The homesman, starring tommy lee jones and hilary swank, with john lithgow, hailee steinfeld and meryl streep, did most of its filming in new. Hes transferred his particular personality power to the story of the homesman. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. 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. There is a prescient shot that opens the homesman, the spare frontier drama starring hilary swank and tommy lee jones. It costars hilary swank, miranda otto, grace gummer and sonja richter. He has received four academy award nominations, winning best supporting actor for his performance as u. The homesman 2014 was overlooked by critics in the rush to praise more conventional and less resonant films in 2014.
But, the first and last times she speaks in the film, shes proposing to a man who turns her down. 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. The homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hilary swank western hd. Besides roadside attractions, the movie was also released by saban films. The rough lot handed to women in the old west remains a footnote in the cinematic history of cowboy days, but it figures front and center in the homesman. 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.
Starring academy awardwinners tommy lee jones and hilary swank, with a supporting cast featuring grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja richter, academy awardnominees john lithgow and hailee. Its not a western, and hed probably wince at you for calling it that. Western drama film geregisseerd door tommy lee jones. Tommy lee jones has a wry, dry character rich and deep as unwatered open plains of the americas. The homesman interview with tommy lee jones and hilary. Tommy lee jones the homesman gets centerpiece premiere.
A visit to historic westville, where tommy lee jones. The homesman interview with tommy lee jones and hilary swank hd. Tommy lee joness western about a womans lot on the wild frontier refuses to sugarcoat its subject, and is all the more satisfying for it 4 peculiar chemistry. Tommy lee jones latest directorial effort, the homesman, is a moving portrait of the harsh unpredictability of pioneer life in the mid19th century american west told from the viewpoint of a. Screenplay written by tommy lee jones, kieran fitzgerald the ballad. The homesman official us trailer 2014 tommy lee jones. I kept watching mainly because i thought it had to get better. Parts of the homesman are a slog to sit through, but the movie ends 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. 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. The film never delves deeply enough and is made even worse by clashing tones.
Joblo mark wahlberg was almost young tommy lee jones in men in black 3. Op tommy lee jones verweerde gezicht kun je een complete western opnemen, zoveel. 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. The homesman is a slowmoving and somewhat pointless film. 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 and hilary swank talk the homesman collider. We got this covered sits down with tommy lee jones and hilary swank to talk the homesman. 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 stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones. 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. Hilary swank in the homesman 2014 hailee steinfeld at an event for the. In his best directorial effort yet, tommy lee jones has crafted a film thats boldly unsentimental and impossible to peg. Hes successfully created a fine work of auteur cinema much as i personally think this form rarely exists. 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. This year alone she played a young wife afflicted with als in youre not you a film she also produced and a pioneering woman on a treacherous journey in. The homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy lee.
The homesman 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The new film the homesman is set in the pioneer days of the american west. Tommy lee jones, as a director, homes in on the surreal aspects of the story with beautiful sensitivity and strangeness the homesman is an. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film, writes.
Recensie the homesman 2014, een film van tommy lee jones met tommy lee jones, hilary swank, grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja. I dont have much trouble doing both of them at the same time. In the homesman, why did mary bee hang herself screenprism. Watched this film over the weekend perfectly shows the meaningless of life and how cruel it can be. The homesman by hilary swank, meryl streep, grace gummer. 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. The homesman trailer shows off the latest directing gig from tommy lee jones, in which he plays a man helping shepherd home three mentally unstable women. But tommy lee jones the homesman, which works as an entertaining western, is also a subtle commentary on a darker moment in american history, when we stole the land outright from native. 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.
Integrity and personality can go a long way, especially in a movie as unquestionably flawed as the homesman. Film the homesman en streaming vf gratuit complet hd 2014. 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. Tommy lee jones stars in the movie the homesman dujour. Thats a baffling question video interview the director and star of a western about a frontiersman tasked with escorting three mentally ill women across the. Tommy lee jones and hilary swank are unforgettable in a ruthless, classic western both leads are stunning in a bleak.
The homesman official trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hillary. 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 directs and stars in a deliberately. With tommy lee jones, hilary swank, grace gummer, miranda otto. The homesman official trailer 2014 tommy lee jones, hillary swank. The homesman official us release trailer 2014 tommy.
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. Hilary swank in the homesman roadside attractions the homesman. Title and director notwithstanding, tommy lee jones the homesman is very much a feminist western one painting a vivid picture of how difficult it. The homesman is a 2014 historical drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. When lowlife drifter george briggs jones is rescued from hanging by the strongwilled mary bee cuddy hilary swank, he agrees to help her cross the plains by covered wagon, but the stark beauty of the frontier hides constant threats, enemies, and psychological. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones the. Cannes looking ahead to awards season, the newly launched saban films has snapped up north american rights to tommy lee jones the homesman, which had its world premiere in competition at the. And its not an antiwestern, which hed scowl at you for. Tommy lee jones, hilary swank, meryl streep, james spader. Always be a mary bee cuddy tho and try to do whats right. Tommy lee jones is magnificent the wrap in what critics are calling the best western since unforgiven bbc. Mis bijvoorbeeld nooit meer een film van stanley kubrick of meryl streep. In the homesman 2014, mary bee hilary swank was the antithesis of a regular woman in 1850.
She could plow, she could shoot, and she wasnt afraid to take on duties that other men shied away from. Marshal samuel gerard in the 1993 thriller film the fugitive. 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. Tommy lee jones offbeat minorkey western has plenty of virtues, but straightness isnt one of them. This is a french release but playes in english audio this film is directed and stars tommy lee jones and hillary swank based in the old west tommy lee jones helps to transport three mad women across country for the church and hillary swank the scenery is amazing the way the story has been portrayed and directed by tommy lee jones is beautiful this is highly recommended. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film. It was directed by tommy lee jones, who called on his regular composers, marco beltrami and buck sanders, for the music. 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. Tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Star hilary swank also will participate in a talk at the october event the tommy lee jones directed frontier film the homesman will be the centerpiece pic at this years hamptons international. Tommy lee jones the homesman is haunted by how the west.
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