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23 November 2006 (USA) moreTagline:
He saw wrong and tried to right it. He saw suffering and tried to heal it. He saw war and tried to stop it. morePlot:
The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, and 22 people in the hotel whose lives were never the same. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Tedious hagiographic ensemble piece more (265 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harry Belafonte | ... | Nelson | |
| Joy Bryant | ... | Patricia | |
| Nick Cannon | ... | Dwayne | |
| Emilio Estevez | ... | Tim | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Edward | |
| Brian Geraghty | ... | Jimmy | |
| Heather Graham | ... | Angela | |
| Anthony Hopkins | ... | John | |
| Helen Hunt | ... | Samantha | |
| Joshua Jackson | ... | Wade | |
| David Krumholtz | ... | Agent Phil | |
| Ashton Kutcher | ... | Fisher | |
| Shia LaBeouf | ... | Cooper | |
| Lindsay Lohan | ... | Diane | |
| William H. Macy | ... | Paul |
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Rated R for language, drug content and a scene of violence.Parents Guide:
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120 min | Italy:112 min (Venice Film Festival) | Canada:112 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Country:
USAColour:
ColourAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Germany:12 | USA:R (certificate #43067) | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:7 | Brazil:14Fun Stuff
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Emilio Estevez had a hard time coming up with funding for this movie. When he was on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (November 2006), he said that he had to sell his artwork and other material items just to have enough money to fund this picture. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the opening sequence, Jose puts on his white jacket, buttons it at the neck and the collar is tucked in at the back. During the scene the collar becomes straight without his intervention. moreSoundtrack:
Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) moreFAQ
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What is it about L.A and ensemble films? The Player, Short Cuts, Crash...Emilio Estevez makes a ham-fisted attempt to fashion a memoriam to the ill-fated brother of JFK using the multi-strand plot and character technique associated with Robert Altman. But Estevez clearly lacks Altman's ability to maintain interest and build character through the use of trivialities, revelations and encounters as the film progresses.
The premise is the 'last day in the life of' Bobby Kennedy as he campaigns in the California Primary of 1968. Except, it's the goings on in the Ambassador Hotel, where he will be shot that evening, that feature rather than the character itself. It's a structural device, perhaps even influenced by the obvious and somewhat alienating reverence that Estevez has for Kennedy.
Excerpts of speeches and public reactions to his visit are inter-cut into the movie, that almost portray him as this Ghandi-like presence, on the cusp of commencing a national transformation that will not only end the war in Vietnam but apparently bring an end to 'hatred and violence' and a new sense of community. What is overlaid across the film with the intent of being inspirational, often comes across as simplistic. Estevez simply does not have a sufficiently detached critical sense to connect to more sceptical viewers. L.A liberals and ageing hippies will of course by weeping into their popcorn buckets.
However, there are a couple of nice turns, which you inevitably get in a film with such a cast. Mentionably, Sharon Stone, whose jaded beautician provides a relatable, pathetic character amongst a range of cyphers who are basically inserted to represent the body politic - old and young, black, white and Hispanic, druggie and idealist.
The final portion is compelling and well shot but the rest of the movie, despite it's attempt to portray America poised on a knifedge, as Kennedy would have it, lacks zest.