A Love Song for Bobby Long

A Love Song for Bobby Long

  • Director: Shainee Gabel
  • Writer: Ronald Everett Capps,Shainee Gabel
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 21, 2005
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: 獻給你的情歌
  • "A Love Song For Bobby Long" is a feature film directed by Shanni Gabel and starring John Travolta and Scarlett I. Johansson . It was released in the United States on October 8, 2004.
    The film tells the story of the rebellious girl Paslin living in the old house left by her mother with Bobby Long, a desolate professor of literature, and then she slowly discovers a connection between herself and Bobby Long   .

    Details

    • Release date January 21, 2005
    • Filming locations New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies Lions Gate Films, Destination Films, El Camino Pictures

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $164,308

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $28,243

    Gross worldwide

    $2,039,526

    Movie reviews

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    • By Therese 2022-12-17 23:48:16

      Learn English to listen to love songs

      Because Travolta is old, because Scarlett is so beautiful, that's why I bought this disc.
      The lines of the film are full of literary beauty because of the portrayal of a university English literature professor and poet and his "male companion" writer. Can it be used to learn English? !
      And what really makes this movie look good may not be the so-called affectionate story of these actors. The whole scene of the scene in Alabama makes every second of it beautiful. For movies that use...

    • By Adeline 2022-12-16 22:51:19

      Vanity faded

      John Travolta-Barbara Allen
       
      Mother go make my bed
      make it long and narrow
      My true love died for me yesterday
      I shall die for him tomorrom
       
      "A Love Song for Bobby Long" An interlude, the original lyrics of this paragraph were originally sung faster, but in the movie, Bobby sang it into a country song with a touch of sadness. Bobby was a playboy when he was young, but time has passed, and now he is an old father who is afraid of loneliness, longs for a happy...

    • By Crystal 2022-12-10 06:58:25

      Dancing under the southern sky

      In New Orleans, there are more cloudy days than purely overcast or sunny days. This kind of weather does not have to wear too much, because spring, autumn and winter account for half, and summer account for the other half. People who came from Alabama many years ago lived in a dilapidated old house in the city. They drank, talked, and had nothing to do during the long summer. It doesn't sound bad to avoid wasting time in such a small southern town when life has lost everything because of losing...

    • By Marion 2022-12-04 17:25:44

      The process is not there, the result does not matter

      After watching "A Love Song for Bobby Long", calm down.

      The journey has been quite hurried these two days. In fact, there is resistance in my heart to such a rush, after all, I like to unfold something unhurriedly. But hurried is also good, otherwise, things may be dragged on without results.

      Sometimes I think, "results", is it necessary? I am a typical life impermanent, with the shadow of nothingness in my heart, so I became a fearer of the so-called "consequence". Before...

    • By Ike 2022-11-19 18:56:54

      A love song for Bobby Long

      American life movies can always portray human relationships very vividly and profoundly. This may be the lifestyle and state of the Americans, and this may be the reason why we often feel that life is boring and monotonous. We always pursue some expressive pleasures, but ignore some of the most real emotions of vitality. John Travolta's performance is very brilliant, Scarlett Johansson continues to fascinate me, her appearance and temperament, both are the image of a dream woman.
      If there...

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    • By Evangeline 2023-09-28 12:47:49

      Blue hut in a hideaway village in summer and two men and a girl~~ Scarlett is pretty violent~~ Although the translation is poor, this is a really memorable and good...

    • By Emmanuel 2023-09-09 00:02:57

      Although Scarlett Johansson, who was in the blooming season at the time, was full of youthful and invincible sexual temptation, this old-fashioned American independent production of self-seeking was nothing extraordinary. The circumstantial quotes throughout the article are at most just for the film to watch. Going up has more...

    • By Friedrich 2023-09-04 11:32:39

      Father's Day is a complete...

    • By Elda 2023-08-16 18:49:32

      Picturesque scenery, country + jazz music, strong southern flavor, like a movie poem to pay tribute to New Orleans. The rhythm is annoyingly slow, and the story is lacking in appeal. John Travolta's role is very malleable, and he has done it well, but it's still not suitable for him to be old when he is over 50 and still coquettish. The beginning and the end are wonderfully echoed, with John and Scarlett walking slowly through the local street scene to the cemetery, accompanied by...

    • By Kiarra 2023-08-12 04:32:55

      Minus points for rhythm, plus points for...

    Movie plot

    Paslin ( Scarlett I. Johansson) returned to her hometown in the country after her mother died. She discovered that there were two weird people living in the old house left by her mother. One was the down-and-out literature professor Bobby Long (John Travolta) , and the other was Lanson (Guy ) who planned to write a biography of Bobby Long. Played by Berry Macht) . As a result, the three people lived together temporarily.
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    Positive review

    "A Love Song For Bobby Long" is not a clichéd Hollywood commercial romance movie. The film, like its calm and tender title, shows a gentle and peaceful sentiment. In "A Love Song For Bobby Long", several sentimental perspectives impressed the audience. The beginning and end of the film reflect the richness of the film in terms of color. Through these rich colors, the film shows the audience the beautiful scenery of New Orleans. In...
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    Movie quotes

    • Lawson Pines: Some people reach a place in time where they've gone as far as they can. A place where wives and jobs collide with desire. That which is unknowable and those who remain out of sight. See what it is invisible and you will see what to write. That's how Bobby used to put it. It was the invisible people he wanted to live with. The ones that we walk past everday, the ones we sometimes become. The ones in books who live only in someones mind's eye. He was a man who was destined to go through life and not around it. A man who was sure the shortest path to Heaven was straight through Hell. But the truth of his handicap lay only in a mind both exalted and crippled by too many stories and the path he chose to become one. Bobby Long's tragic flaw was his romance with all that he saw. And I guess if people want to believe in some form of justice, then Bobby Long got his for a song.

    • Lawson Pines: That girl looks so much like Lorraine. Remember the first time you took me to see her sing was my first time in New Orleans.

      [pause]

      Lawson Pines: I was so taken.

      Bobby Long: Well... you were kind of. You were kind of sheltered. Choked by that silver spoon.

      Lawson Pines: I thought she was so beautiful.

      Bobby Long: She was.

    • Bobby Long: [singing] Mother, go make my bed, / Make it long and narrow. / My true love died for me yesterday, / I shall die for him tomorrow. She was buried in a church house yard, / And he was buried there beside her. And from his grave grew roses red, / From hers grew green briar. They grew and they grew so very high, / Till they could grow no higher; And at the top grew a true lovers' knot, / Twined with green briar.