposing to a man who turns her down. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. Briggs is astride a horse, but theres a noose around his neck. Laurie halse andersons speak is a novel that makes a definite argument. In swarthouts novel, cuddy realizes that she courts nervous. 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. Click on a label to prioritize search results according to that topic. 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.
Alternate ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. 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 1850s no country for women of any age. Below is the best man speech that i gave july 28th, 2007 and was received better than i ever could have imagined. Women are the center of the action, women drive the action forward, women are not only damsels in distress but heroic figures of grit and courage sometimes in the same. 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 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. In the homesman, jones plays a claimjumping saddle tramp and hilary swank a. This is a wonderful book that immediately draws the reader into the story and delivers an unforgettable story at a fast pace. She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from.
The homesman is a musical album of marco beltrami, soundtrack. Twitter tommy lee jones in competition western stars hilary swank, john. They scream, thrash, and moan, and one cuts herself with a needle. Its been awhile since i read it but i think thats when she finally speaks out about what happened at the party as opposed to what everyone assumed happened. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. Four pioneer women, all of them wives, for one reason or another have gone insane in a territory lacking an asylum. 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. 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. I suppose im not talentless afterall if you have any questions or concerns about giving your own speech let me know, perhaps i can be of. In the homesman, directed and cowritten by tommy lee jones. While tommy lee jones plays, hilary swank steals the homesman. Set on the great plains in the mid1800s, the homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely.
A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. Swank and jones are particularly good in the leading roles. The homesman international trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, meryl streep hd a claim jumper and a pioneer woman team up to escort thre. The journey in tommy lee jones the homesman, based on the 1988 novel by. 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. In the homesman, why did mary bee hang herself screenprism. This book, the homesman, caught my eye at costco because of the cover. 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. Thats just about the worst thing mary bee cuddy could ever say. One throws a baby away in an outhouse, and other dead babies are also shown. Based on a novel by glendon swarthout and adapted by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley a. Tommy lee jones adaptation of the late glendon swarthouts flavorful 1988 novel is both lyrical and shocking, weirdly funny and grimly serious. The homesman quotes showing 14 of 4 the weather wouldnt settle down.
In the homesman, jones plays a claimjumping saddle tramp and hilary swank. 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. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman 2014. Have a look below to see the official score list for the 2014 western movie, the homesman. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. In short, the novel argues that if you are a victim of a sexual assault, you will need to speak about it in order to heal.