Bobby (2006)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Emilio Estevez

Writer (WGA):

Emilio Estevez (written by)

Release Date:

23 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

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.

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.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Campaign | 1968 | Friend | 1960s

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Harry Belafonte	...	Nelson
Joy Bryant	...	Patricia
Nick Cannon	...	Dwayne
Emilio Estevez	...	Tim Fallon
Laurence Fishburne	...	Edward Robinson
Brian Geraghty	...	Jimmy
Heather Graham	...	Angela
Anthony Hopkins	...	John Casey
Helen Hunt	...	Samantha
Joshua Jackson	...	Wade Buckley
David Krumholtz	...	Agent Phil
Ashton Kutcher	...	Fisher
Shia LaBeouf	...	Cooper
Lindsay Lohan	...	Diane
William H. Macy	...	Paul Ebbers

Also Known As:

El día que mataron a Kennedy (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Бобби (Russia) [ru]
Bobby (Spain) [es]
Bobby (Canada: French title) [fr]
Bobby (Greece) [el]
Bobby (Italy) [it]
Bobby (Denmark) [da]
Bobby (Brazil) [pt]
Bobby - Die Ermordung von Robert F. Kennedy (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Bobby - Sie alle hatten einen Traum (Germany) [de]
Bobby Kennedy (Netherlands) (DVD box title) [nl]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, drug content and a scene of violence.

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

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | 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

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivia:

Helen Hunt received her script for her role the day before filming began.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Two college students and a waitress debate whether Anne Bancroft used a "body double" for a topless scene in The Graduate. In 1968, no one outside the film industry would have ever heard of this term which did not become widely-used by the public for at least ten or fifteen years, by which time such stand-ins had became common.

Quotes:

John Casey: When you make a move out of stress or anger, it always ends in catastrophe.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "History in Focus: Bobby" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Anji

very worth seeing

"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.