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Sommersby (1993)
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Synopsis
This Americanized remake of the French classic
The Return of Martin Guerre
(1982) transports the story's setting from the 16th century Gallic countryside to 19th century Tennessee at the conclusion of the U.S. Civil War.
Richard Gere
stars as Jack Sommersby, a wealthy landowner who returns to his small cotton farming town of Vine Hill three years after the Civil War's end. The defeated Confederate soldier is ready to resume his past life with his young wife Laurel (
Jodie Foster
). Thinking her husband long dead, however, Laurel has become engaged to Orin Meecham (
Bill Pullman
), an arrangement she quickly calls off, enraging and embittering Orin. Soon it becomes evident that his experiences have changed Jack thoroughly. A callous and cruel man widely feared before the war, he is now charming and sensitive, offering financial opportunities to an ex-slave and caring for Laurel and his young son. Jack even persuades the town's citizenry that he can rescue their fortunes by pooling resources and switching Vine Hill's chief crop from cotton to tobacco. Jack's scheme works, but Orin becomes increasingly convinced that Jack is in fact an impostor masquerading as the wealthy Sommersby, a suspicion that the smitten and quickly pregnant Laurel secretly shares. When Jack is arrested and charged with a murder he drunkenly committed years before, the court trial leads to some startling revelations about the past. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Cast
Maury Chaykin
Lawyer Dawson
Frankie R. Faison
Joseph
Lanny Flaherty
Buck
Richard Gere
Jack
Richard Hamilton
Doc Evans
James Earl Jones
Judge Issacs
Stan Kelly
John Green
Richard Lineback
Timothy Fry
Bill Pullman
Orin Meecham
Clarice Taylor
Esther
Wendell Wellman
Travis
William Windom
Reverend Powell
R. Lee Ermey
Dick Mead
Jodie Foster
Laurel
Dean Whitworth
Tom Clemmons
Brett Kelley
Little Rob
Production Crew
Philippe Rousselot
Cinematographer
Mary McLaglen
Co-producer
Danny Elfman
Composer (Music Score)
Marilyn Vance
Costume Designer
Jon Amiel
Director
Peter Boyle
Editor
Maggie Wilde
Executive Producer
Richard Gere
Executive Producer
Josh McLaglen
First Assistant Director
Jean-Luc Russier
Makeup
Peter Robb-King
Makeup
Arnon Milchan
Producer
Steven E. Reuther
Producer
Bruno Rubeo
Production Designer
P. Michael Johnston
Production Designer
Bob Beemer
Re-Recording Mixer
Anthony Shaffer
Screenwriter
Charles Mitchell
Screenwriter
Nicholas Meyer
Screenwriter
Sarah Kernochan
Screenwriter
Marco Rubeo
Set Designer
Michael Seirton
Set Designer
Greg Hull
Special Effects
Year: 1993
Runtime: 114
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for sensuality
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Romance
Color type
Duart
Technicolor prints
Sound
Dolby stereo
Produced by
Warner Brothers
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