The Homesman - DVD [Standard]

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. Co-Written, directed and starring Tommy Lee Jones, based on the award-winning novel by acclaimed author Glendon Swarthout.

A showbiz partner often thinks his sidekick is a pain in the neck. Lewis and Clark have lower anatomical opinions of each other. In writer Neil Simon's warm stage-to-screen adaptation, Walter Matthau and George Burns play feuding vaudevillians reteaming for a TV special - if they survive rehearsals. Matthau earned a 1975 Best Actor Golden Globe Award and Oscar nomination for his cantankerous Willy Clark. And as hilarious deadpan Al Lewi

New Mexico, 1892 Army officer Capt. Joseph Blocker's (Christian Bale) last assignment before retirement is to see that dying Cheyenne war chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) and his family are delivered safely to their tribe's land in Montana. Recently widowed Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund Pike) joins their perilous trek which finds former enemies Blocker and Yellow Hawk forced to work together in order to survive. Riveting western drama also stars Ben Foster, Rory Cochrane, and Stephen Lang. 134 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English Dolby Digital 5.1, DVS; Subtitles English (SDH), Spanish.