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A Love Song For Bobby Long

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R,1hr 59min

Genres:

Drama,Comedy

Released:

January 21, 2005

Director:

Shainee Gabel

Distributor:

Lions Gate Releasing

Starring:

John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht ...more

Synopsis: Bobby Long (John Travolta) is a washed up former literature professor with a voracious drinking habit. He lives in a rundown house in New Orleans with Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht of The Recruit), his former star pupil, also an alcoholic. Lawson is allegedly writing a novel about Bobby. Their depressive little corner of the world is disrupted when Lorraine, the beloved eccentric singer who owns their house, dies. Her teenage daughter, Pursy (Scarlett Johansson), who hasn't seen her mother in years, ... Full Synopsis

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	Josh Ralske, AMG Review Adapting a novel for the screen is a tricky process, and unfortunately it's clearly one that neophyte writer/director Shainee Gabel has not mastered. Early on in A Love Song for Bobby Long, the overly literary voice-over ramblings of Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht) ("New Orleans is a siren of a city") begin to grate. Later in the film, someone asks Bobby Long (John Travolta), "Does every word outta your ... Full Review

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	John Travolta Bobby Long Scarlett Johansson Purslane Hominy Will, Pursy, Pursy Will Gabriel Macht Lawson Pines Deborah Kara Unger Georgianna

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