News Of The World Movie Synopsis

Captain jefferson kyle kidd earns his living reading the world s news to rapt audiences in the territories of north texas a civil war vet he travels by horse to each settlement.

News of the world movie synopsis. In theaters this christmas. Here is the movie s official synopsis. 9780062409201 summary it is 1870 and captain jefferson kyle kidd travels through northern texas giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. A civil war veteran agrees to deliver a girl taken by the kiowa people years ago to her aunt and uncle against her will.

On his travels he discovers a little girl named johanna leonberger helena zengel in the woods she was kidnapped six years earlier by the kiowa indians who murdered her parents and sister. Paulette jiles s novel news of the world tells the tale of 72 year old captain jefferson kyle kidd and 10 year old johanna leonberger s journey from wichita texas to castroville texas in 1870 and how that journey would forever and drastically change the course of each of their lives. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home. Official movie site for news of the world starring tom hanks.

In this news of the world featurette for paul greengrass s upcoming western star tom hanks gives us some insight into his lead character captain kidd. Watch the trailer here. On his travels. This christmas universal pictures is proud to present tom hanks starring in news of the world a moving story written and directed by paul greengrass reuniting for the first time with his star from their 2013 best picture nominee captain phillips.

With tom hanks ray mckinnon elizabeth marvel mare winningham. Paulette jiles news of the world takes place in late 19th century texas. Five years after the end of the civil war captain jefferson kyle kidd hanks a veteran of three wars now moves from town to town as a non. The story begins in wichita texas in the early spring of 1870 with captain kidd hanging.

The following version of this book was used to create this study guide. News of the world. News of the world paulette jiles 2016 harpercollins 224 pp. Much of the state s land was untamed and rugged but in this time between the end of the reconstruction and the beginning of the progressive era texas changed and grew as did much of the western frontier and the new south.