Bobby (2006)
docudrama
directed
by : Emilo Estevez
featuring
: William H.Macy - Sharon Stone - Heather Graham - Christian Slater - Jacob
Vargas
running
time : 1 hour 59 minutes
Twenty-two people become unwitting participants
in a tragic and defining moment of the 1960's in this period drama from
actor and director Emilio Estevez. It's early June in 1968, and the California
presidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden
State, with Robert F.Kennedy in a close race against Eugene McCarthy and
Hubert Humphrey. The Kennedy campaign staff has set up camp at the Ambassador
Hotel in Los Angeles, while the staff and guests become observers as the
brother of fallen president John F.Kennedy sets out to pick up where his
sibling left off. Paul (William H.Macy) is the manager of the Ambassador,
and his wife Miriam (Sharon Stone) is a hairdresser who runs's the hotel's
beauty salon. Angela (Heather Graham) is a receptionist working the hotel's
switchboard who has been sleeping with Paul behind Miriam's back. Timmons
(Christian Slater) is in charge of the hotel's restaurant and catering
department, and makes no secret of his dislike of the African-Americans
and Latinos under his employ. Miguel (Jacob Vargas) and Jose (Freddy Rodriguez)
are two young Chicanos on the kitchen staff who have it in for Timmons,
while Robinson (Laurence Fishburne) is an older black man who counsels
them on dealing with their rage. Virginia Fallon (Demi Moore) sings in
the hotel's cocktail lounge and has a serious problem with alcohol; her
husband Tim (Emilio Estevez) is a Kennedy supporter and also her manager,
and he's nearing the end of his rope in dealing with her problem. William
(Elijah Wood) is a young man desperate to avoid being drafted and sent
to Vietnam; Diane (Lindsay Lohan) is a pretty young woman dating William's
brother who agrees to marry him so William can avoid being drafted, though
William is clearly infatuated with her while she considers this a marriage
in name only. John Casey (Anthony Hopkins) is one of the owners of the
Ambassador, and Nelson (Harry Belafonte) is an old friend who works at
the hotel. And Jack (Martin Sheen) is a wealthy Kennedy campaign financier
who is married to Samantha (Helen Hunt), an attractive but much younger
woman. Bobby also features Joshua Jackson, Nick Cannon and Shia LaBeouf
as young Kennedy campaign volunteers, while Ashton Kutcher, Joy Bryant,
Kip Pardue and Mary Elizabeth Winstead also highlight the supporting cast.