A Love Song for Bobby Long

A Love Song for Bobby Long is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Shainee Gabel. The screenplay is based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Ronald Everett Capps.

Pursy moves in and proves to be the most responsible and sensible member of the dysfunctional family the three create. The mens efforts to drive her away gradually abate as they grow fond of her with the passing of time. Bobby unshaven, slovenly, and suffering from ailments he prefers to ignore attempts to improve the lot of the young girl by introducing her to The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and encouraging her to return to high school and get her diploma. Lawson, suffering from writers block, finds himself attracted to Pursy but hesitant to complicate his life further by becoming involved with her. Memories of Lorraine linger for all of them, especially Pursy, who vividly recalls her mother ignoring her in favor of pursuing a career. Her sense of who her mother was is altered somewhat when she finds a cache of letters Lorraine wrote her but never mailed, letters that lead her to discover not only how her mother really felt about her, but the true identity of her father as well.The soundtrack includes Someday by Los Lobos, Bone by Thalia Zedek, Lonesome Blues by Lonnie Pitchford, Different Stars and Lie in the Sound by Trespassers William, All I Ask is Your Love by Helen Humes, Rising Son by Big Bill Morganfield, Praying Ground Blues by Lightnin Hopkins, Blonde on Blonde by Nada Surf, and the title track, A Love Song For Bobby Long by Grayson Capps, who happens to be the son of the writer Ronald Everett Capps of the novel that the film is based on. ........

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