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Sommersby
She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.
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 herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
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Synopsis
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 herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
More about Sommersby
Cast
Jodie FosterLaurel Sommersby
Richard GereJohn Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Bill PullmanOrin Meecham
James Earl JonesJudge Barry Conrad Issacs
Lanny FlahertyBuck
William WindomReverend PowellCredits
- Directed by
- Jon Amiel
- Written by
- Sarah Kernochan
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $140.1M
Production
Regency EnterprisesUnited States- Alcor FilmsUnited States
Le Studio Canal+France
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