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Bobby (Drama / Completed)
BOBBY is a fictionalised account of various people whose lives intersect in the hours leading up to and including the assassination of Senator Robert. F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
The film is a journey of the heart that examines the relationships between men and women, between races and the social divisions that have clipped away the foundation of our humanity. We are given a glimpse into how life can be drastically changed in a moment in time, an indelible event in our nation's history. The characters are ordinary Americans who find themselves at the epicentre of one of the most important incidents of the 20th Century.
BOBBY is not a political story, though politics are certainly an undercurrent. It is not the story of Bobby Kennedy (seen solely in newsreel footage). Rather, it is the story of all of us.
BOBBY is seen through the eyes of twenty-two characters. The hope, excitement and notion that a change is in the air, which Kennedy ignited in us all, black and white, rich and poor, young and old was extinguished that evening in June. From young men in their late teens to early twenties, facing the possibility of shipping off to Vietnam, to the retired doorman of the Ambassador, who has greeted the likes of every U.S. President from FDR to Johnson. From the hotel staff to the guests whom occupy the suites, to the "Youth of Kennedy Volunteers", all ages and genders are represented in screenplay.
Writer / Director: Emilio Estevez
Producers: Edward Bass, Michel Litvak, Holly Wiersma
Executive Producers: Daniel Grodnik, Gary Michael Walters
Production Company: Bold Films
US Distributor: The Weinstein Company
"Emilio Estevez's "Bobby" is a passionate outcry for peace and justice in America that becomes deeply involving by the final climactic scene, overlaid with one of RFK's most stirring speeches..."
"Though its principle constituency is bound to be liberal audiences, the film can count on strong nonpartisan appeal thanks to one of the starriest casts in recent memory: Anthony Hopkins (also an executive producer), Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, Harry Belafonte, Laurence Fishburne, Lindsay Lohan, Martin Sheen, Helen Hunt, Christian Slater, William H. Macy, Elijah Wood and Estevez himself. Overseas box office should be particularly strong given cast and political slant."
"Stepping up as writer and director in a way he never has before, Estevez successfully pulls together a complexly designed narrative intertwining newsreel footage of RFK with mini-stories about 22 fictional characters. Each story reflects on the zeitgeist of the '60s, including its films and pop culture, racial and class tensions and the Vietnam War..."
"Michael Barrett's widescreen lensing embraces soft, muted period colors that blend in with production designer Patti Podesta's ingenious re-creation of the Ambassador Hotel, which was being torn down while filming was in progress. Almost the entire film is shot on Steadicam, a choice that updates its Grand Hotel narrative model with a documentary edge and allows it to melt into the well-chosen archive footage."
"Richard Chew's editing skill peaks in the film's dramatic finale, which switches back and forth in rapid shot/counter shot between Kennedy newsreels and the film's actors. The images are movingly overlaid with the senator's prescient speech, delivered after King's assassination, on ways to end violence in the world."
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