Prayers for Bobby

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 1/24/09 at 10:03pm

Anyone else watching on Lifetime now? I love it, and poor bobby!

[Kasie]

Posted: 1/24/09 at 10:16pm

I recorded it and just started watching it. I'll probably end up crying my eyes out.

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 1/24/09 at 11:04pm

I just finished watching it. I haven't cried this much from a made for tv movie, or really any movie, ever! SO sad, but so touching. And I love Sigourney Weaver.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 12:22am

I'm watching it now.

[CMoore]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 12:57am

This movie could have been my life story, SO grateful it wasn't. I can't wait to watch it, just missed the premiere, but they are showing it again right after.

[snl89]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 1:16am

I'm SO frustrated that I don't get Lifetime here at school (we don't have cable so I only get a few basic channels through digital rabit ears). I REALLY wanted to see this movie, it looks so good!!

The ONLY thing is, while the movie itself looked fantastic from the previews I saw, the previews themselves were... pretty cheesy. But, then again, it IS Lifetime haha. But yeah, DEFINITELY need to see it somehow. It looks so incredibly poignant.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 1:46am

It's hard to watch. It's so crazy to me that people still think that way. Especially a mother. I'll never really understand it.

[antonijan]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 1:58am

I wanna buy the dvd.

[CMoore]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 2:10am

My mom needs to watch it...

[antonijan]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 2:22am

Another good movie/documentary for family members to see is:

For the Bible Tells Me So

And soulforce.org for resources.

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 10:51am

I missed it and forgot to set up the DVR to record it, but judging from the trailers it looked like a very well-made film. Any chance of it repeating or going out on DVD?

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 11:38am

LIFE Sun, Jan 25, 8:00 PM Prayers for Bobby
LIFE Tue, Jan 27, 9:00 PM Prayers for Bobby

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 11:43am

Great, thank you! (:

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 11:47am

It's a very powerful story. I'm kind of glad it was made into a Lifetime movie.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 11:52am

Well, I don't like Sigourney Weaver, but I do want to see the movie. I just set the DVR to record it tonight.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 12:07pm

Being as how our hearts are about as soft as cashew brittle, it's not often that something comes along that warms us up enough to tease a gentle "Awwww..." from our lips.

But when actor Scott Bailey's publicist sent us an essay that he'd written about his experience playing the boyfriend of Bobby Griffith in the true-life tearjerker Prayers for Bobby, that's pretty much what happened.

I was originally going to excerpt the essay here for you to read, but I'm actually posting it in its entirety below, because it's kinda too precious for words.
A straight actor's gay education: Scott Bailey on his "Prayers for Bobby" experience

Updated On: 1/25/09 at 12:07 PM

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 12:17pm

Awww, that made me cry. And he's HAWT!

[BroomstickBoy]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 4:56pm

That made me like that man just a WEE bit more :)

[HellsBells2]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 5:14pm

Missed it, but will be sure to catch it. Looks fabulous! Loved the essay - so inspiring. I especially loved this line by one of the commenters "I may be straight, but I'm not narrow."

And oh yeah, he is HAWT!!!! I give him two nipples up!
Updated On: 1/25/09 at 05:14 PM

[StockardFan]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 5:37pm

HAHA!

BTW, how are you doing, Vic?

[dg22894]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 6:46pm

I had two friends in it. It was an amazing movie.

[sally1112]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 6:59pm

I watched it thinking it would be kinda silly and sappy, and I was wrong. It is really well done and S.W. is so great that her performance keeps the show from being fluff. I cried so much, as soon as it was over I had to run out to a gay bar and go dancing with friends!

[morosco]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 10:01pm

Beautiful film.

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 10:03pm

I'm not a big Lifetime movie fan, but I decided to record it after seeing Sigourney Weaver on The View. About half-way through the tears started (I'm usually not a cryer) and I continued to cry pretty much to the end. Great movie.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 1/25/09 at 10:07pm

It was a good story. Technically I question the director's choice of the horror film transitions in places. I know the speeded up segments and staccato image advancements are all the rage but I found it distracting and a bit annoying at times.