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Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring an ensemble cast. 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 win of the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primary in California.
The film recreates the ambiance of the era and invokes the hopes inspired by Kennedy through the use of actual broadcast and newsfilm footage of the senator intercut with dramatic sequences involving mostly fictional characters. It uses an ensemble plot device similar to that employed in the 1932 film Grand Hotel, and by Robert Altman in Nashville.
The characters include John Casey, a retired hotel doorman who spends his days playing chess with his friend Nelson in the lobby; Diane, who is marrying her friend William with the hope his marital status will have him deployed to a military base in Germany rather than the battlefields of Vietnam when his tour of duty begins; Virginia Fallon, an alcoholic singer whose career is on the downswing, her put-upon husband/manager Tim, and her agent Phil; Miriam Ebbers, a beautician who works in the hotel salon, and her husband Paul, the hotel manager, who is having an affair with switchboard operator Angela; food and beverage manager Daryl Timmons, whose racist attitude gets him fired; African American sous chef Edward Robinson and Mexican American busboys José and Miguel; hotel coffee shop waitress Susan; Jimmy and Cooper, campaign volunteers who are sidetracked by an acid trip they take with the help of drug dealer Fisher; married socialites and campaign donors Samantha and Jack; campaign manager Wade and staffer Dwayne, who is in a love interest with Angela's colleague, Patricia; and Czechoslovak reporter Lenka Janáčková, who is determined to get an interview with Kennedy.
Actors: Kim Bodnia (actor), Kristoffer Joner (actor), Jeppe Beck Laursen (actor), Vegar Hoel (actor), Stig Frode Henriksen (actor), Kyrre Hellum (actor), Terje Stroemstad (producer), Kjetil Omberg (producer), Ivar Lykke (actor), Leon Bashir (actor), Nell Knudsen (costume designer), Leon Bashir (writer), Zahid Ali (actor), Martin Stoltz (editor), Roy Anderson (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Hal Holbrook (actor), Lance Henriksen (actor), Samantha Mathis (actress), Robert Englund (actor), Brandon Baker (producer), Robert Patrick (actor), Kathy Baker (actress), Mika Boorem (actress), Skye McCole Bartusiak (actress), Christian Kane (actor), Joe Flanigan (actor), Thomas R. Rondinella (producer), Richard Brake (actor), James Madison (producer), Michael Belveduto (actor),
Genres: Crime, Thriller,Actors: Bjørn Sundquist (actor), Kim Bodnia (actor), Kristoffer Joner (actor), Harald Zwart (producer), Jeppe Beck Laursen (actor), Tommy Wirkola (actor), Vegar Hoel (actor), Stig Frode Henriksen (actor), Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen (actor), Kyrre Hellum (actor), Geir Børresen (actor), Kjetil Omberg (producer), Terje Stroemstad (producer), Jannicke Stendal Hansen (actor), Anderz Eide (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy,Actors: Lawrence Shragge (composer), Lynn M. van Kuilenburg (miscellaneous crew), Lauren Holly (actress), Michael O. Gallant (producer), John Frick (miscellaneous crew), Ryan R. Johnson (producer), M. Emmet Walsh (actor), Ray Liotta (actor), Keith David (actor), Michael O'Keefe (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Ryan R. Johnson (actor), Geoffrey Gould (actor), Kevin Gage (actor), Kathy McHugh (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Family, Sport,Actors: Jenn Gotzon (actress), Catherine Cobb (miscellaneous crew), Phil Crowley (actor), Sylvia Wildfire (miscellaneous crew), Steve Luna (actor), Krista Swan (actress), Tim L. Cunningham (editor), Ron Hajak (actor), Jennifer-Lee Armstrong (producer), Brad Hvolbeck (producer), Marc Stone (producer), Giovanni Adams (actor), Marc Stone (producer), Marc Stone (writer), Marc Stone (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rita Dominic (actress), Richard Mofe-Damijo (actor), Chico Ejiro (director), Susan Patrick (actress), Tai Emeka Obasi (writer), Ayo Emmanuel (actor), Ruka Amata (editor), Peter Obiefuna (writer), Kazeem Abdul (actor), Shade Johnson (actress), Sisi Ogwash (actress), Edwin Eka (composer), Evelyn Atimati (actress), Fred Amajoyi (actor), Franklin David (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rachael Leigh Cook (actress), Kevin Cooney (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Kurt Oldman (composer), Troy Waters (miscellaneous crew), Robert Harvey (actor), Michael Percival (miscellaneous crew), Kip Pardue (actor), Annabella Sciorra (actress), Bryan Sundstrom (miscellaneous crew), Michael E. Morales (miscellaneous crew), Michael O'Neill (actor), Wade Williams (actor), David A. Hoffman (miscellaneous crew), Kai Lennox (actor),
Plot: A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the case attracts a colleague from the nationally syndicated television show "American Crime" as well. Together with Jessie's camera-man and later joined by her producer he tries to solve the mysterious case.
Keywords: female-nudity, murder, stalker, television-reporter, videotapeActors: Kenneth M. Badish (producer), Sean Cameron Michael (actor), Tim Curry (actor), Charles Napier (actor), Dee Wallace (actress), Danny Keogh (actor), Randy Miller (composer), Ronald France (actor), Andre Jacobs (actor), John R. Cherry III (director), John R. Cherry III (writer), John R. Cherry III (producer), Craig Bassett (editor), Jonathan Pienaar (actor), Langley Kirkwood (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy,Actors: Hilda Koronel (actress), Lorli Villanueva (actress), Joonee Gamboa (actor), Bembol Roco (actor), Lino Brocka (director), Ike Jarlego Jr. (editor), Mario O'Hara (actor), Tommy Abuel (actor), Orlando Nadres (actor), Joe Jardy (actor), Edgardo Reyes (writer), Spanky Manikan (actor), Lou Salvador Jr. (actor), Jerry O'Hara (actor), Joe Gruta (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery,Actors: George Murphy (actor), Vesey O'Davoren (actor), Leyland Hodgson (actor), J.M. Kerrigan (actor), Leonard Mudie (actor), Colin Kenny (actor), Keith Hitchcock (actor), Robert Adair (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Leo G. Carroll (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Montagu Love (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Harry Allen (actor), Eddie Quillan (actor),
Genres: Mystery, Romance,Bobby, I'm glad your're not alive to see this
Selassie, somehow I know that you can feel what's going on
Johnny, some dreams are harder to remember
Mommy, we're losing you when we need you more than ever
Families die but someone cares
Glued to the tube with empty stares
Nothing matters but money
Nothing matters but money today
Ghandi, one look at you and I'm reminded
How long, how long we've all been living blinded
Families die but someone cares
Glued to the tube with empty stares
Nothing matters but money
Nothing matters but money today
Nothing matters but money