Prayers for Bobby
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Prayers for Bobby

Year:
Duration:
90 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama
IMDB rate:
8.2
Director:
Russell Mulcahy
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2009-01-24
Filming Locations: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Sigourney Weaver
Mary Griffith
Henry Czerny
Robert Griffith
Ryan Kelley
Bobby Griffith
Austin Nichols
Ed Griffith
Carly Schroeder
Joy Griffith
Shannon Eagen
Nancy Griffith
Scott Bailey
David
Rebecca Louise Miller
Jeanette
Lee Garlington
Psychologist
Madge Levinson
Ophelia
Marshall McClean
Reverend Owens
Susan Ruttan
Betty Lambert
Dan Butler
Reverend Whitsell
Anna Badalamenti
Michelle
Ele Bardha
Doug
Linda Boston
Marge
Marty Bufalini
Councilman
Hadas Corey
Cheryl
Sonja Crosby
Celeste
Bryan Fox
Greg (as Bryan Endress-Fox)
Amber Gale
Jill
Colleen Gentry
Citizen
Ryan Haber
Mike
Chris Hendricks
Ardie
Henrietta Hermeline
Protestor
Ed Kelly
Minister
Patrick Michael Kenney
Guy at Gay Bar (as Patrick Kenney)
Andrew Kruczynski
Football Player
Rusty Mewha
Rev. Michaels
Julia Mogerman
Teri
Jaime Moyer
Liz
Janice O'Neill
Jackie (as Janice O'Neill-Sparr)
Spencer Perrenoud
Teen on Mailbox
Jim Porterfield
Trucker
Amanda Ryskamp
Audrey
Adiva Wayne
Dana
Dan Wells
Rev Hassler
Claire White
Sheila
Melanie Wilson
Margaret
Max Bassett
City Councilman
Sara Cicilian
Student
Sam Logan Khaleghi
Heckler #1
David G.B. Brown
(uncredited)
Dennis Budziszewski
Diner / Mourner /
Kyle Clarington
Protestor
Kyle Colton
Parade Attendee (uncredited)
Rusty Daugherty
Boy on Bus (uncredited)
William C. Fox
Councilman (uncredited)
Jeff Fryer
Bar Star (uncredited)
Penny Gibbs
Mourner / Parade Goer (uncredited)
Ari Grant
Green-Haired Parader (uncredited)
Mary Griffith
Herself (uncredited)
Axel Harney
Parishoner (uncredited)
Tevis R. Marcum
Protester
Brent Mata
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Anthony Moscato
Protester
Ray Daniel Rogers
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Grace Anne Rowan
Protester
Sean Scarlett
Young Hipster
Lauren Mae Shafer
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Billy Whitehouse
Councilman (uncredited)
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Trivia
In the scene were to two men from the church are talking with the Griffith family, some of the pictures on the mantel are pictures of the real Bobby Griffith.
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The real Mary Griffth appears on the left in the gay parade wearing a blue PFLAG shirt, next to the boy which Sigourney Weaver hugs.
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Goofs
When Marshall McClean addresses a group of young people, including Ryan Kelley, he's first wearing an Anglican/Episcopal priest's collar and then later he's pictured wearing a Roman Catholic priest's collar.
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The seduction scene from _Spartacus (1967)_ (with Tony Curtis and Laurence Olivier) playing on the television was not in the original release of the film in 1960. Even if it were, the version playing on television in 1978 would have a been a butchered, less violent, re-release of the film The seduction scene was not put into the film until its restoration in 1991 by Robert A. Harris. On top of that, the audio tracks were missing or destroyed. So, Tony Curtis re-recorded his lines. Since Laurence Olivier was now deceased, Anthony Hopkins re-recorded his. Although the scene fits contextually (it's an analogy about having a "taste for snails over oysters"), it's inclusion is inaccurate.
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Bobby's mother sends him a church pamphlet about AIDS (in the film's time-line, this would be 1981 or sometime in 1982). The CDC began using the acronym AIDS in September 1982, but it was some time before the term became widely used.
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Quotes
Mary Griffith: I won't have a gay son.
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Robert Griffith: So we're really going to San Francisco?
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Mary Griffith: I know now why God didn't heal Bobby. He didn't heal him because there was nothing wrong with him.
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