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Sommersby (1993)

PG-13 02/05/1993 Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance 1h 49m
63%
User
Score
6.3/10
63%
66/100

She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.

Overview

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.

Jon Amiel

Director

Sarah Kernochan

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

Laurel Sommersby

Richard Gere

Richard Gere

John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Orin Meecham

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Judge Barry Conrad Issacs

Lanny Flaherty

Lanny Flaherty

Buck

William Windom

William Windom

Reverend Powell

Wendell Wellman

Wendell Wellman

Travis

Brett Kelley

Brett Kelley

Little Rob

Clarice Taylor

Clarice Taylor

Esther

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Media

Sommersby - Trailer

Sommersby - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on April 14, 2019

You and this child are in danger of spending eternity in everlasting damnation!

Directed by Jon Amiel, Sommersby is adapted from the historical account of 16th Century French peasant Martin Guerre. It was previously filmed as The Return of Martin Guerre in 1982. It stars Richard Gere, Jodie Foster and Bill Pullman. Music is by Danny Elfman and cinematography by Philippe Rousselot.

In simple terms the film is about a man (Jack Sommersby) who went off to war and was presumed dead by his wife (Laurel) and the village folk of the village where he lived. Some 9 years later he returns a changed man, back in the marital bed and a hero to the village. But then questions start to crop up and it becomes a possibility that this man may not after all be who he claims to be. Sounds bizarre for...

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