Prayers for Bobby w/ Sigourney Weaver

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 4:31pm

Looks both devastating and uplifting.
Trailer

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 6:11pm

Is this for TV, and if it is, what channel?

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 6:22pm

It'll be airing on Lifetime.

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 6:31pm

Well how sad is that...I love Sigourney Weaver. Looks Great!!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 7:17pm

I read the book several years ago. It was very engrossing.

[yeah]

Posted: 12/25/08 at 9:44pm

I love this book, it's one of my favorites. Several years ago there was supposed to be a film involving Susan Sarandan. Weaver, for me, is a step down; I just hope they don't ruin it.

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 12/27/08 at 12:55am

One of my favorite books ever. I love Siourney Weaver. I hope they do it justice. It's good timing.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/27/08 at 6:59am

I haven't loved some of Sarandon's recent performances. In The Valley of Elah it always seems like was acting. It wasn't, "oh my, my son was killed, what should I do?" It was, "oh NOOOOOOOOO, my son was KIIIIIIIIILLEEEEED." Completely lacking in restraint and subtlety.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 12/27/08 at 10:48am

I absolutely adore Signourney Weaver and am very excited for this movie.

Thanks for the head's up!

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 1/15/09 at 9:23pm

Answered Prayer: “Prayers For Bobby” is a Groundbreaking Gay TV Movie

by Brent Hartinger
January 14, 2009

The NBC deal didn’t work out, and Sarandon moved on, but Sladek and Taaffe kept pitching the project. In 2000, they managed to sell it to Lifetime with Sela Ward attached to play Mary Griffith. But that deal didn’t pan out either.

A few years later, they sold it yet again, to Showtime, as a vehicle for Christine Lahti.

Incredibly, that deal also fell through, and at the end of 2007, Sladek had almost given up on TV for good. He and Taaffe were all set to finally produce it as the feature film they had originally envisioned.

Just before they were about to start production, Lifetime expressed interest again, this time with Sigourney Weaver in the lead.

“I thought how wonderful we could put this [classic book] in another form, for families to experience,” Weaver says. “It was driven by a commitment to Bobby. Hopefully it’ll start a dialogue for the people who think this issue [of homosexuality] is black and white.”

http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2009/1/prayersforbobby?page=0%2C1

[mc1227]

Posted: 1/15/09 at 10:26pm

I have always felt that Sigourney was one of the most underrated actresses of our time. She is a class act who always gives a great performance. I'm looking forward to this one.