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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.
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...
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Feb 5, 1993 · Sommersby. "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.
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.
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.
Feb 5, 1993 · 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.
