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There's nothing definitive....

posted 12 years ago by Temiken
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to say that he is the imposter.

Although they allude to and leave open the possibility that he's NOT Sommersby, I still want to believe.

They beat us over the head with the long story about how the best thing that happened to Horace was that he looked like Jack Summersby, but I think it comes down to a choice for the viewer.

Personally, I want it to have been Jack Summersby all along. I want to believe a man change change and become the ideal that he strives for.

When I reflect back on this movie (and it's really underrated (that's just an appraisal), I will always believe from start to finish, we only see Jack Summersby on screen.

It just makes me happier that way.

[–] eliz7212-1 12 years ago

Remember the shoe molds??? Even the blacksmith (or whatever he was called) knew immediately that this was NOT Sommersby.

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[–] sholck-391-169889 10 years ago

"I will not be Horrace Townsend again".

The whole point of the movie is that he would rather die as S than live as H, and thereby destroy all they had done and end in prison.

That is my take.