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Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.
She finds an even more unlikely assistant in George Briggs – at least that’s the name he gave Mary when she rescued the claim jumper from a lynch mob’s noose. The price of Briggs’ life is to help Mary with her unwilling charges. The Homesman was first printed in 1988, and is highly worthy of its 2014 rerelease. Swarthout’s prose and ...
Directed by Academy Award-winner Tommy Lee Jones (THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA) and starring Jones and fellow Oscar-winner Hilary Swank, THE HOMESMAN is a thrilling testimony to the reality of life in the Wild West. When three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy and a low ...
Nov 6, 2014 · Before leaving, she encounters the hapless and itinerant George Briggs (Mr. Jones), strung up in a tree for the crime of claim jumping. In return for saving him, she requires that he accompany her ...
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 ...
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. She saves or spares the life of George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones) and enlists him on her arduous five week journey.
