Sommersby
Sommersby is a 1993 period romantic drama film directed by Jon Amiel from a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, adapted from the historical account of the 16th-century French peasant Martin Guerre. Based on the 1982 French film The Return of Martin Guerre, the film stars Richard Gere and Jodie Foster, with Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Clarice Taylor, Frankie Faison, and R. Lee Ermey in supporting roles. Set in the Reconstruction era, it depicts a farmer returning home from the American Civil War, with his wife beginning to suspect that he is an impostor while also falling in l
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6.4Set 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.
Released: 1993-02-05109 minDir: Jon AmielDrama, Thriller, Mystery, RomanceBudget: $30.0MBox office: $140M
Cast
- Jodie Foster as Laurel Sommersby
- Richard Gere as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
- Bill Pullman as Orin Meecham
- James Earl Jones as Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
- Lanny Flaherty as Buck
- William Windom as Reverend Powell
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Sommersby is a 1993 period romantic drama film directed by Jon Amiel from a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, adapted from the historical account of the 16th-century French peasant Martin Guerre. Based on the 1982 French film The Return of Martin Guerre, the film stars Richard Gere and Jodie Foster, with Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Clarice Taylor, Frankie Faison, and R. Lee Ermey in supporting roles. Set in the Reconstruction era, it depicts a farmer returning home from the American Civil War, with his wife beginning to suspect that he is an impostor while also falling in love with him.
Sommersby was released in the United States on February 5, 1993, by Warner Bros. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances and chemistry of its lead actors, as well as Danny Elfman's musical score, and was a box office success, grossing over $140 million worldwide on a budget of $30 million.
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