A Gathering of Old Men 1987  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder on the Bayou
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Joe Seneca, Woody Strode, Julius Harris, Will Patton, Adam Storke, Dave Petitjean, Rosanna Carter, Tiger Haynes, Papa John Creach, Walter Breaux, Joe "Flash" Riley, Danny Barker
This is an excellent drama depicting social mores of rural Louisiana. When a White racist is shot, plantation manager Candy Marshall (Holly Hunter) gathers together a group of 18 elderly Black men to keep vigilantes away from the chief suspect, Black sharecropper Mathu (Louis Gossett Jr.). Sheriff Mapes (Richard Widmark) does confront them, and the men courageously step forward as a unit and claim responsibility for the act.
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A Love Song for Bobby Long 2004  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shainee Gabel
Cast: John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger, Dane Rhodes, David Jensen, Clayne Crawford, Sonny Shroyer, Walter Breaux, Warren Blosjo
After learning of her mother's death, Pursy Will (Scarlett Johansson) heads to New Orleans for the funeral. Once there, she learns of the house she has inherited, but hard-drinking ex-professor Bobby Long (John Travolta) and his equally hard-drinking protege, Lawson Pines (Gabriel Macht), already reside in the house. They tell Pursy that the three of them have inherited equal shares of the house, and she moves in with them. After a rocky start, the three grow to believe in each other.
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| 1. A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
aka: Murder on the Bayou
2. A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
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