Rent Bobby (2006)
3.4 of 5 from 181 ratings
1h 52min
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- Synopsis:
- At 12.15am on 5 June 1968, as Robert F. Kennedy was making his way from the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angels to give a press conference after winning the California Primary, he was shot and fatally wounded. Bobby focuses on the ordinary people who unwittingly found themselves at the centre of one of the most important events in America's recent past. Against the backdrop of the cultural issues gripping the country at the time, including racism, sexual inequality and class divisions, hotel staff prepare for the big night, campaign workers gee up the voters and supporters and guests congregate in anticipation of the celebration.
- Actors:
- Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, David Krumholtz, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Svetlana Metkina, Freddy Rodríguez, Martin Sheen
- Directors:
- Emilio Estevez
- Writers:
- Emilio Estevez
- Studio:
- Momentum
- Genres:
- Drama
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Reviews (2) of Bobby
Good! - Bobby review by CP Customer
You start watching the film and before you know it, you are engrossed, but you dont quite know why!!!
I enjoyed it, all the little stories about the lives of staff etc in the hotel, nothing really major happens until the end, but its still really good.
Worth watching I thought
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A Passion Story - Bobby review by CV
One of the first things I remember when our family got our first black-and-white television in 1968 was the news reporting of Bobby Kennedy's assassination: the blurred images and shouts of panic caused me to run out of the lounge and tell my mother in the kitchen. She also, of course, remembered the shooting of his elder brother John F a few years before which had already caused her shock and disbelief.
Robert had been instrumental in the peaceful negotiation of the Missile Crisis in Cuba and had earned a reputation as a decent and strong runner for election. The film increasingly took on the form of a Passion Story: Bobby (the film title alone indicates his rapport with the people) appears in contemporary news reel (in colour) as himself and the whole film integrates these clips very neatly into the story-line. Like Christ advancing on Jerusalem to face the crucifixion, we are aware that Bobby Kennedy is also progressing to his own assassination and the whole action is that fatal day which takes place at a hotel. As Christ had spoken to and blessed the crowds days before his death, we feel the presence and expectation of Bobby's arrival having a positive effect on ordinary people who are at the hotel as staff or guests and their lives also are affected positively in anticipation of his visit: couples are reconciled, racial tensions are eased and personal relationships are deepened and this is how the film conveys "Bobby" as a spiritual influence. And the tragedy of his death also causes more reconciliation among these ordinary people.
Bobby Kennedy was clearly adored and raised such hopes of racial reconciliation and a respectful exit from the Vietnam War. News footage reveals his genuine compassion for all people and he did not shirk from going right into their midst to be with them. One scene shows him talking to children in a school about pollution which we would now include in the environmental problem. Now the Trumps and Johnsons of this world have made all this seem as though this all took part on another planet.
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