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Bobby
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Bobby is an American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, set in a hotel in Los Angeles, California, and centred on the characters Robert F. Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy and Sirhan Sirhan. It stars Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez and Laurence Fishburne, with cinematography by Michael Barrett, editing by Richard Chew, and a score by Mark Isham. It was produced by Ed Bass and executive produced by Anthony Hopkins, for The Weinstein Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Released in 2006, the film was distributed by The Weinstein Company and Netflix in video on demand format. It is in Spanish and English, and runs 120 minutes.
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Film · TMDB
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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Emilio Estevez
- Screenwriter
- Emilio Estevez
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Producer
- Ed Bass
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Michael Barrett
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 376793
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.bobby-the-movie.com
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- publication date
- 2007-03-08
- title
- Bobby
- film editor
- Richard Chew
- executive producer
- Anthony Hopkins
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 54/100
- characters
- Sirhan Sirhan
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Plot
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