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==Reviews== ==Reviews==
], who in 1968 was a young campaign volunteer in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel when Senator Kennedy was assassinated, gave the film ''Bobby'' three stars (out of four) calling the film "intriguing but imperfect." Medved added that "I can confirm that director/writer Emilio Estevez gets most of the feelings of the occasion right. But, the melodramatic, multi-character format proves somewhat uneven and distracting." ], who in 1968 was a young campaign volunteer in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel when Senator Kennedy was assassinated, gave the film ''Bobby'' three stars (out of four) calling the film "intriguing but imperfect." Medved added that "I can confirm that director/writer Emilio Estevez gets most of the feelings of the occasion right. But, the melodramatic, multi-character format proves somewhat uneven and distracting."

== Trivia ==
* A few scenes were filmed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, the real-life location of the Robert Kennedy assassination, during its demolition. The wing of the hotel they were using hadn't been touched by the demolition crew yet, in order to preserve items from the pantry where Kennedy was shot.

* It took Emilio Estevez seven years to get the movie made. At one point, he had such a case of writer's block that he only had 30 pages of the script and lied to people that he was working on it. His brother Charlie Sheen read the pages and convinced him to finish.


==Awards== ==Awards==

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For the 1973 film, see Bobby (1973 film). 2006 film
Bobby
Directed byEmilio Estevez
Written byEmilio Estevez
Produced byBold Films
StarringAnthony Hopkins
Demi Moore
Sharon Stone
Elijah Wood
Lindsay Lohan
Distributed byMGM, The Weinstein Company
Release datesNovember 23, 2006 (USA)
Running time120 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million

Bobby is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The film features an ensemble cast and is a fictional account of the lives of several people affected by and during the final hours in the life of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a former candidate for President of the United States, on June 6, 1968.

Bobby was released in New York and Los Angeles on November 17, 2006; wide release followed on November 23, one day after the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Robert's brother. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it received a seven minute standing ovation.

Plot outline

Anthony Hopkins stars as the retired but ever-present doorman at The Ambassador Hotel. Lindsay Lohan and Elijah Wood appear as a couple opposed to the Vietnam War who get engaged so Wood's character can avoid being sent to the front lines.

Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore play romantically linked down-and-out entertainers.

Sharon Stone plays a beautician married to the hotel's manager (William H. Macy), who works alongside a chef (Laurence Fishburne), busboy (Freddy Rodriguez), phone operators (Heather Graham and Joy Bryant) and a food and beverage manager (Christian Slater).

Helen Hunt and Martin Sheen (Estevez's father in real life), portray married socialites staying at the hotel. Joshua Jackson, Nick Cannon and Shia LaBeouf play Kennedy volunteers, and Harry Belafonte rounds out the star ensemble as the ex-doorman's retired friend.

MPAA Rating

R for language, drug content and a scene of violence.

Cast

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Elijah Wood and Lindsay Lohan in a scene from Bobby
Actor Role
Anthony Hopkins John Casey
Demi Moore Virginia Fallon
Sharon Stone Miriam Ebbers
Elijah Wood William Avery
Lindsay Lohan Diane Huber
William H. Macy Paul Ebbers
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Susan Taylor
Helen Hunt Samantha
Christian Slater Timmons
Laurence Fishburne Edward Robinson
Freddy Rodriguez José Rojas
Nick Cannon Dwayne
Emilio Estevez Tim Fallon
Shia LaBeouf Jimmy
Brian Geraghty Cooper
Joshua Jackson Wade
Martin Sheen Jack
Joy Bryant Patricia
David Kobzantsev Sirhan Sirhan
Heather Graham Angela
Svetlana Metkina Lenka Janacek
Harry Belafonte Nelson
Jacob Vargas Miguel
Ashton Kutcher Drug Dealer
Mark Valley Robert F. Kennedy
Spencer Garrett David Norak

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is mostly a compilation of music from the sixties but contains two newly recorded tracks:

Track listing

The soundtrack album will include the following tracks

Reviews

Michael Medved, who in 1968 was a young campaign volunteer in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel when Senator Kennedy was assassinated, gave the film Bobby three stars (out of four) calling the film "intriguing but imperfect." Medved added that "I can confirm that director/writer Emilio Estevez gets most of the feelings of the occasion right. But, the melodramatic, multi-character format proves somewhat uneven and distracting."

Trivia

  • A few scenes were filmed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, the real-life location of the Robert Kennedy assassination, during its demolition. The wing of the hotel they were using hadn't been touched by the demolition crew yet, in order to preserve items from the pantry where Kennedy was shot.
  • It took Emilio Estevez seven years to get the movie made. At one point, he had such a case of writer's block that he only had 30 pages of the script and lied to people that he was working on it. His brother Charlie Sheen read the pages and convinced him to finish.

Awards

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