Sommersby
Added 9/12/2009
I had been looking for this movie on DVD for a long time. I am thrilled to get it and love the movie. {I even think it is better than the classic "Gone With The Wind".}
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Worthwhile
Added 1/30/2009
This movie is a touching Civil War story that will capture your attention and keep you interested throughout the entire movie.
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great love story
Added 12/21/2008
This is one of my favorite movies. Richard Gere is so sexy in this movie!
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Gere & Foster in a film for romantics only
Added 7/31/2008
Actor/producer Richard Gere seems to have a habit of translating successful French films into vehicles for himself. Some are successful, some are not (Intersection)--this film is probably one of his best. Based on the film, "The Return of Martin Guerre", which was also made into a Broadway musical, the story is about an Civil war vet who returns home after many years and resurrects his romance with his wife (Foster) who suspects he may not be who he really is, since before the war their relationship was at a stalemate. Also she was being courted by a long time suitor (Bill Pullman) who is warily suspicious of him being who he is. In the interim though he attempts to re-build the broken town by persuading the townspeople to plant tobacco rather than cotton. Of course, there is a plot reversal in the story which challenges his identity and integrity to the limit. I won't go too much into detail on this point but Gere & Foster deliver graceful performances as the ill-fated couple and Bill Pullman etches more than a portrayal of a villain but a man who drawn to extremes in his quest for the love of Laurel (Foster). This film was approriately released during Valentine's Day and if you're a romantic at heart--you will be entralled by this film. If you're cynic at heart, then stay away. This film is a worthy translation of the celebrated French film.
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It will leave you wondering who Sommersby is indeed!!
Added 5/28/2008
Sommersby
Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, Jack Sommersby (Richard Gere) returns, after about six years, to the town of Vine Hill, Tennessee, to find his plantation and house devastated by the ravages of war. Additionally, he encounters his beautiful wife Lauren Sommersby (Jodie Foster), who is actually engaged to another fellow. Sommersby returns as a completely different, loving, working, and caring person, and makes everyone believe he is back. In fact, his romantic relationship with Lauren achieves its most sublime point. He convinces the town to grow tobacco to get out of the wreckage and devastation and is quite successful at that. He even sells pieces of land to dark people to work with.
Everything seems fine until the moment that he is arrested and sent to trail for supposedly killing a man. At this precise moment, his identity is utterly challenged. He is hypothetically not Jack Sommersby, but some other murderer called Townsend. Judie Foster does a superb job at trying to convince the Judge and the Jury that he is not in fact her husband giving away even intimate details. However, Jack himself does the contrary since for him his love for his children and wife and the honor involved are more important than life itself.
I am not about to convey the end of the story. I will only say that this is a great DVD to watch and will leave you wondering who is Jack Sommersby indeed.
By the way, the performances of Richard Gere and Judie Foster are both outstanding, and this is a DVD that you will never forget until the end of your life!
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Sommersby
Added 9/12/2009
I had been looking for this movie on DVD for a long time. I am thrilled to get it and love the movie. {I even think it is better than the classic "Gone With The Wind".}
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Worthwhile
Added 1/30/2009
This movie is a touching Civil War story that will capture your attention and keep you interested throughout the entire movie.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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great love story
Added 12/21/2008
This is one of my favorite movies. Richard Gere is so sexy in this movie!
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