The Homesman (2014)
The Homesman is a book-based movie adapted from "The homesman" by Glendon Fred Swarthout. This Western/Drama film is a direct adaptation, and its release date is November 14, 2014.
The Source Material
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Overview
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. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hards…
About The Movie
Description
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. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to take the women in. But the group first must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
Details
- Title
- The Homesman
- Original Title
- The Homesman
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Western, Drama
- US Limited Theatrical
- November 14, 2014 · Rated R