A Love Song for Bobby Long

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A Love Song for Bobby Long

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Directed by Shainee Gabel
Produced by David Lancaster
R. Paul Miller
Bob Yari
Written by Ronald Capps (novel, Off Magazine Street)
Shainee Gabel
Starring John Travolta
Scarlett Johansson
Gabriel Macht
Music by Nathan Larson
Cinematography Elliot Davis
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date(s) 29 December 2004
(LA & NYC)
January 21, 2006 (select cities)
Running time 119 min.
Country US
Language English
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A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 independent film based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps. It was directed and adapted for the screen by Shainee Gabel. It stars John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson and Gabriel Macht. Johansson's performance was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. The film grossed $1,841,260 worldwide.

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Purslane Will (Johansson), a girl in her late teens, returns to her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana after the death of her mother. Expecting to find her mother's house empty, she is surprised to encounter two men who were still living there, Bobby Long (Travolta), a retired English professor, and his protege, Lawson Pines (Macht), spending the days drinking and reading books. They are forced to live together, and as time goes by, they realize how connected their lives really are.

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