The Homesman

Mary Bee Cuddy volunteers to escort three mentally unstable women to a church in Iowa, enlisting the help of claim jumper George Briggs, but faces multiple challenges on their journey, resulting in Cuddys tragic death, Briggs ultimately delivering the women to the church, feeling guilty and proposing to a young maid before returning west. The Homesman is a 2014 English-language Drama Western motion picture featuring Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Meryl Streep, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter and Wyatt Mortenson. The movie is inspired from The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout. EuropaCorp in association with Ithaca and The Javelina Film Company. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Brian Kennedy, Luc Besson and Peter M. Brant. The Homesman is written by Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley A. Oliver and Glendon Swarthout and it is directed by Tommy Lee Jones. Roadside Attractions acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Homesman was released on 18th May 2014 and takes a screen time of 123 minutes. The Homesman was made on a budget of $16 million and at the box office it grossed only $3 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald and Wesley Oliver. Cinematography was done by Rodrigo Prieto and editing by Roberto Silvi. The music was composed by Marco Beltrami.