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Nov 15, 2014 · The Homesman is a horror comedy. There aren't ghouls, gremlins or gross-out gags in the latest drama from actor-turned-director Tommy Lee Jones, but its laissez-faire approach to pummeling the ...
Dec 4, 2014 · The Homesman is produced, directed by and stars Tommy Lee Jones who brings us a visually beautiful and brutally honest visit to the mid-west of the 1850s. The desolate and unforgiving Nebraska territory is the stage and the characters are the disarmingly normal settlers whose shoulders we stand on. They are the forgotten, unspectacular, hard ...
The Role of a Homesman. In the Old West, the term “homesman” referred to a person who was responsible for escorting settlers and their belongings across the dangerous frontier. This was an important role, as the journey was often fraught with danger. Homesmen needed a great deal of skill and experience to navigate successfully.
May 18, 2014 · Apart from the surly old bandit referred to by the film’s title, nearly all the characters of import in Tommy Lee Jones’ “The Homesman” are women.
7/10. The way things were. pcrawake 23 September 2014. The Homesman, written and directed and starring Tommy Lee Jones tells the story of Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank) a spinster who takes on the responsibility of bringing three insane women to Iowa where they can be taken care of.
Nov 14, 2014 · When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank). Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones), to join her. Together, they ...
Nov 20, 2014 · It has been suspected of misogyny – and then defended as feminist. Neither is quite accurate, although ideological responses have probably been amplified by critical shock at a certain late ...
