The Homesman (2014)
Im Nebraska des 19. Jahrhunderts lebt die alleinstehende und gottesfürchtige Siedlerin Mary Bee Cuddy in einer kleinen Grenzstadt umgeben von den endlosen Weiten der Prärie. Das Leben ist hart, der Kampf mit den Begebenheiten zehrt an ihr, ihre Einsamkeit macht es nur noch schlimmer. Drei andere Pioniersfrauen, Arabella, Theoline und Gro, verlieren aufgrund der Monotonie und Härte ihres Daseins schlicht den Verstand. Mary Bee beschließt daraufhin, die drei in eine Methodistengemeinde im zivilisierteren Teil des Landes zu führen, damit man sich um sie kümmern kann. Auf ihrer Reise trifft Mary Bee auf den Outlaw George Briggs, dem sie das Leben rettet. Er begleitet sie von da an und die beiden kommen sich näher. Obwohl Briggs sie überzeugen will, durch und durch verdorben und damit nicht der richtige Mann für sie zu sein, sieht sie in ihm viel mehr...
Der Regisseur: Tommy Lee Jones
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Hilary Swank as Mary Bee Cuddy |
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Tommy Lee Jones as George Briggs |
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Grace Gummer as Arabella Sours |
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Miranda Otto as Theoline Belknap |
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Sonja Richter as Gro Svendsen |
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Tim Blake Nelson as The Freighter |
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James Spader as Aloysius Duffy |
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John Lithgow as Reverend Alfred Dowd |
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Evan Jones as Bob Giffen |
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Barry Corbin as Buster Shaver |
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Hailee Steinfeld as Tabitha Hutchinson |
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Meryl Streep as Altha Carter |
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William Fichtner as Vester Belknap |
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David Dencik as Thor Svendsen |
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Jesse Plemons as Garn Sours |
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Jo Harvey Allen as Mrs. Polhemus |
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Caroline Lagerfelt as Netti Svendsen |
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Karen Jones as Mrs. Linens |
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Brian Kennedy as Barkeep Fitzpatrick |
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Rick Irwin as Dealer |
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Richard Andrew Jones as Carmichael |
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Autumn Shields as Loney Belknap (uncredited) |
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Martin Palmer as Vigilante #2 |
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Jerry Vahn Knight as Vigilante #3 |
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Adrian Doerfler as Vigilante #4 |
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Lela Rose Allen as Belknap Daughter #1 |
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Sachie Capitani as Belknap Daughter #2 |
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Austin Leonard Jones as Banjo Player |
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Kaelynn Wright as Arabella Sibling |
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Jesi Mandagaran as Paulina |
| Directing | Tommy Lee Jones | Director |
| Writing | Wesley Oliver | Writer |
| Writing | Tommy Lee Jones | Writer |
| Writing | Kieran Fitzgerald | Writer |
| Production | Peter Brant | Producer |
| Production | Deborah Dobson Bach | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Roberto Silvi | Editor |
| Writing | Glendon Swarthout | Novel |
| Production | Michael Fitzgerald | Executive Producer |
| Production | Luc Besson | Producer |
| Production | Jeanne McCarthy | Casting |
| Production | Brian Kennedy | Producer |
| Production | G. Hughes Abell | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tommy Lee Jones | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lahly Poore | Costume Design |
| Production | Richard Romero | Executive Producer |
| Art | Merideth Boswell | Production Design |
| Art | Guy Barnes | Art Direction |
| Art | Wendy Ozols-Barnes | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Marco Beltrami | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Severino Gonzales | Leadman |
| Sound | Phil Barrie | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cydney Cornell | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Lamarr Gray | Rigging Gaffer |
| Art | Johnny Long | Greensman |
| Sound | Derek Vanderhorst | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Dawn Jones | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Rodrigo Prieto | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Atherton | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Brian Austin Wenrich | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Paul Judges | Greensman |
| Art | Dennis Riewerts | Leadman |
| Crew | Patrick A. Reynolds Jr. | Transportation Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mara Herdmann | Set Costumer |
| Crew | Lucas Moore | Studio Teachers |
| Sound | Mike Horton | Foley |
| Sound | Richard Beggs | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jim Schultz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Bach | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Robert Presley | Steadicam Operator |
| Editing | Loan Phan | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Rebecca Puck Stair | Location Manager |
| Crew | Allegro Hopkins | Studio Teachers |
| Lighting | Greg Davis | Rigging Gaffer |
| Directing | Pam Fuller | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Matt Kunau | Dolby Consultant |
| Visual Effects | Helen Martí Donoghue | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Félix Bergés | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Rosario Provenza | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | James Duddy | Greensman |
| Crew | Blair Foord | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Juan Luis Gorjon | CGI Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emily Egge | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivian Baker | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Heidi Mayfield | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Editing | Devon Miller | Digital Intermediate |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melissa Yonkey | Hairstylist |
| Crew | William H. Burton Sr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claire Sandrin | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Jim Schultz | Music Editor |
| Art | Ronald O. Jaynes | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Keith Walters | Property Master |
| Directing | Kevin Black | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Heather Burton | Stunts |
| Sound | Walter Spencer | Foley Artist |
| Production | Faith Strongheart | Production Coordinator |