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Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
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Herman Raucher (writer)
Release Date:
4 June 1976 (USA)
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What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
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Billy Joe confesses his love to the lovely Bobbi Lee only to cover his growing fear that he may, in fact...
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A sweet and tragic rural romance.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robby Benson | ... | Billy Joe McAllister |
 | Glynnis O'Connor | ... | Bobbie Lee Hartley |
| Joan Hotchkis | ... | Anna 'Mama' Hartley |
| Sandy McPeak | ... | Glenn 'Papa' Hartley |
 | James Best | ... | Dewey Barksdale |
| Terence Goodman | ... | James Hartley |
| Becky Bowen | ... | Becky Thompson |
| Simpson Hemphill | ... | Brother Taylor |
| Ed Shelnut | ... | Coleman Stroud, Bus Driver |
| Eddie Talr | ... | Tom Hargitay |
| William Hallberg | ... | Dan McAllister |
| Frannye Capelle | ... | Belinda Wiggs |
| Rebecca Jernigan | ... | Mrs. Thompson |
| Ann Martin | ... | Mrs. Hunicutt |
| Will Long | ... | Trooper Bosh |
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105 min
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Anachronisms: At the dance, one of the band is playing an Ovation guitar. The movie is set in 1960, but the company Ovation Guitars was not founded until 1966.
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Billy Joe McAllister:
HEY! I've been holding up this here bridge for over an hour so it wouldn't fall on you.
Bobbie Lee Hartley: Right Neiborhly of Mr.McAllister.
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Bobbie Lee Hartley: Right Neiborhly of Mr.McAllister.
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.32)" (2005)
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Ode to Billie Joe
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ODE TO BILLY JOE is a humerous and touching tale of events leading up to why "Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge", as related in the Bobbie Gentry hit. Director Max Baer Jr. (who would have thought "Jethro" had this kind of talent?) skillfully re-creates an atmosphere of 1950's rural Mississippi. and breathes life into characters only hinted at in the song. Scripted by Herman Raucher, with the same feeling of nostalgia he gave SUMMER OF '42, and beautifully scored by Michel Legrand, ODE TO BILLY JOE is a sweet and touching story of the awkwardness of teenage love, and the consequences of an unfortunate event, which, in today's politically correct times, would probably be scorned or laughed at. Glynnis O'Connor and Robby Benson, are re-teamed after their excellent debut in JEREMY. Another treasured film on VHS, that I hope will someday come out on DVD.