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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Cast
23 people
Jodie Foster
Laurel Sommersby
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Richard Gere
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
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Bill Pullman
Orin Meecham
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Wendell Wellman
Travis
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Brett Kelley
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Esther
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Frankie Faison
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R. Lee Ermey
Dick Mead
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Jon Amiel Director · Sarah Kernochan Screenplay Nicholas Meyer Author
Worldwide gross $140M · Budget $30M · United States release February 5, 1993
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$140,081,992
Gross vs. budget
4.7×
Production
Regency Enterprises
Production
Alcor Films
Production
Le Studio Canal+
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New Regency Productions
Studio · Production
France · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Finland · February 5, 1993
TV
United States · February 5, 1993
Theatrical
Czechia
September 2, 1993 · Theatrical
Germany
March 18, 1993 · Theatrical
Italy
March 12, 1993 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 29, 1993 · Theatrical
February 23, 2000 · Physical · DVD
August 10, 2002 · TV · Net 5
Portugal
May 7, 1993 · Theatrical
Slovakia
December 25, 1999 · TV · LUNA
November 27, 2011 · TV · DOMA
April 9, 2012 · TV · RTVS Jednotka
November 3, 2024 · TV · STVR Jednotka
Sweden
February 5, 1993 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 23, 1993 · Theatrical
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