Cinema Sundays at the Charles continues its 37th series on November 12th with The Baltimore Premiere of Bobby! Written and Directed by Emilio Estevez. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Elijah Wood, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Helen Hunt, Christian Slater, Martin Sheen, Heather Graham, Laurence Fishburne, Harry Belafonte…And a million other people.

Running time 120 minutes. 2006 USA Rated R.

Synopsis

Bobby is a fictionalized account of various people whose lives intersect in the hours leading up to and including the assassination of Senator Robert. F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

The film examines the relationships between men and women, between races and the social divisions that have clipped away the foundation of our humanity. We are given a glimpse into how life can be drastically changed in a moment in time, an indelible event in our nation's history. The characters are ordinary American's who find themselves at the epicenter of one of the most important incidents of the 20th Century.

Bobby is seen through the eyes of twenty-two characters. From young men in their late teens to early twenties, facing the possibility of shipping off to Vietnam, to the retired doorman of the Ambassador, who has greeted the likes of every U.S. President from FDR to Johnson. From the hotel staff to the guests whom occupy the suites, to the "Youth of Kennedy Volunteers", all ages and genders are represented in screenplay.


Here is the official site complete with trailer.

http://www.bobby-the-movie.com/

This week we leave the world of French Expressionist film for that of Hollywood historical pseudo biopic. An amazing cast will keep our eyes and ears busy as we examine a historical event through they eyes of 20 different characters. I have no doubt that this film will lead to some most interesting discussion…please feel free to bring any of your post election frustrations to Cinema Sundays this week.

Our speaker for this week is the amazing Mike Giuliano who always does such fine work for CSC. I myself am in Europe with the WBJC opera and classical music tour (I know you feel for me!) and will return on Saturday. I am looking forward to the film very much like it or hate it Bobby will be great fodder for discussion. Also please don’t confuse this film with the Indian film of the same name!

I would like to thank Joseph Schaub for doing such a great job with Gabrielle! I am so pleased that CSC was able to screen this challenging and unusual film. The discussion was truly interesting on so many levels.