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The homesman [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: DVD5531 | MongrelLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: [Toronto] : distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media, [2015].Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
Production credits:
  • Roadside Attractions, Saban Films and Europcorp present in association with Peter Brant and the Javelina Film Company and Ithaca Films, a Michael Fitzgerald and Tommy Lee Jones production ; screenplay by Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, and Wesley A. Oliver ; directed by Tommy Lee Jones.
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank and Meryl Streep with Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto and Sonja Richter.Summary: "Set in 1854 in the harsh Nebraska frontier, a low-life drifter George Briggs (Oscar-Winner Tommy Lee Jones) is rescued by a pious, independent-minded woman named Mary Bee Cuddy (Oscar-Winner Hilary Swank). 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 (Meryl Streep) has offered them hospice. The unlikely pair soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be and the group must traverse the vast Nebraska Territories which are marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant danger."--Container.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA HOME (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001024547

Base on the novel by Glendon Swarthout.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Featuring 3 in-depth behind-the-scenes featurettes.

Bilingual packaging (English/French).

Roadside Attractions, Saban Films and Europcorp present in association with Peter Brant and the Javelina Film Company and Ithaca Films, a Michael Fitzgerald and Tommy Lee Jones production ; screenplay by Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, and Wesley A. Oliver ; directed by Tommy Lee Jones.

Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank and Meryl Streep with Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto and Sonja Richter.

"Set in 1854 in the harsh Nebraska frontier, a low-life drifter George Briggs (Oscar-Winner Tommy Lee Jones) is rescued by a pious, independent-minded woman named Mary Bee Cuddy (Oscar-Winner Hilary Swank). 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 (Meryl Streep) has offered them hospice. The unlikely pair soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be and the group must traverse the vast Nebraska Territories which are marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant danger."--Container.

Home use only.

In English with an optional French dub track and optional English (SDH) subtitles.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

WES 14A dg

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