Ode to Billy Joe
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Ode to Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film adaptation of Bobbie Gentry’s hit song, exploring the mysterious circumstances surrounding a young man’s suicide in rural Mississippi.
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| Ode to Billie Joe | 1 |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | song adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Ode to Billie Joe
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song by Bobbie Gentry ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | John A. Alonzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Michel Legrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Max Baer Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editor | Tom McDonough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasAlternateSpelling | Ode to Billie Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | What the song didn't tell you, the movie will. ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Billy Joe McAllister
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Bobbie Lee Hartley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG ⓘ |
| narrativeExpansionOf | Ode to Billie Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The film dramatizes the events leading up to Billy Joe McAllister's suicide and its impact on his girlfriend Bobbie Lee and their small Mississippi community. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Max Baer Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ode Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-06-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Herman Raucher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Mississippi
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rural Mississippi ⓘ |
| starring |
Glynnis O'Connor
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James Best NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Hotchkis NERFINISHED ⓘ Robby Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sondra Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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rural Southern life ⓘ social stigma ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | 1950s ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Billy Joe McAllister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Ode to Billie Joe