25/10
A modern-day story about finding fortune in the world of West Texas oil rigs
Watch writer/director Taylor Sheridan’s most popular movies and TV series on IMDb, sorted by user rating. A landowner, at least one involved in the oil industry, acts as an intermediary between the exploration companies and the landowners. Typically, a landowner’s job is to negotiate and enter into 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 they can drill for oil and gas. Like a foreman on a construction site, they build roads, worker housing (man camps), assemble excavation equipment, and drill the well itself, especially in remote locations. They are also, in part, problem solvers, troubleshooters, and facilitators.
Landman is another in a long line of successes for Taylor Sheridan
This show has everything you want in a good show: lots of drama, action, twists, even a little comedy, etc. It’s obviously very well written because everything Sheridan does is, but it also has an incredible cast. It stars the incredible Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm, Ali Larter, and Demi Moore, among others.
The same goes for Hamm
Billy Bob Thornton was born to play this role, and he’s absolutely fantastic here. I’d be very surprised if he doesn’t get nominated for an Emmy for his performance. Not only is it very well written and acted, but it’s also very well filmed.
It looks like it’s here to stay, and I’m here to see it
Sheridan has a lot of great shows under her belt, and Landman is one of the best.