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Bobby (2006) -- The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and 22 people in the hotel whose lives were never the same.
Bobby (2006) -- In this Emilio Estevez biography video, Emilio, of the Brat Pack, reflects on writing the Golden Globe nominated ?Bobby?. Emilio feels a personal connection to this movie, as he was staying in the same hotel as Bobby Kennedy, when Bobby was shot.
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Overview

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Director:
Emilio Estevez
Writer (WGA):
Emilio Estevez (written by)
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Release Date:
23 November 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
He saw wrong and tried to right it. He saw suffering and tried to heal it. He saw war and tried to stop it. more
Plot:
The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and 22 people in the hotel whose lives were never the same. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations more
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(69 articles)
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User Comments:
very worth seeing more (265 total)

Cast

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Harry Belafonte ... Nelson

Joy Bryant ... Patricia

Nick Cannon ... Dwayne

Emilio Estevez ... Tim

Laurence Fishburne ... Edward

Brian Geraghty ... Jimmy

Heather Graham ... Angela

Anthony Hopkins ... John

Helen Hunt ... Samantha

Joshua Jackson ... Wade

David Krumholtz ... Agent Phil

Ashton Kutcher ... Fisher

Shia LaBeouf ... Cooper

Lindsay Lohan ... Diane

William H. Macy ... Paul
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, drug content and a scene of violence.
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Runtime:
120 min | Italy:112 min (Venice Film Festival) | Canada:112 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Germany:12 | USA:R (certificate #43067) | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:7 | Brazil:14
Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Weinstein Company, The more

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Trivia:
The scene of Sharon Stone's character cutting her husband's hair (played by William H. Macy) was not in the script. Stone was to pantomime cutting the hair, but she actually snipped his hair. Macy's visibly tense reaction to the haircut was real. more
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Factual errors: The credits include the closing speech detailing the speech as "Robert F. Kennedy's speech, 'On The Mindless Menace of Violence.' The credits say it was delivered in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 5, 1968. This is incorrect; Robert Kennedy gave a speech on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death in Indianapolis on the previous day but gave the speech presented on the recording at the City Club of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. more
Quotes:
Edward Robinson: White folks ain't trying to keep you down. White folks just don't like to be pushed into a corner. They'll come around. You just got to make it look like it was their idea, like they're the ones that thought of it. They need to feel like they're the great emancipators. Like it was theirs to give in the first place. Let'em have it. I mean, if that's all it takes, let them have it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "History in Focus: Bobby" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
I Was Made to Love Her more

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49 out of 78 people found the following comment useful.
very worth seeing, 27 November 2006
10/10
Author: alansaxon from United States

"Bobby" brings you back (if you were ever there) to the 60s, when those who protested the Vietnam War and racial injustice were motivated from their heart and torn by anger and grief in their efforts to change both. Yes the ensemble characters in the film are quite ordinary and their (sometimes) tawdry or pathetic shortcomings all too obvious and easy to sneer at, yet who could not recognize themselves in one or more of these vignettes. Robert Kennedy's assassination was felt by those who cared about him or his mission to the presidency as a deep wound to our own vision of a more compassionate and just America. The pettiness and simplicity of the characters in this movie are expertly directed to reveal our own pettiness and let us identify with them, if not consciously, then unconsciously. Remember, the top Hollywood actors in this movie were paid basic union scale (virtually free for them) so this was made for love. Our own little soap operas are put into such deep perspective that when he is killed, so were we, or at least the film lets you feel that. You find yourself loving this man, Robert Kennedy, for what he stood for and what he said during his candidacy, which is brilliantly threaded throughout the movie in his own words. The humanity you discover in him is of course your own humanity and isn't it refreshing to cry for yourself and your lost dreams as you cry for his.

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