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A Love Song For Bobby Long
« on: May 18th, 2005, 4:54pm » |
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We viewed this on DVD a few nights ago. Not great
but entertaining as in being a different kind of story.
As usual John Travolta played his part very well
and added another character to his Resume'.
John Travolta - Bobby Long
Scarlett Johansson - Pursy Will
Scarlett Johansson - Pursy
Scarlett Johansson - Purslane Hominy Will
Gabriel Macht - Lawson Pines
Deborah Kara Unger - Georgianna
Dane Rhodes - Cecil
Leanne Cochran - Streetcar Girl
Earl Maddox - Man #2
Gina "Ginger" Bernal - Waitress
Warren Blosjo - Sean
Clayne Crawford - Lee
William H. Barnett - Old Man #2
Patrick McCullough - Streetcar Boy
John Travolta
Bernard Johnson - Tiny
Gabriel Macht
Nick Loren - Merchant
Steven Maye - Man #3
Walter Breaux - Ray
Sonny Shroyer - Earl
Carol Sutton - Ruthie
Don Brady - Old Man
Dave Jensen - Junior
Deborah Kara Unger
Scarlett Johansson
Douglas M. Griffin - Man #1
Category
Drama : Melodrama
Awards
2004 - Nominee - Golden Globe Best Actress - Drama Scarlett Johansson
Bobby Long (John Travolta) is a washed up former literature professor with a voracious drinking habit. He lives in a rundown house in New Orleans with Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht of The Recruit), his former star pupil, also an alcoholic. Lawson is allegedly writing a novel about Bobby. Their depressive little corner of the world is disrupted when Lorraine, the beloved eccentric singer who owns their house, dies. Her teenage daughter, Pursy (Scarlett Johansson), who hasn't seen her mother in years, arrives in town too late for the funeral, and crashes at the house. Afraid of being thrown out on the street, Bobby convinces Lawson to tell Pursy that the house has been left to all three of them. Pursy, having little else to do, decides to move in, and starts cleaning up the place, making it her own. Lawson is involved with Georgianna (Deborah Kara Unger), who works at the local bar, but he quickly develops a crush on the comely Pursy. The cantankerous Bobby seems determined to drive the girl away. As Pursy settles into the diverse little community, all of Lorraine's old friends tell her how much she looks like her mother, and she begins to uncover some startling truths about her family history. A Love Song for Bobby Long is based on the novel Off Magazine Street, by Ronald Everett Capps.
It was adapted for the screen and directed by Shainee Gabel, who co-directed the documentary Anthem. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
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