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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.
- $16 million
May 18, 2014 · The Homesman: Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. 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.
- (35K)
- Drama, Western
- Tommy Lee Jones
- 2014-05-18
Nov 14, 2014 · Turned into a film in 1972, directed by Stanley Kramer, it takes the age-old themes of the Western (man vs. nature, man vs. the landscape, man vs. himself) and pours it into the service of a modern coming-of-age drama. "The Homesman," like "Bless the Beasts" questions the "norm".
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Nov 6, 2014 · Tommy Lee Jones, who directed and starred in the film “The Homesman,” in central London. Andrew Testa for The New York Times. By Roslyn Sulcas. Nov. 6, 2014. LONDON — “I think that the ...
Nov 20, 2014 · Director Jones also stars as George Briggs, and awards himself plenty of closeups and big scenes. Briggs is a boozy, ornery old devil in mid-19th-century Nebraska.
- 5 min
- Peter Bradshaw
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. Director Tommy Lee Jones ...
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- Western, Drama
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Oct 8, 2014 · A look at the The Homesman behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Tommy Lee Jones last directed The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and The Sunset Limited . The film's writer Tommy Lee Jones last wrote Islands in the Stream and The Cowboys .