14/40
Tale
A modern tale of fortune-telling in the world of West Texas oil rigs
See writer/director Taylor Sheridan’s most popular movies and TV shows on IMDb, ranked by user rating. A landman, at least one who works in the oil industry, will act as a middleman between exploration companies and landowners. Typically, a landman’s job is to negotiate and finalize contracts with landowners with mineral rights to lease those rights to the company they represent.
Referenced in CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode #4424 (2022)
Essentially, they manage the land and secure the leases so that they can drill for oil and gas. Like a foreman on a construction site, they build roads, build workers’ quarters (man camp), supervise the assembly of excavation machinery, and drill the well site itself, especially in remote locations. They are also, in part, fixers, troubleshooters, and facilitators.
Landman is another hit in a long line of them for Taylor Sheridan
This has everything you want in a good series, it has plenty of drama, action, twists, even a bit of comedy, etc. It’s obviously beautifully written because everything Sheridan does is, but it also has an incredible cast. It stars the incredible Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm, Ali Larter, Demi Moore, and more.
Same goes for Hamm
Billy Bob Thornton was born to play this role, he’s absolutely fantastic here. I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t get an Emmy nomination for his performance here. Not only is it beautifully written and acted, it’s also beautifully filmed.
It looks like it’s going to have a long run and I’m here for it
Sheridan has so many great shows to her name and Landman is among the best of them.