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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   11,165 votes
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Director:
Shainee Gabel
Writers (WGA):
Ronald Everett Capps (novel)
Shainee Gabel (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 January 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The heart is a lonely hunter.
Plot:
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Elegantly Bubbly
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 26 October 2009, 1:01 AM, PDT)

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this is a great film more (108 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Travolta ... Bobby Long

Scarlett Johansson ... Pursy Will

Gabriel Macht ... Lawson Pines

Deborah Kara Unger ... Georgianna

Dane Rhodes ... Cecil

David Jensen ... Junior

Clayne Crawford ... Lee
Walter Breaux ... Ray

Sonny Shroyer ... Earl
Carol Sutton ... Ruthie

Warren Kole ... Sean (as Warren Blosjo)
Bernard Johnson ... Tiny
Gina 'Ginger' Bernal ... Waitress

Douglas M. Griffin ... Man #1 (as Douglas Griffin)
Earl Maddox ... Man #2
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language including some sexual references.
Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Germany:6 | Brazil:16 | Malaysia:18SX | USA:R (certificate #41073) | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) (cut) | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) (uncut) | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:A | Sweden:7

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Trivia:
Writer/director Shainee Gabel adapted the screenplay from the previously unpublished novel "Off Magazine Street" by Ronald Everett Capps. Capps' son, Grayson Capps, appears in the film and contributed six songs to its soundtrack. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Pursy puts dinner on the table for Lawson before she leaves for her date, the stack of books on the kitchen table disappears between shots. more
Quotes:
Pursy Will: Why'd ya'll leave that school?
Lawson Pines: It's complicated. So many reasons.
Pursy Will: Tell me one.
Lawson Pines: A lot happened really fast. And New Orleans, all this, seemed romantic at the time.
Pursy Will: Is it? Is it romantic?
Lawson Pines: It has its moments.
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Movie Connections:
References Driving Miss Daisy (1989) more
Soundtrack:
Lie in the Sound more

FAQ

How does it end?
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72 out of 82 people found the following comment useful.
this is a great film, 5 April 2005
10/10
Author: bacon667 from los angeles

This may be one of john travolta's finest acting roles. The critic reviews were lukewarm, and it seems the movie wasn't released in many theaters for people to see, which is a shame. This is a gem of a film. It takes place in new orleans and follows the lives of three unlikely roommates. Two drunken men living in a dilapidated house of a dead woman, and the woman's estranged only daughter who comes to claim her inheritance-a third of the house. With no place to go, the three stay together under the same roof and a friendship somehow grows, like grass through a sidewalk crack. Well acted, and well directed, there are times the pace of the film seems to slacken but it doesn't take away from the story being told. All in all, one of my favorite films no one saw this year.

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