Bobby (2006)

Directed by

Emilio Estevez

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 428 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows various people in and around the Ambassador Hotel on the day Robert F. Kennedy is shot. It shows their stories and interactions in the hours before the assassination.

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What happens

Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Laurence Fishburne, Spencer Garrett, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Freddy Rodriguez, Heather Graham, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Elijah Wood, David Krumholtz and Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968, shooting of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his victory in the 1968 Democratic presidential primary in California. The film was produced by The Weinstein Company and Bold Films and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (through MGM Distribution Co.) and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2006 before being released theatrically on November 17, 2006. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $20.7 million against a $14 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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