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Mary Bee Cuddy is the character played by Hilary Swank in The Homesman. She is a strong-willed pioneer woman who volunteers to transport three mentally ill women across the country. Grace Gummer's character in The Homesman is Arabella Sours, a young woman suffering from mental illness who is saved by the protagonist.
Set in 1854 in the harsh Nebraska frontier, a low-life drifter George Briggs (Oscar-Winner Tommy Lee Jones) is rescued by a pious, independent-minded woman named Mary Bee Cuddy (Oscar-Winner Hilary Swank). To pay back his debt, George reluctantly agrees to help Mary transport three women driven mad by the harsh frontier life across the treacherous land – where a kindly minister’s wife ...
Nov 13, 2014 · The Homesman is directed and co-adapted ... this is Mary Bee Cuddy's movie, and in her universe, diphtheria and white dudes run amok pose a more lethal threat than do snakes, burning hot days and ...
Nov 14, 2014 · It's a risky film. Sometimes the risks pay off, sometimes they don't, but the feeling of risk infuses the film with chaos, humor, violence, beauty. "The Homesman" doesn't play things safe, and that's a welcome change. Mary Bee Cuddy ( Hilary Swank) is a middle-aged woman, born in upstate New York, who has bought land in the Nebraska territory.
Nov 14, 2014 · Plenty of words might describe Mary Bee Cuddy, the Nebraska farmer played by Hilary Swank in “The Homesman.” A paragon of pioneer self-sufficiency, she is capable and conscientious ...
Nov 13, 2014 · Susan Wloszczyna November 13, 2014. Tweet. She’s a horse woman—and a hoarse woman. Hilary Swank is willingly sacrificing her voice doing back-to-back interviews for the sake of her latest film, “The Homesman,” which opens on Friday. A rare female-driven Western, co-starring and directed by Tommy Lee Jones, earned praise at its premiere ...
Nov 13, 2014 · A dull Western with bizarre characterizations, it throws together upright homesteader Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank) and scruffy drifter George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones, who also directs) in a dusty ...
