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The Homesman is a 2014 Western historical drama film set in the 1850s Midwest and directed by Tommy Lee Jones. Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, and Wesley Oliver based the screenplay on the 1988 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout.
With Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto. 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.
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- Drama, Western
- Tommy Lee Jones
- 2014-05-18
Nov 14, 2014 · 8 min read. 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.
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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- Tommy Lee Jones
- R
- Tommy Lee Jones
Nebraska, 1854. As the cold, snowy chill begins to settle, Mary Bee Cuddy, an independent, lonely yet strong-willed former teacher, undertakes to escort three women suffering from prairie madness to Lady's Aid Society Methodist Church, Hebron, Iowa.
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.
Oct 8, 2014 · The Homesman in US theaters November 14, 2014 starring Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, James Spader. A pioneer woman and a claim-jumping rascal of a man usher three insane women on an odyssey from Nebraska to Iowa, braving the elements along.
