BOBBY

Year: 2006
USA: The Weinstein Company / Metro Goldwyn Mayer
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Esteve, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, David Krumholtz, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsey Lohan, William H Macey, Svetlana Metkina, Demi Moore, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Jacob Vargas, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Elijah Wood
Director: Emilio Estevez
Country: USA
USA: 120 mins
UK: 116 mins
USA Rated: R for language, drug content and a scene of violence
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, drug use and violence
USA Release Date: 23 November 2006
USA Release Date: 17 November 2006 (Limited Release - New York and Los Angeles)
UK Release Date: 26 January 2007

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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 Angeles 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 galvanise the voters and supporters and guests congregate in anticipation of the celebration.

BOBBY was written and directed by Emilio Estevez.