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John "Jack" Sommersby left his farm to fight in the American Civil War and is presumed dead after six years. Despite the hardship of working their farm in Vine Hill, Tennessee, his apparent widow Laurel is content in his absence, because Jack was an unpleasant and abusive husband.
- $30 million
- Danny Elfman
- February 5, 1993
- Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther
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.
- Jon Amiel
- 2 min
Sommersby (1993) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more... After being away for six years fighting in the Civil War, John Sommersby - Jack in more familiar circumstances - returns to his home of Vine Hill, Tennessee, much to the surprise of his wife, Laurel Sommersby, for several reasons including that she had not heard from him over all that time assuming that he was probably dead.
Jan 26, 2021 · Jack Sommersby: “Starved. Froze. Like everybody else.” Jack Sommersby, on why he and Laurel married: “Couldn’t have been love, could it?” Laurel: “Could’ve been. If you’d been the least little bit kinder.” Jack Sommersby: “You’ve got a very beautiful smile, Mrs. Sommersby. Hope to see a whole lot more of it.”
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Feb 5, 1993 · "Sommersby" is a square peg pounded into a round hole - or, more exactly, a medieval European story that has been unsuccessfully updated to the period of the American Civil War. The plot hinges on a deception that was just barely believable when set at the time of the Hundred Years' War, where it could play off the superstition that a man might be transformed by war. In its present version is ...
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. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel ...
Feb 21, 1993 · The plot, after all, revolves around whether Mr. Gere is a Civil War veteran named Jack Sommersby or a clever imposter returned from six years of war to claim Sommersby's house, land and wife.
