The homesman, the second theatrical feature directed by actor tommy lee jones, has the slippery, stubbornly imperfect feel of a vintage acid western. Parents need to know that the homesman is a western based on a novel by glendon swarthout with disturbing material, mostly related to three frontier women who go insane. They scream, thrash, and moan, and one cuts herself with a needle. The homesman soundtrack list 2014 complete tracklist, movie score details, the entire ost playlist, all songs played in the movie and in the trailer and who sings them. May 18, 2014 the homesman an absorbing, melancholy look at the hard lot of women in the old west. Its an unusual story about four women who loose their minds after a hard winter in the nebraska territory in the 1850s.
Tommy lee jones directs and stars in a new western. Dec 10, 2014 and therein lay the challenge of costuming the homesman, a bleak frontier tale that finds mary bee cuddy, a desperate, homely spinster played by hilary swank, and george briggs, a noaccount drifter played by the films director and one of its writers, tommy lee jones, on a fiveweek journey to guide three disturbed women across the. Nov 28, 2014 the homesman movie clip meeting 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank movie hd duration. In the homesman, a most unromantic american west hilary swank and tommy lee jones play two very different people taking a dangerous trip across the arid plains in a beautifully photographed film. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
A series of gravesdesecrated, ransacked, unmarkedhas led to briggss moment of rude hilarity, and jones wont let us forget it. Find story properties for sale at the best price for sale for rent shared living offices for rent land for sale retail for rent retail for sale foreclosures search. The storyline is quite unusual with some rather unexpected detours. Suites synonyms, suites pronunciation, suites translation, english dictionary definition of suites. 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. Hilary swank returns and kicks ass in the homesman. Georges tommy lee jones character in the homesman 2014 pulls up in front of a hotel in the middle of nowhere seeking nothing out of the ordinary. The homesman is a quirky, slowmoving, ultimately depressing western based on a novel. John freeman because of its limited distribution, i was lucky to catch this at our local art theatre. I dont understand the ending of the movie and was wondering if anyone else can shed some light on the rest of the movie after tommy lee jones drops off the three women. Its about a bossy spinster named mary bee cuddy hilary swank who agrees to transport three mentally ill women on a monthlong trip from loupan arid nebraska territory thats suffering widespread crop.
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. At homewood suites, we strive to make a positive impact on the people and environment around us. We were always barely eight hours ahead of the set between the stitching and the textile work. We all know tommy lee jones is a great actor but hes also a really fine filmmaker, i thought that after his first film, the three burials of melquiades. One throws a baby away in an outhouse, and other dead babies are also shown. The homesman is a 2014 historical period drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones.
Hailed as a feminist western by some, the homesman only is. At the beginning, toward the end and in the very last frames in which we watch briggs recrossing the missouri, into the darkness, amid an impromptu drunken hoedown the homesman is. The homesman jordan hoffman 05182014 you are a man of low character. The west, as seen in the homesman, is an unforgiving place, with flashes of stark and nightmarish beauty. Our junior suites, grand suites, ocean view panoramic no balcony suites, and owners suites all receive.
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He asks for lodging and food, is willing to pay, and shows complete hospitality to the hotel management. May 16, 2015 georges tommy lee jones character in the homesman 2014 pulls up in front of a hotel in the middle of nowhere seeking nothing out of the ordinary. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. Tommy lee jones is directing and starring in the feature film the homesman, along with hilary swank, miranda otto, john lithgow, tim. Suites definition of suites by the free dictionary. Simply streep the meryl streep archives the homesman. It has very tight, economic tale telling with no fat on the bone. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman 2014. I am a fan of tommy lee jones so this piqued my interest. Set on the great plains in the mid1800s, the homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely. The homesman by hilary swank, meryl streep, grace gummer. The homesman an absorbing, melancholy look at the hard lot of women in the old west. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident.
The western drama, directed by tommy lee jones and starring jones, hilary swank, james spader, john lithgow and meryl streep in a cameo performance, had its world premiere at the cannes film festival this spring and released french theaters shortly after hence the early home media release. It costars hilary swank, miranda otto, grace gummer and sonja richter. The next candidate she encounters is at the end of his rope literally so, as hes sitting on. Nov, 2014 in the homesman, a most unromantic american west hilary swank and tommy lee jones play two very different people taking a dangerous trip across the arid plains in a beautifully photographed film. I think this was a labor of love for tommy lee jones, who produced. The point of the homesman, directed by tommy lee jones and based on glendon swarthouts novel of the same name, is not that these adjectives are inappropriate. Spend six months trapped inside a dark sodhouse with sickly children, your food and firewood running low, and your nearest neighbor many.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. Swank and jones are particularly good in the leading roles. The homesman is a 2014 historical drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. The homesman is an emotionally and powerful, idearich, almost humorless story with an immense amount of humor. One of swarthouts skeletons, the old colts, the melodeon, etc. It sometimes seems to have a christian viewpoint but then undercuts it in a couple strange, somewhat ambiguous ways that left movieguide scratching its proverbial head. With new insights proving that shorter, more frequent vacations are equally as refreshing as longer getaways, embassy suites has created a calendar full of inspiration to help you seize your long weekends. In the end, that meant well over 200 pieces of clothing, she said. Much of the theme and the message of the film felt muddled and lost and the midpoint shift seemed to almost killed the theme completely. Spoilers a question about the ending of the homesman. Mary bee cuddy is a 30ish spinster, tough as nails but yearning for a man, who has set up a nice homestead out near the town of loup, in oklahoma territory. He asks for lodging and food, is willing to pay, and. 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.
A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. 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. The homesman is a thoroughly depressing experience with little energy. I purchased the book on amazon cheaper and read it in about three sittings. Once a teacher but now a lone and lonely homesteader in her early thirties. The homesman pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the homesman pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld, john lithgow, and james spader. She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from.
Pooreericson used her connections, including another mother at her childrens. 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. By default, mary bee cuddy is chosen as the homesman, the person who will accompany the women back east. The homesman hilary swank and tommy lee jones go west with volatile cargo 4 out of 5 stars. Make space to travel with new insights proving that shorter, more frequent vacations are equally as refreshing as longer getaways, homewood suites has created a calendar full of inspiration to help you seize your long weekends. 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. Coffeetea service, personalized service from a suite attendant, and a luxurious cappuccino pillow top mattress. Three women have lost their minds in the homesman, but honestly, everyone you meet in the film is slightly crazy, the homesman most of all. Thats just about the worst thing mary bee cuddy could ever say to a person. By default, mary bee cuddy is chosen as the homesman, the person who will. 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. Have a look below to see the official score list for the 2014 western movie, the homesman. 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. The homesman is a remarkable western delving into numerous social issues all but ignored by other films of the genre such as the role of marriage, the churchs role in society, womens role in.
Spend six months trapped inside a dark sodhouse with sickly children, your food and firewood running low, and your nearest neighbor many miles away so you are forced to deliver your baby by. 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. It seems to me that the homesman which is based on a book actually had quite a lot to say as a story and yet jones fumbled in the delivery. In the homesman 2014, mary bee hilary swank was the antithesis of a regular woman in 1850.
Four pioneer women, all of them wives, for one reason or another have gone insane in a territory lacking an asylum. The frontier of the old west has rarely been evoked as a more miserable, barren land than it is in this melancholy novel by the author of the shootist. Nov 14, 2014 the point of the homesman, directed by tommy lee jones and based on glendon swarthouts novel of the same name, is not that these adjectives are inappropriate. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones. All suites in the royal caribbean suites program have access to a dedicated checkin line for boarding, insuite mr.