A strongwilled woman recruits a loathsome drifter to help transport three insane women across the unforgiving nebraska territories so that they may find sanctuary with a compassionate minister and his wife in this drama directed and cowritten by tommy lee jones. Some actorsturneddirectors prefer not to wear both hats in a single film, but tommy lee jones says he doesnt mind the extra work. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. There is a prescient shot that opens the homesman, the spare frontier drama starring hilary swank and tommy lee jones. Cowboys and indians may equal boxoffice ebola, but the homesman, directed by tommy lee jones, is not your. Apr 14, 2014 the homesman international trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, meryl streep hd a claim jumper and a pioneer woman team up to escort thre. Released november 14th, 2014, the homesman stars tommy lee jones, hilary swank, david dencik, william fichtner the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 2 min, and received a score of 68 out of. The homesman 2014 was overlooked by critics in the rush to praise more conventional and less resonant films in 2014. Tommy lee jones is directing and starring in the feature film the homesman, along with hilary swank, miranda otto, john lithgow, tim blake nelson and meryl streep.
Tommy lee jones offbeat minorkey western has plenty of virtues, but straightness isnt one of them. It costars hilary swank, miranda otto, grace gummer and sonja richter. Hailed as a feminist western by some, the homesman only is up to a point. The homesman is produced, directed by and stars tommy lee jones who brings us a visually beautiful and brutally honest visit to the midwest of the 1850s. In exchange for help, the man agreeds to help her put three crazy women from nebraska to lowa, a dangerous journey full of thieves and indians. A flat stretch of nebraska plain, a blanket of bluegray sky, as if god. Both of his children are from his second marriage with kimberlea cloughly. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones the. Read the the homesman movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
Tommy lee jones directed, cowrote and stars in this westerndrama film set in the 1850s midwest about a spinster and a drifter transporting three women, driven mad by the hardships of the time, across the country. I dont have much trouble doing both of them at the same time. Tommy lee jones the homesman strands three pioneers in a western wasteland. Tommy lee jones directs and stars in a deliberately crooked. The homesman is a slowmoving and somewhat pointless film. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film. Rent the homesman 2014 starring tommy lee jones and hilary swank on dvd and bluray. Transporting the women by covered wagon to iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a lowlife drifter, george briggs. Nov 12, 2014 title and director notwithstanding, tommy lee jones the homesman is very much a feminist western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it was for even a strong and. Oscar winners tommy lee jones, who also directs, and hilary swank star in this dark, hardbitten western. Geraldine viswanathan, star of new hbo movie bad education, cant stop watching this 70s show. The homesman 2014 stream and watch online moviefone. Tommy lee jones the homesman strands three pioneers in a. Swank as a whiskery ruffian known as briggs, uses western iconography to dismantle a familiar set of romantic myths.
The desolate and unforgiving nebraska territory is the stage and the characters are the disarmingly normal settlers whose shoulders we stand on. To finance the homesman, a 1850s western drama playing in competition at this years cannes film festival, tommy lee jones turned to some of his closest friends. The homesman is a thoroughly depressing experience with little energy. A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld. The homesman trailer starring tommy lee jones and hilary swank sep 11, 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, independentminded mary bee cuddy.
Starring hilary swank, tommy lee jones, grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja richter, meryl streep, john lithgow, jesse plemons and william fichtner. The children have followed in their fathers footsteps and have pursued entertainment careers. Tommy lee jones starred in a faithful cormac mccarthy adaptation and directed his own mccarthy movie, but with the homesman he does not simply perform the authors work but uses the same style to traverse paths that mccarthy never has. A twohander action comedy in the vein of midnight run 1988, about an exf. Nov 14, 2014 in the homesman, hilary swank and tommy lee jones help three women driven to madness by the frontier get back east. A frontier farm woman hilary swank saves the life of a claimjumper tommy lee jones and persuades him to help her escort three insane women to a safe haven in iowa. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. It is a reverse trajectory of the typical western path, the wildness of the prairies and plains reverting, startlingly, to a tame village perched on the edge of the placid missouri river. Tommy lee jones, as a director, homes in on the surreal aspects of the story with beautiful sensitivity and strangeness the homesman is an extremely strange film, highlighting the monotony of the landscape in which figures are either dwarfed by the vastness of it or tower above the flat horizon. Watch the homesman online free 123movies full movie. Tommy lee jones new film the homesman is a western in.
Integrity and personality can go a long way, especially in a movie as unquestionably flawed as the homesman. Austin, born in 1982 in auckland, new zealand, is an actor and composer. Director jones should not have put actor jones front and center in a movie that is purportedly about pioneer women. Apart from the surly old bandit referred to by the films title, nearly all the characters of import in tommy lee jones the homesman are women. Nov 14, 2014 nothing lasts long in the austere wild west of tommy lee jones the homesman.
We didnt think about westerns or genre or anything except making a movie. Nov 09, 2014 london i think that the genre of western in film is defined by having horses and men in big hats, tommy lee jones said recently. The idea of throwing a feminist and a curmudgeon on a road trip is inspired. Directed by tommy lee jones, the film does a fantastic job of capturing the brutal nature of frontier life at the time, and the interesting societal and gender dynamics at play. Tommy lee jones the homesman strands three pioneers in. Tommy lee jones stars in the movie the homesman dujour. Cannes tommy lee jones has made a kind of reverse western with his second directorial effort, the homesman. The homesman is a 2014 historical period drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones.
Agent tommy lee jones and an exmob lawyer in the witness protection program morgan freeman having to put aside their petty rivalry on the golf course to fend off a mob hit. May 18, 2014 as an actor, tommy lee jones has a face and temperament made for westerns, so its no surprise that his scant credits behind the camera are almost exclusively limited to the genre. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones, the homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s american west. The director and actor explains why his new film, which costars hilary swank, is all about feminism and imperialism. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film, writes. Along the way, mary bee encounters a lowlife named george briggs tommy lee jones with his head in a noose. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones. May 18, 2014 the picture was compellingly directed by tommy lee jones, being his theatrical directing debut. The homesman 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The homesman tommy lee jones, hilary swank create a winner in film with unique feminist vision. Four and a half stars out of five tommy lee jones directed, cowrote and stars in this westerndrama film set in the 1850s midwest about a spinster and a drifter transporting three women, driven mad by the hardships of the time, across the country. Watched this film over the weekend perfectly shows the meaningless of life and how cruel it can be.
Rent the homesman 2014 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The homesman full movie manahsjananna jashhaahajjajal. Tommy lee jones, who directed and starred in the film the homesman, in central london. I kept watching mainly because i thought it had to get better. Tommy lee jones and jim carreys on camera feud by vix. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto. Tommy lee jones directs the western drama the homesman, which follows a drifter who escorts three insane women across. The homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy. Us movies, westerns, movies based on books, dramas. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. He has a son, austin leonard jones, and a daughter, victoria jones.
Swank and jones are sensational tommy lee jones s western about a womans lot on the wild frontier refuses to sugarcoat its subject, and is all the more satisfying for it. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. Dont call tommy lee jones the homesman a western exclusive new vod and streaming movies, plus. Most basically, the journey briggs and mary bee undertake is not further into the west but back. Watch the homesman online stream full movie directv. Tommy lee jones in the homesman, a film he also directed photo. See oscar nominees birdman and big hero 6 at home now. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. Heres the latest trailer of the homesman, the upcoming western drama movie starring tommy lee jones, hilary swank, meryl streep, hailee steinfeld, tim blake nelson, james spader, john lithgow, jesse plemons, miranda otto, grace gummer, and sonja richter. Watch the homesman 2014 full movie online 123movies go123movies. Watch the homesman starring tommy lee jones in this western on directv. The homesman international trailer 2014 tommy lee jones. Andrew testa for the new york times london i think that the genre of western in film is defined by having. The homesman tells about a pioneer woman met a man about to be executed, but she decided to help him.
The homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank western hd. Tommy lee jones on the homesman the new york times. I was ready for a good western and the cast immediately caught my attention hilary swank, tommy lee jones and meryl streep. Tommy lee jones directs, cowrites, and stars in the film as george briggs, a drifter saved from a lynching by mary bee hilary swank, a tough, capable settler who has tamed her harsh nebraska homestead and now sets out on an odyssey.
Dec 31, 2015 the homesman is a 2014 frenchamerican period drama film produced and directed by tommy lee jones, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. 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. Nov 20, 2014 tommy lee jones interview for the homesman. Tommy lee jones directs and stars in a deliberately. Title and director notwithstanding, tommy lee jones the homesman is very much a feminist western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it was for even a strong and. Set in 1854 in the harsh nebraska frontier, a lowlife drifter george briggs oscarwinner tommy lee jones is rescued by a pious, independentminded woman named mary bee cuddy oscarwinner hilary swank. Tommy lee jones is such a tough dad he fired his daughter. In exchange for helping her transport the women, mary bee frees the scruffy stranger, and together the group heads east. The homesman movie clip rescue 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank movie hd duration. They make for a colorful western roadtrip movie, and that includes meeting some.
Tommy lee jones was born in san saba, texas, the son of lucille marie scott, a police officer and beauty shop owner, and clyde c. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. In the course of their arduous journey, however, they will encounter ruthless bandits and vengeful native americans. Tommy lee jones the homesman strands three pioneers in a western wasteland by rex reed 111214 11. With morgan freeman, tommy lee jones, rene russo, joe pantoliano. Hailed as a feminist western by some, the homesman only is up to a point, writes mark kermode. May, 2014 to finance the homesman, a 1850s western drama playing in competition at this years cannes film festival, tommy lee jones turned to some of his closest friends. Harsh land and raw, maddening emotion test the homesman.
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