A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

Directed by

Shainee Gabel

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 433 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman returns to New Orleans after her mother's death. She moves into her mother's house and finds two alcoholic men living there. The three of them form an unlikely bond as they deal with their pasts.

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What happens

A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 American psychological drama film directed and written by Shainee Gabel, based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps. It stars John Travolta as the title character, an aging alcoholic, and Scarlett Johansson as a headstrong young woman who returns to New Orleans, Louisiana after her estranged mother's death. The film had its world premiere at the 61st Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2004. It began a limited release in the United States on December 29, 2004, followed by a wide release on January 21, 2005, by Lions Gate Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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