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Bobby
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6.4In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as John Casey
- William H. Macy as Paul Ebbers
- Harry Belafonte as Nelson
- Freddy Rodríguez as José Rojas
- Laurence Fishburne as Edward Robinson
- Heather Graham as Angela
Themes
- hotel
- politics
- marriage crisis
- senator
- los angeles, california
- xenophobia
- 1960s
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
43,129 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
47%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 25 nominations
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Emilio Estevez
- Written by
- Emilio Estevez
- Produced by
- Edward Bass Holly Wiersma Michel Litvak
- Starring
- See Cast
- Cinematography
- Michael Barrett
- Edited by
- Richard Chew
- Music by
- Mark Isham
- Production companies
- The Weinstein Company , Bold Films
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (through MGM Distribution Co. )
- Release dates
- September 14, 2006 ( 2006-09-14 ) ( TIFF ) November 17, 2006 ( 2006-11-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $14 million
- Box office
- $20.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 376793
- Official website
- www.bobby-the-movie.com
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-03-08
- title
- Bobby
- review score
- 54/100
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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.
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