The Homesman is a story in a visual medium.
Out of print refers to an item , typically a book ( see : out-of-print book ) , but can include any print or visual medium or sound recording , that is no longer being published . The Homesman is a 2014 French-American historical period drama set in the 1850s Midwest , directed and co-produced by Tommy Lee Jones and co-written with Kieran Fitzgerald and Wesley Oliver , based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout .