John Robert "Jack" Sommersby
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Sommersby is a 1993 period romantic drama directed by Jon Amiel from a screenplay written by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, adapted from the historical account of the 16th century French peasant Martin Guerre.
Feb 5, 1993 · Sommersby: Directed by Jon Amiel. With Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Lanny Flaherty, Wendell Wellman. A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.
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- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Jon Amiel
- 1993-02-05
Oct 24, 2014 · Video Detective. 133K subscribers. 17. 7.2K views 9 years ago. Sommersby Trailer 1993 Director: Jon Amiel Starring: Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, William ...more.
A man returns to his home town after a lengthy absence spent fighting in the US Civil War. Although his apparent character transformation arouses his wife's and others'...
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- Jon Amiel
- PG-13
- Richard Gere
Feb 5, 1993 · 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.
Feb 5, 1993 · Roger Ebert criticizes the remake of "The Return of Martin Guerre" as a plot that does not work in the American Civil War setting. He finds the deception and romance unconvincing and the courtroom scene absurd.
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A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor. Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War.
