Tommy lee jones on the homesman the new york times. The actresss latest performance is intensely physical and typically effortful, laboring to convey strife, relentless determination, and conflicting emotions. The actor blasts off in search of longlost pops tommy lee jones in james grays intergalactically pofaced take on apocalypse now. The nebraska native, 40, addressed the challenges of playing a single nebraska homesteader on the western frontier and how that womans struggle remains. The homesman is a slowmoving and somewhat pointless film. The grizzled western the homesman 2014 is directed by and stars tommy lee jones as a hardened claim jumper who is hired by a frontier woman hilary swank to escort and protect a trio of mentally ill women grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja richter from nebraska to iowa. I think this was a labor of love for tommy lee jones, whomore because of its limited distribution, i was lucky to catch this at our local art theatre. 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 and hilary swank talk the homesman collider.
I think this was a labor of love for tommy lee jones, who produced. In exchange for helping her transport the women, mary bee. He wont concede that the homesman, his latest effort as director. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. Nov 26, 2014 the homesman interview with tommy lee jones and hilary swank hd we got this covered. The homesman dp rodrigo prieto on working with tommy lee. Nov 09, 2014 h ilary swanks mary bee cuddy sets the wobbly tone of tommy lee joness peculiar western the homesman. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones. It was directed by tommy lee jones, who called on his regular composers, marco beltrami and buck sanders, for the music. The homesman and other rare westerns with strong leading women. Its not a western, and hed probably wince at you for calling it that. The homesman by hilary swank, meryl streep, grace gummer. 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. Glendon swarthout is best known for his western classic the shootist, a novel that eventually became actor john waynes last film.
About 20 years ago, i directed a movie for ted turners television network, based on a book written by a texas writer by the name of elmer kelton. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film. Matthew fox, colin moy, tommy lee jones, eriko hatsune directed by. The idea of throwing a feminist and a curmudgeon on a road trip is inspired. Frontier filmmaking by tommy lee jones in the homesman. And the public theater used to be a library, i think, because it has labyrinthine hallways and spaces. Nov, 2014 in the homesman, hilary swank plays a spinster named mary bee cuddy who takes on a tough job that the menfolk in her 1850s nebraska town have turned down. And i saw in swarthouts book the chance to make a movie that.
Two hipsters trying to interview tommy lee jones duration. The homesman dp rodrigo prieto on working with tommy lee jones and reinventing the western the homesman dp rodrigo prieto on working with tommy lee jones. On the surface, it would seem the homesman, the new movie made by and starring tommy lee jones, is a throwback, then, but in truth, its anything but a traditional entry into the genre. A homesman must be found to escort a handful of them back east to a sanitarium. Tommy lee jones directs the homesman toronto tommy lee jones says he wanted to show the reality of life for frontier women in the homesman. In pioneer nebraska, a woman leads where no man will go soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones, the homesman is a devastating story of early. John freeman because of its limited distribution, i was lucky to catch this at our local art theatre. 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.
Tommy lee jones discusses his new film, the homesman, and five films that have personal significance for him. The homesman interview with tommy lee jones and hilary swank hd we got this covered. I research folks before i interview them and im both glad and sad i studied up on mr. 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. Prairie fever tommy lee jones and hilary swank set out to connect with a trio of madwomen in the nebraska wilderness. Hilary swank on feminism, catcalling, and the homesman. The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. You did it in the homesman with tommy lee jones, and million dollar baby with clint eastwood. James kleinmann interviews actor turned director tommy lee jones for his movie the homesman which stars tommy lee jones, hilary. The homesman news newspapers books scholar jstor may 2017 learn how and when to remove this template. The homesman hilary swank and tommy lee jones go west with volatile cargo 4 out of 5 stars. Tommy lee jones i dont think theres a woman who hasnt been. Tommy lee jones strides into the room and is, for a moment, unrecognisable.
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 14, 2014 nothing lasts long in the austere wild west of tommy lee jones the homesman. 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 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. Hij heeft een kop als een verweerde totempaal en zijn antwoorden zijn kort. In his best directorial effort yet, tommy lee jones has crafted a film thats boldly unsentimental and impossible to peg. The homesman stars hilary swank and tommy lee jones the. Buy a cheap copy of the homesman book by glendon swarthout. Nov 20, 2014 tommy lee jones interview for the homesman. In the homesman, based on glendon swarthouts novel, he has put female suffering. Depression, madness and sympathy in 19thcentury nebraska make for a confident, insightful film, writes. Eight years after the three burials of melquiades estrada, tommy lee jones follows up his directorial debut with the homesman, based on the book. The homesman is a 2014 historical drama set in the 1850s midwest, directed by tommy lee jones. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld, john lithgow, and james spader.
The homesman is a thoroughly depressing experience with little energy. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman. Stephanie merry stephanie merry oversees books coverage for the. Nov 12, 2014 tommy lee jones directswritesproducesstars in his 2nd theatrical feature, the homesman. In their new film, the homesman, hilary stars as a fierce. The homesman book by glendon swarthout thriftbooks. Writerdirectorstar tommy lee jones escorts a group of women across the wild frontier in the femcentric western the homesman. Brad pitt reaches the stars in superb spaceopera with serious daddy issues 5 out of 5 stars. Hes so hungry hes calling my cell phone to intercept me before i get to his home in santa fe for an interview about his new movie, the homesman. Why the homesman is an unusual western a rare look at the trials of a pioneer woman watch a clip from the film the homesman starring tommy lee jones, hilary swank and grace gummer. Tommy lee jones and hilary swank talk the homesman, the shorthand they developed on set, jones as a director, swanks singing scenes and more.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. People in general, and actors in particular, tend to grease the conversational skids with a little genial nonsense from time to time, but tommy lee seems allergic to chitchat. 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. Tommy lee jones wanted to show reality of frontier women in. I loved being an actor in new york and working in the theater. 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. 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. Nov 19, 2014 tommy lee jones, the director and star of the homesman, a western about a frontiersman tasked with escorting three mentally ill women across the plains, takes catherine shoard on a bumpy ride in. Tommy lee jones interview sot didnt have a lot of time was shooting one movie and working on this with writers i cant say no to that question built to grow on you and stay with you on political content in his work the movie will speak for itself would call myself an independent politically al is a dear and lifelong friend and i. Along the way, mary bee encounters a lowlife named george briggs tommy lee jones with his head in a noose. Tommy lee jones, hilary swank, sonja richter, james spader, meryl streep, john lithgow, hailee steinfeld, miranda.
Nov 18, 2014 james kleinmann interviews actor turned director tommy lee jones for his movie the homesman which stars tommy lee jones, hilary swank, grace gummer, miranda otto, sonja richter, david dencik, john. This page is for all fans of this great and wonderful actor because hes legend, hes amazing, hes simply the best. Hilary swank did it in just five years, for boys dont cry and million dollar baby, all before she turned 30. Tommy lee jones recoils at being pigeonholed, if recent interviews are any indication. 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. Tommy lee jones on the set of the homesman with costar hilary swank dawn jones nerveracking as jones s tetchiness may be in the flesh, id read some other interviews with him before we. In the new film directed by jones, three women have been driven mad by the brutalities of 1850s america. Tommy lee jones women are objectified and trivialised.
Peter webber devils knotin the electric mist double feature bluray. I scared the bejesus out of myself by reading all the interviews in which. That hardscrabble central texas face, lined with every day of his 66 years, perpetually bears only. 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.
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. The new film the homesman is set in the pioneer days of the american west. And its not an antiwestern, which hed scowl at you for. The homesman interview with tommy lee jones and hilary swank. Tommy lee jones, who directed and stars in the homesman, based on a. Tommy lee jones and hilary swank bring the stark reality of the nebraska frontier. Hilary swank stands tall, dives deep discussing the homesman. I kept watching mainly because i thought it had to get better. I was ready for a good western and the cast immediately caught my attention hilary swank, tommy lee jones and meryl streep.
Hilary swank interview for the homesman popsugar celebrity. 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. About 20 years ago, i directed a movie for ted turners television. The book offered us a chance to make a screenplay that had some originality to it, and of course, our lives as filmmakers. In pioneer nebraska, a woman leads where no man will go soon to be a major motion picture directed by tommy lee jones. It was directed by tommy lee jones, who called on his regular composers, marco beltrami and buck sanders, for. Hailed as a feminist western by some, the homesman only is up to a point, writes mark kermode. Interview with tommy lee jones about the homesman eye for film. 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 homesman interview with tommy lee jones and hilary. Tommy lee jones women are objectified and trivialised because. Tommy lee jones on his latest movie the homesman the.
I think we were both doing plays at the public theater. But now that swarthouts equally powerful western, the homesman, is being filmed and directed by tommy lee jones, this 1988 novel is being given new life thankfully so, because i missed it the first time around. Few will regret having seen the homesman, and yet its. The hair is neatly combed and he wears a grey pinstriped suit with a blue shirt and tie, black socks, black brogues and distinct air of civility. Tommy lee jones rustles up fine feminist western, homesman. 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. During our 15minute phone interview, i tried to get jones to talk about all of the. The homesman nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr.
The reason this interview is not exactly whizzing along, i thought to myself, is that tommy lee jones is only speaking the simple truth, in as few words as necessary. It was producer, michael fitzgerald, who sent the book to jones to ask if. So ive been told, but you cant tell by looking at him. 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. Tommy lee jones hilary swank meryl streep jo harvey allen barry corbin david dencik william fichtner grace gummer evan jones caroline lagerfelt john lithgow tim blake nelson jesse plemons. Oct 24, 2014 the homesman dp rodrigo prieto on working with tommy lee jones and reinventing the western. 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. 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. Tommy lee jones and hilary swank bring the stark reality of the nebraska frontier to life on the big screen in the beautiful and brutal drama the homesman.
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