 Prayers For Bobby, Movie trailer |
 Jun 19 2010, 07:54 PM
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 AwesomeDude Forums Administrator  Group: AD Group Posts: 2,997 Joined: 7-April 06 From: Adelaide, South Australia Member No.: 233  |
We just received this movie on preview for our video store.
I can't begin to describe how moving it is, or praise Sigourney Weaver too highly for her performance. Truly outstanding. It's a true story about a gay boy who wanted to be a writer... Here is the trailer for the movie. -------------------- Des
DownUnder Call me naive if you want, but life without trust in the goodness of others would be intolerable. See my stories and poems at my author's page, hosted by Codey's World. My Latest Short Story: Abducted For a Reason: DesDownUnder's Blog at AwesomeDude. Newest Entry 26 Aug 2010. |
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Jun 19 2010, 09:33 PM
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 Prodigious Dude Group: AD Group Posts: 599 Joined: 25-April 05 From: Philadelphia Area Member No.: 142 |
It is a very moving movie.
-------------------- Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown, but it only takes four muscles to extend your arm and slap the idiot upside the head.
Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. - Dennis Fakes Garam Sarr (Talons of Steel) http://thetalonhouse.com (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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Jun 19 2010, 11:03 PM
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 AwesomeDude Site Admin Group: Root Admin Posts: 953 Joined: 1-July 04 From: Palm Springs, California Member No.: 2 |
I have so been waiting for this movie.
I read the book soon after it was published. It is long overdue. -------------------- the dude
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Jun 20 2010, 07:39 AM
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 Prodigious Dude Group: AD Group Posts: 1,050 Joined: 19-June 06 From: SF East Bay Area Member No.: 252 |
Bobby attended my high school (24 years before I was a freshman there). The problems he encountered there eventually resulted in the high school district establishing a very strong no-nonsense no-recourse anti-bullying anti-abuse anti-discrimination policy covering race, ethnicity, nationality, country of origin, religion, sex, gender, and sexual orientation that's still in effect today with just a bit of polishing here and there. His mother was instrumental in getting the district to implement the policy.
A summary of the story about the real Bobby Griffith is here on Wikipedia. There's a lot more information here about the crew that made the movie and here about the Horizons Foundation's Bobby Griffith Memorial Scholarship Fund. Colin 
-------------------- No matter what they tell us
No matter what they do No matter what they teach us What we believe is true I don't want to be tolerated. I want to be accepted! Life is good when you laugh. Life is better when you make someone else laugh. Life is best when we all laugh together. |
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