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Genres:
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Drama
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Director:
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Emilio Estevez
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Actors:
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Ashton Kutcher,
Harry Belafonte,
Joy Bryant,
Nick Cannon,
Emilio Estevez,
Laurence Fishburne,
Brian Geraghty,
Heather Graham,
Anthony Hopkins,
Helen Hunt,
Joshua Jackson,
David Krumholtz,
Shia LaBeouf,
Lindsay Lohan,
William H. Macy
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Duration:
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117 min.
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Rating:
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(7.2/10)103
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Plot Summary:
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Bobby, written and directed by Emilio Estevez, revisits the continuously Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968. With an incredible totality delegate portraying fictionalized characters from a rood-section of America, the film follows 22 individuals who are all at the hotel to bizarre purposes but interest the low-class thread of anticipating Kennedy's advent at the primary election night party, which would change their lives forever. This historic Stygian is set against the backdrop of the cultural issues gripping the countryside at the time, incl... uding racism, sexual unevenness and genre differences.
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Bobby
An appalling soap opera using the backdrop of Bobby Kennedy's assassination in a hotel as the pretexct for the corniest melodrama that I can remember.
Bobby
Deborah YoungViewing the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy through the eyes of guests and staff in the hotel where the senator was shot on June 5, 1968, Emilio Estevez's Bobby is a passionate outcry for peace and justice in America that becomes deeply involving by the final climactic scene, overlaid with one of RFK's most stirring speeches. A warm reception at Venice, followed by a Gala bow in Toronto are well timed to put the picture in the spotlight during the serious-minded fall (and election) season, taking the same route George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck took to galvanize a following.
Though its principal constituency is bound to be liberal audiences, the film can count on strong nonpartisan appeal thanks to one of the starriest casts in recent memory: ...
Moving tribute
I found this one of the most moving cinema experiences of my life. Admittedly I am a bit of a Kennedy-phile, but I think that it's crucial to remember in today's world that sometimes politicians can be figures of inspiration. Especially poignant in the light of the recent Virginia shootings, and one of the all time great songs in the soundtrack- the Sound of Silence.
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