A Love Song for Bobby Long

A Love Song for Bobby Long
by Shainee Gabel

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Actor: Dane Rhodes, Deborah Kara Unger, Gabriel Macht, John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Shainee Gabel
Brand: TRAVOLTA,JOHN
Writer: Shainee Gabel
Producer: Anson Downes
Producer: Bob Yari
Producer: Brad Krevoy
Producer: Chad Marting
Producer: David Lancaster
Writer: Ronald Everett Capps
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Portuguese (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of A Love Song for Bobby Long

DVD Review: A Quiet Achiever
Summary: 5 Stars

The Film is subtle and moving. The portrayal of the lives the characters posed against the city, New Orleans is beautiful. The film is well acted,well directed, well written and has a awesome soundtrack. One of my favorites by far. I am especially pleased with the acting of Gabriel Macht (Lawson Pines) amongst the expertise and grandeur of John and Scarlet.

DVD Review: Definitely in my Top 10
Summary: 5 Stars

I'm going to keep it short. This moving is amazing. One of the rare films that keeps your eyes locked to the screen. The writing, acting, sceneary, and soundtrack was amazing. One of the best Dramedys ever (Drama + Comedy Usually movies that lean more near drama but have their share of comedy)

DVD Review: Gets better on each viewing
Summary: 5 Stars

Every so often I get the urge to revisit this movie. And I am never disappointed. It gets better and more layered each time I see it.

If Sal Paradise returned to NOLA, he would feel at home with these people.

DVD Review: Great John Travolta Work
Summary: 5 Stars

All the actors in this movie do a wonderful job of protraying the lives of the southerners they portray. It is a beautiful story to be enjoyed by both men and women. It is not just a "chick" flick. My husband has enjoyed it as much as me. We have watched it many times.

DVD Review: A love song of life
Summary: 5 Stars

This was one of the most spellbinding movies I've seen in a very long time. You are watching art come alive and you cannot look away. The words that are spoken, and the words that are not, the characters, the setting. It is a masterpiece of perfection in human tragedy and triumph and it is one of the small beautiful cinema jewels that I will keep in my memory always. Thank you for this story.

Description of A Love Song for Bobby Long

Upon hearing of her mother's death, teenaged Pursy returns to her hometown to live in her mother's home, confronting her past. She is shocked to find two of her mother's friends, an alcoholic former professor and his young prot?eg?e, already inhabiting the house.e house.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-JUN-2006
Media Type: DVD

A misfit drama in the grand Southern (by way of Hollywood) tradition, A Love Song for Bobby Long takes its cue from Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Re-establishing his indie-cred, John Travolta adds Bobby Long to his gallery of colorful characters. Hobbled by an infected toe, the 50-something Bobby is a white-haired, unshaven, vodka-soaked mess. But he's also a former English professor, and the piles of books in his ramshackle house, and the authors he drunkenly quotes give him a wounded dignity. Just how wounded will be revealed over the course of this atmospheric tale of redemption and penance. Bobby lives with Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht), his former teaching assistant who is writing a book about his mentor, a project deferred by drinking, sitting around with the locals, or engaging in quotation oneupsmanship. Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, Ghost World) holds her own against Travolta ("You are such a shameless ham," she chastises the loquacious Bobby) as Pursy, the estranged daughter of Lorraine, a recently deceased singer-songwriter in whose house Bobby and Lawson reside. A battle of wills between the two men and the headstrong young girl gives way to the formation of a tentative family unit. Pursy agrees to return to high school if Bobby and Lawson quit drinking. There will be the expected revelations, recriminations, and dramatic confrontations, but what makes this Love Songresonate are the performances by a cast that rarely hits a false note. --Donald Liebenson

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