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Encyclopedia > A Love Song for Bobby Long
A Love Song for Bobby Long

A Love Song for Bobby Long DVD cover
Directed by Shainee Gabel
Produced by David Lancaster
R. Paul Miller
Bob Yari
Written by Ronald Capps (novel, Off Magazine Street)
Shainee Gabel
Starring John Travolta
Scarlett Johansson
Gabriel Macht
Music by Nathan Larson
Cinematography Elliot Davis
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date(s) 29 December 2004
(LA & NYC)
January 21, 2006 (select cities)
Running time 119 min.
Country US
Language English
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A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 independent film based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps. It was directed and adapted for the screen by Shainee Gabel. It stars John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson and Gabriel Macht. Johansson's performance was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama. The film grossed $964,308 worldwide. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bob Yari (Born in 1962) is an American film producer. ... John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, singer, entertainer and aviator. ... Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. ... Gabriel Macht (born January 22, 1972) is an American actor. ... Nathan Larson (born 12 September 1970 in Maryland), composer and musician, formerly lead guitarist for the influential 90s band Shudder To Think, now award-winning maker of music for film and , most recently, founder of the band Hot One. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004. ... An independent film, or indie film, is usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. ... John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, singer, entertainer and aviator. ... Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. ... Gabriel Macht (born January 22, 1972) is an American actor. ... The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. ...


Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Purslane Will (Johansson), a girl in her late teens, returns to her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana after the death of her mother. Expecting to find her mother's house empty, she is surprised to encounter two men who were still living there, Bobby Long (Travolta), a retired English professor, and his protege, Lawson Pines (Macht). They are forced to live together, and as time goes by, they realize how connected their lives really are. Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ...

Spoilers end here.

Cast

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, singer, entertainer and aviator. ... Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress. ... Gabriel Macht (born January 22, 1972) is an American actor. ... Deborah Kara Unger (born May 12, 1966 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actress. ...

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Emanuel Levy : Review - A Love Song for Bobby Long (1360 words)
Love Song is the kind of film in which revelations are made and secrets undisclosed.
An emotionally stirring melodrama, Love Song is a labor of love for writer-director Gable, a documentarian who co-directed the cross-country odyssey Anthem, and spent five years on developing and securing funds for Love Song.
Love Song can be faulted for wanting to have it both ways: At once a critique of the bourgeois family and a restoration of that family.
A Love Song for Bobby Long (1195 words)
While Bobby was once a well know author and sought after professor but now he is a shell of a man reduced by lethargy and alcohol to a disheveled creature in a tattered bathrobe.
Bobby and Lawson sit around the house in haze of tobacco smoke and booze quoting lines from the literary giants of the twentieth century, devoid of any direction, any sense of purpose.
Long and Pursy are both so strong willed and set in their ways that only a person like Lawson who is so unsure of his own life could possibly mediate between them, his need to please both forms the bridge to bring them together.
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