Bobby

Resource Information

The work Bobby represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in The Ferguson Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Bobby

Statement of responsibility

The Weinstein Company and Bold Films ; produced by Edward Bass, Michel Litvak, Holly Wiersma ; written by Emilio Estevez ; directed by Emilio Estevez

Contributor

• Bold Films
• Weinstein Company
• Bass, Edward
• trueBelafonte, Harry, 1927-
• trueCannon, Nick, 1980-
• Estevez, Emilio, 1962-
• Fishburne, Larry
• Graham, Heather, 1970-
• Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
• Hunt, Helen, 1963-
• Jackson, Joshua, 1978-
• Kutcher, Ashton, 1978-
• LaBeouf, Shia, 1986-
• Litvak, Michel
• Lohan, Lindsay, 1986-
• Macy, William H., 1950-
• trueMoore, Demi
• Rodriguez, Freddy, 1975-
• trueSheen, Martin
• Slater, Christian
• Stone, Sharon
• Wiersma, Holly
• Wood, Elijah, 1981-

Subject

• Ambassador Hotel -- Drama
• Assassination -- California | Los Angeles -- Drama
• Biographical -- Feature
• trueBiographical films
• Biographical films
• Crime -- Feature
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Kennedy, Robert F, 1925-1968 -- Assassination -- Drama
• Kennedy, Robert F, 1925-1968 -- Drama
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama -- Feature
• Presidential candidates -- United States -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical
• Biographical films
• Crime
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Melodrama

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

The 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen. We see Kennedy's acceptance speech after winning the California Democratic presidential primary, his death at the hands of gunman Sirhan Sirhan, and the chaos and despair that ensued

Awards note

Venice Film Festival, 2006: Biografilm Award (Emilio Estevez).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Michael Barrett ; editor, Richard Chew ; music, Mark Isham ; costume designer, Julie Weiss ; production designer, Patti Podesta

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

Closed-captioned. Includes Spanish subtitles

LC call number

PN1995.9.B55

LC item number

B6339 2007

PerformerNote

Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Freddy Rodríguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Dave Fraunces, David Kobzantsev

Runtime

120

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action