Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 11/17/2006(USA
Release Date: 04/10/2007
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 119 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Weinstein Company
Twenty-two people become unwitting participants in a tragic and defining moment of the 1960's in this
period drama from actor and director
Emilio Estevez. It's early June in 1968, and the California presidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden State, with
Robert F. Kennedy in a close race against
Eugene McCarthy and
Hubert Humphrey. The
Kennedy campaign staff has set up camp at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, while the staff and guests become observers as the brother of fallen president
John F. Kennedy sets out to pick up where his sibling left off.
Paul (
William H. Macy) is the manager of the Ambassador, and his wife
Miriam (
Sharon Stone) is a hairdresser who runs's the hotel's beauty salon.
Angela (
Heather Graham) is a receptionist working the hotel's switchboard who has been sleeping with
Paul behind
Miriam's back.
Timmons (
Christian Slater) is in charge of the hotel's restaurant and catering department, and makes no secret of his dislike of the African-Americans and Latinos under his employ.
Miguel (
Jacob Vargas) and
Jose (
Freddy Rodriguez) are two young Chicanos on the kitchen staff who have it in for
Timmons, while
Robinson (
Laurence Fishburne) is an older black man who counsels them on dealing with their rage.
Virginia Fallon (
Demi Moore) sings in the hotel's cocktail lounge and has a serious problem with alcohol; her husband
Tim (
Emilio Estevez) is a
Kennedy supporter and also her manager, and he's nearing the end of his rope in dealing with her problem.
William (
Elijah Wood) is a young man desperate to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam;
Diane (
Lindsay Lohan) is a pretty young woman dating
William's brother who agrees to marry him so
William can avoid being drafted, though
William is clearly infatuated with her while she considers this a marriage in name only.
John Casey (
Anthony Hopkins) is one of the owners of the Ambassador, and
Nelson (
Harry Belafonte) is an old friend who works at the hotel. And
Jack (
Martin Sheen) is a wealthy
Kennedy campaign financier who is married to
Samantha (
Helen Hunt), an attractive but much younger woman.
Bobby also features
Joshua Jackson,
Nick Cannon and
Shia LaBeouf as young
Kennedy campaign volunteers, while
Ashton Kutcher,
Joy Bryant,
Kip Pardue and
Mary Elizabeth Winstead also highlight the supporting cast.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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