A Love Song for Bobby Long

A Love Song for Bobby Long (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
120 min + 71 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Shainee Gabel

Written By:
Ronald Everett Capps
Shainee Gabel

Actors:
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
Bernard Johnson ..... Tiny
Gina 'Ginger' Bernal ..... Waitress
Douglas M. Griffin ..... Man #1
Earl Maddox ..... Man #2

Synopsis:

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.

In the first feature directed by Shainee Gabel, John Travolta delivers a hammed-up scenery-chewing variation of the brainy good ole boy he played in 'Primary Colors.' The story of a down-at-the-heels former star professor of literature and his protégé rotting in the New Orleans house bequeathed to them by a legendary folk-blues singer and their partial redemption when the singer's alienated daughter who comes to live with them, dawdles along aimlessly for two hours before coming up with a final revelation that is no surprise. The movie's hokey solemnity suggests 'The Mundane Secrets of the Ya-Ya Brotherhood' or 'The Notebook Goes to the Big Easy.'

In Florida, the teenager Purslane Hominy Will is lately informed by her mate that her mother passed away. She returns to her hometown, New Orleans, for the funeral and decided to live in her mother's house. However, she finds that the completely decayed house has two drunken dwellers: the former English professor Bobby Long and his former assistant Lawson Pines, who has unsuccessfully been trying to write a book about the life of Bobby Long for nine years. She decides to share the place living together with them and after their initial difficult relationship, they disclose deep secrets and improve their lives.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 22 December, 2011.

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