A love song for Bobby Long
By: Lions Gate Films, Destination Films and El Camino Pictures present ; a Crossroads Films and Bob Yari production ; produced by Bob Yari, R. Paul Miller, David Lancaster ; written for the screen and directed by Shainee Gabel
Contributors: Travolta, John, 1954-; Johansson, Scarlett, 1984-; Macht, Gabriel, 1972-; Unger, Deborah Kara; Davis, Elliot; Percy, Lee; Fruchtman, Lisa; Larson, Nathan, 1970-; Capps, Ronald Everett; Lions Gate Films; Destination Films; El Camino Pictures; Crossroads Films (Firm); Bob Yari Productions; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Edition: Anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1).
Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Culver City, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781404950979
Subjects: Drama; Death; Teenage girls; Mothers; Admission; Father figures; Films for the hearing impaired; French language materials; Alcoholics; Authors; Portuguese language materials; Orphans; Spanish language materials; Universities and colleges
Description: "Upon hearing of her mother's death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. Expecting to find her late mother's house abandoned, Pursy is shocked to discover that it is inhabited by two of her mother's friends: Bobby Long, a former literature professor, and his young protégé, Lawson Pines"--Container.
Notes: Based on the novel: Off Magazine Street / by Ronald Everett Capps.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004.

Special features (38 min.): optional audio commentary by Gabel & Davis; 8 deleted and extended scenes (10 min. total); "The making of 'A love song for Bobby Long'" featurette (28 min.).

Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editors, Lee Percy, Lisa Fruchtman ; composer, Nathan Larson.

John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger, Dane Rhodes, David Jensen, Clayne Crawford, Sonny Shroyer, Walter Breaux, Carol Sutton.

MPAA rating: R; for language including some sexual references.

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1.

In English, dubbed French or dubbed Portuguese; with optional English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Special features include: commentary by the director & cinematographer ; deleted and extended scenes ; behind the scenes of A love song for Bobby Long.