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Nov 14, 2014 · Set in a flat, unforgiving stretch of the American frontier in the decade before the Civil War, “The Homesman” is both a captivating western and a meticulous, devastating feminist critique of...
- Tommy Lee Jones
Nov 14, 2014 · 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. 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 ...
May 4, 2024 · The Homesman concludes with George all alone, boarding a boat headed back West. As he belts out an old English dirge and fires a pistol into the air, Mary's wooden grave plaque falls into the ...
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- Tommy Lee Jones
- Tommy Lee Jones
Nov 14, 2014 · A frontier farm woman (Hilary Swank) saves the life of a claim-jumper (Tommy Lee Jones) and persuades him to help her escort three insane women to a safe haven in Iowa.
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Nov 13, 2014 · In a recent interview with the New York Times, Jones said that The Homesman is “a movie that is about the history of women in my family.” Speaking with Yahoo Movies, he moves to clarify the...
The Homesman is a dark, complex story of gender issues and changing conventions on the frontier, and in an era that sees this genre fading, Jones has made a Western winner.
Nov 6, 2014 · “The Homesman,” based on a 1988 novel by Glendon Swarthout, is the fourth film that Mr. Jones, 68, has directed (he also starred in the movie and collaborated in the screenplay) and the first...
