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Upon hearing of her mother's death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will (Scarlett Johansson) 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 (John Travolta), a former literature professor, and his young protégé, Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht). These broken men, whose lives took a wrong turn years before, have been firmly rooted in the dilapidated house for years, encouraged only by Lawson's faltering ambitions to write a novel about Bobby Long's life. Having no intention of leaving, Pursy, Bobby Long and Lawson are all forced to live together. Yet as time passes, their tenuous, makeshift arrangement unearths a series of buried personal secrets that challenges their bonds, and reveals just how inextricably their lives are intertwined.
Original Release
10/08/2004
US Release
12/29/2004
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Sonny Shroyer | Earl |
Carol Sutton | Ruthie |
Walter Breaux | Ray |
Directors
Writers
Shainee Gabel, Ronald Everett Capps
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Sonny Shroyer | Earl |
Carol Sutton | Ruthie |
Walter Breaux | Ray |
Warren Kole | Sean |
Bernard Johnson | Tiny |
Gina 'Ginger' Bernal | Waitress |
Douglas M. Griffin | Man #1 |
Earl Maddox | Man #2 |
Steve Maye | Man #3 |
Don Brady | Old Man |
Will Barnett | Old Man #2 |
Patrick McCullough | Streetcar Boy |
Leanne Cochran | Streetcar Girl |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Randall Emmett | Executive Producer |
George Furla | Executive Producer |
Brad Krevoy | Executive Producer |
Shainee Gabel | Producer |
Anson Downes | Producer |
Linda Favila | Producer |
Jamie Gordon | Producer |
David Lancaster | Producer |
Chad Marting | Producer |
R. Paul Miller | Producer |
Melanie Sloan | Producer |
Bob Yari | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2005 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |