A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

Director:

Shainee Gabel

Writers:

Ronald Everett Capps (novel), Shainee Gabel (screenplay)

Stars:

John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Travolta	...	Bobby Long
Scarlett Johansson	...	Pursy Will
Gabriel Macht	...	Lawson Pines
Deborah Kara Unger	...	Georgianna
Dane Rhodes	...	Cecil
David Jensen	...	Junior
Clayne Crawford	...	Lee
Sonny Shroyer	...	Earl
Carol Sutton	...	Ruthie
Walter Breaux	...	Ray
Warren Kole	...	Sean (as Warren Blosjo)
Bernard Johnson	...	Tiny
Gina 'Ginger' Bernal	...	Waitress
Douglas M. Griffin	...	Man #1 (as Douglas Griffin)
Earl Maddox	...	Man #2

Storyline

Upon hearing of her mother's death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. Expecting to find her late mother's house abandoned, Pursy is shocked to discover that it is inhabited by two of her mother's friends: Bobby Long, a former literature professor, and his young protégé, Lawson Pines. These broken men, whose lives took a wrong turn years before, have been firmly rooted in the dilapidated house for years, encouraged only by Lawson's faltering ambitions to write a novel about Bobby Long's life. Having no intention of leaving, Pursy, Bobby Long and Lawson are all forced to live together. Yet as time passes, their tenuous, makeshift arrangement unearths a series of buried personal secrets that challenges their bonds, and reveals just how inextricably their lives are intertwined.

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Plot Keywords:

professor | book | funeral | reference to t.s. eliot | camera | 

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Taglines:

The heart is a lonely hunter.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language including some sexual references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bobby Long

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$28,243 (USA) (31 December 2004)

Gross:

$159,171 (USA) (11 February 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films, Destination Films, El Camino Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writer/director Shainee Gabel adapted the screenplay from the previously unpublished novel "Off Magazine Street" by Ronald Everett Capps. Capps' son, Grayson Capps, appears in the film and contributed six songs to its soundtrack.

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Goofs

In the beginning of the film Bobby has a slipper on his left foot. A couple of streets farther he has a slipper on his right foot.

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Quotes

Bobby Long: We cannot tear out a single page of our lives, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.
Lawson Pines: George Sand.
Bobby Long: Now I thought that would be a hard one.

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Connections

References Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

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Soundtracks

"I See You"
Performed by Grayson Capps
Written by Grayson Capps
By Arrangement with AAM Inc.

User Reviews

Blows away!

when i first read the plot for this movie i was a bit sceptical, John Travolta and Scarlet Johansson in a movie together? Hmmm... Is this going to be another Lost in Translation? Considering the awesome acting between Bill and Scarlet i at first hand thought that A love song for bobby long would be a bad copy of it. One the other hand i'we never seen Scarlet make a bad flick...

As soon as i started watching it i could not take my eyes of the TV... I have to say this movies is one of 2005 best movies by far. This is NOT a bad copy of (LIT) this is if not better at least as good as it! The script is awesome and the acting MINDBLOWING!

If you still haven't watch it get of your ass and GET IT! This movie will take your mind peace for 1h and 59m!