Trouble in Toronto? 'Bobby' still 'unfinished'
Uh-oh. A secret source within Harvey Weinstein's inner circle just confirmed this rumor: yes, The Happy Oscar Warrior plans to take his precious "Bobby" to Toronto "unfinished. "
Visions of "Elizabethtown" disaster loom! Last year we Oscarwatchers were told that Cameron Crowe had such complete confidence in his Orlando Bloom/ Kirsten Dunst heart-tugger that he didn't mind showing it in rough form to industryites at the Toronto Film Festival. The audience was not impressed with the result and even though Crowe fine-tuned the pic later on, cutting out some of the dull, drag-on parts, bad word of mouth doomed its debut back in the U.S.
Are we right to be leery of "Bobby"?
Nope, says the (rather biased) source. Harvey's just fussing with issues like how much voiceover we should hear from old tapes of Robert Kennedy. Initially, there was additional voiceover recorded by Martin and Charlie Sheen (father and brother of director/writer Emilio Estevez), but Harvey had that yanked.
"Also there are a couple of tech issues still being worked out," says the source. "And a song. It's being written by a huge, huge music star specifically for the film, but even I don't know who Harvey's got up his sleeve. He's being really secretive about that and it won't be added to the film until after Toronto."
Photo: Harvey hopes that 'Bobby' will be his first best picture contender since he and brother Bob broke away from Miramax to form their own shingle.
(Weinstein Co.)


Tom, I'm starting to think you don't want this film to succeed. Fortunately, with Venice, Deauville, and Toronto screenings all coming up, we'll soon have something substantive on which to base judgments.
Posted by: jedsaid | August 30, 2006 at 01:24 PM
To The Brothers Weinstein:
"Bobby" was predestined to turn out "unfinished" the moment Emilio
Estevez persuaded you two to portray Robert Kennedy's murder as
LAPD's home-grown byproduct; i.e., "a lone gunman-assassin," an
absurdity on its face, and insult rivalling The Warren Commission's
"one-man-acting-alone" concoction vis-a-vis JFK's assassination; it
still remains available for you two to yank "Bobby" before it causes a
professional and civic catastrophe to descend upon "Hollywood," at
point in time when the movie industry can assuredly ill-afford same.
Sincerely yours,
Jonn G. Christian, LV
Author, "The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: A Searching Look
At The Conspiracy and Cover-Up" (Random House '78); Thunder's
Mouth Press, '93 (Foreword by Oliver Stone); and
"Fatal Connections: Linking The Kennedy and King Assassinations."
Volumes I & II (Release dates: 2007 & 2008)
Posted by: Jonn G. Christian, LV | August 30, 2006 at 11:18 AM