| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 vidoedisc (123 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Based on the novel "The Homesman" by Glendon Swarthout. |
| Performer |
Tommy Lee Jones. |
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Hilary Swank. |
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Meryl Streep. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen. |
| Summary |
Set in 1854 on the harsh Nebraska frontier, low-life drifter George Briggs is rescued by a pious, independent-minded woman named Mary Bee Cuddy. To pay back his debt, George reluctantly agrees to help Mary transport three women driven mad by the harsh frontier life across the treacherous land, where a kindly minister's wife has offered them hospice. The unlikely pair soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be as the group traverses the vast Nebraska Terirrtories, marked by stark beauty, psychological peril, and constant danger. |
| Note |
MPAA rating: R; for violence, sexual content, some disturbing behavior and nudity. |
| Credits |
Roadside Attractions, Saban Films and Europacorp present in association with Peter Brant and The Javelina Film Company and Ithaca Films a Michael Fitzgerald and Tommy Lee Jones production "The Homesman" Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, and Meryl Streep; music by Marco Beltrami; casting by Jeanne McCarthy, CSA; editor Roberto Silvi; co-editor Larry Madaras; production designer Merideth Boswell; Director of photography Rodrigo Prieto, ASC AMC; based on the novel "The Homesman" by Glendon Swarthout; executive producers Deborah Dobson Bach G. Hughes Abell Richard Romero; produced by Peter Brant, Brian Kennedy, Luc Besson; screenplay by Tommy Lee Jones & Kieran Fitzgerald & Wesley A. Oliver; directed by Tommy Lee Jones. |
| Note |
Featuring 3 in-depth behind-the-scenes featurettes: origins; shooting the film; beyond the western. |
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