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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.
- $30 million
- Danny Elfman
- February 5, 1993
- Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther
Feb 5, 1993 · A farmer returns from the Civil War, but his wife suspects he is an impostor. Based on a true story of Martin Guerre, this movie stars Richard Gere and Jodie Foster in a romance and mystery.
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Sommersby is a remake of The Return of Martin Guerre, about a man who returns to his wife after the Civil War and faces suspicion and danger. The film has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, but features a romantic pairing of Foster and Gere.
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- Jon Amiel
- PG-13
- Richard Gere
Feb 5, 1993 · A medieval European story of a deception and a romance is updated to the American Civil War, but the plot is implausible and the courtroom scenes are melodramatic. Roger Ebert criticizes the film for its failure to believability and its excessive plot twists.
Sommersby. 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' suspicions, everyone is delighted when his tobacco-growing scheme is profitable for the whole town.
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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.
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