A Love Song for Bobby Long

2004
R
1h 59m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

27K

YOUR RATING

John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson in A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

Home Video Trailer from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Drama

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

Director
- Shainee Gabel
Writers
- Ronald Everett Capps
- Shainee Gabel
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

27K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Shainee Gabel
Writers
- Ronald Everett Capps
- Shainee Gabel
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations

Trivia
Writer/director Shainee Gabel adapted the screenplay from the previously unpublished novel "Off Magazine Street" by Ronald Everett Capps. Capps' son, Grayson Capps, appears in the film and contributed six songs to its soundtrack.

Goofs
In the beginning of the film Bobby has a slipper on his left foot. A couple of streets farther he has a slipper on his right foot.

Quotes
Bobby Long: Happiness makes up in height, what it lacks in length.

Connections
Featured in The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 (2005)

Soundtracks
Someday
Performed by Los Lobos
Written by David Hidalgo and Louie Perez (as Louis Perez)
Courtesy of Slash / Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Nice Little Movie

Just a nice little movie. I really did not dislike any of it. It was just nice. I thought the characters were nice and most importantly the movie did not make judgements on any of them, even though two of the main characters were alchoholics. The acting was good and I am surprised nobody got at least an Oscar nod.

I also liked the locale and the music. It is funny because when this movie was out, I had never heard of it. I don't think it got the publicity that normal John travolta movies get. I also thought it was sad and eerie seeing New Orleans locales before Hurricane Katrina. Anyway, good movie.