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Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr., with a screenplay by Herman Raucher, and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. It is inspired by the 1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry, titled "Ode to Billie Joe."
Jun 4, 1976 · Ode to Billy Joe: Directed by Max Baer Jr.. With Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Sandy McPeak. In 1950s Mississippi, teenager Bobbie Lee Hartley navigates her blossoming hormones as she is courted by Billy Joe McAllister, who is headed for tragedy.
Bobbie Gentry's famous song, on which "Ode to Billy Joe" is based, found much of its haunting effect in its refusal to reveal why Billy Joe killed himself. His death was seen as sad, and long ago, and unnecessary, and the singer recalled it as a key event in an unhappy time.
Set during the spring and summer of 1953 in rural Mississippi, Billy Joe McAllister (Robby Benson) flirts with Bobbie Lee Hartley (Glynnis O'Connor) as she crosses the Tallahatchie Bridge after the school bus lets her off as she walks on her way to her family's farm along a dirt road.
Ode to Billy Joe. 1976 · 1 hr 47 min. PG. Drama · LGBT. As romance blooms between teenager Billy Joe and his girlfriend Bobbie Lee, Billy wrestles with guilt after a drunken encounter with another man.
A drunken encounter traumatizes teenage Billy Joe (Robby Benson), who loves a girl (Glynnis O'Connor) in 1953 Mississippi.
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It's 1953 and 15-year-old Bobbie Lee Hartley and 18-year-old Billy Joe McAllister are in love. But since Bobbie's parents will not allow her to date until she is 16, she and Billy Joe have to content themselves with seeing each other occasionally after church on Sundays and sometimes sneaking off to meet at the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Jan 8, 2021 · Ode to Billy Joe (1976) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #OdetoBillyJoeJune 3, 1953. Another sleepy, dusty delta day in the South.
Ode To Billy Joe. Bobbie Gentry's song is brought to life in a story about young love on the Mississippi Delta in the early 1950s, in which the long-held, mystifying secrets of the bridge are revealed. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
Ode to Billy Joe. DRAMA. Bobbie Gentry's famous song about the legend of the Tallahatchie Bridge is brought to life in a story about young love on the Mississippi Delta in the early 1950s, in which the long-held, mystifying secrets of the bridge are revealed.
