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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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
adaptationType song adaptation
basedOn Ode to Billie Joe NERFINISHED
song by Bobbie Gentry
cinematographyBy John A. Alonzo NERFINISHED
composer Michel Legrand NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Max Baer Jr. NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
rural Mississippi
starring Glynnis O'Connor NERFINISHED
James Best NERFINISHED
Joan Hotchkis NERFINISHED
Robby Benson NERFINISHED
Sondra Locke NERFINISHED
theme coming of age
rural Southern life
social stigma
suicide
timePeriodSetting 1950s
titleCharacter Billy Joe McAllister NERFINISHED

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Doin' Our Thing hasTrack Ode to Billy Joe
this entity surface form: Ode to Billie Joe
Mare Winningham notableWork Ode to Billy Joe
Adam Holender workedOn Ode to Billy Joe