Ode to Bill Joe Movie Intro Gentry Benson DVD 1976 Tallahatchie Bridge

[Latronica1]

how can i purchase on dvd of this movie i heard about it but never seen it. i would love to see

[bondurango]

Bobbie Gentry always claimed the song was written as a mystery with no intent to portray Billy Joe McAllister's suicide as a victim of pedophelia. Warner Bros. hired Herman Raucher (Summer of 42) who made a novel & a screenplay out of the song by playing off the success of the novel & the movie, Deliverance. Apparently, Max Baer had a deal with the studio thru his Beverly Hillbillies contract to produce & direct. The low budget "rip-off" cost $1 million & grossed over $30 million world wide.

[lilducklingsierra]

Wait did someone actually jump off that bridge?

[lilducklingsierra]

omg this guy sang this song to my 7th grade class and used this guitar and held down the strings with like a meatal finger, it made it sound really neat! Its such a great song, with unique voice :D

[Blondencrazee]

My favorite video by far. I like how you incorporated the pics. Great job! I love this song.

[jaidemm]

Thank you. I wish I could take that credit, but I can't. These are actually just the beginning credits of the movie.

[CHAMPERS20]

COMEING TO DVD APRIL 2009

[darkyoda]

Hopefully this summer I'm going to get back to Greenwood where this took place, and was filmed. I'll see if I can scrounge up pictures or video of the locations today.

[PamelaMorrison89]

anyway you could post more clips? I haven't seen this movie in years!

[jaidemm]

I will try. Thanks.

[PamelaMorrison89]

If you don't It's cool, thank you for trying! :)

[PotrancaFina]

Let me try to post this again.

He had been with his boss from the sawmill-Dewey Barksdale, not the preacher

[jaidemm]

Good info! Thanks.

[PotrancaFina]

He had been with his boss from the sawmill-Dewey Barksdale, not the preacher

[meganroxz]

love the movie

[basicted]

In the movie he got drunk and made it with the preacher, and he could not deal with the guilt. Even his gf said "I always thought people like that.." and he said "there you go 'people like that"

[Cheetahsmonk]

I felt sorry for him..down south what went on wasn't supposed to. Whateve he was going thru I guess he couldn't deal with it..but that pedophile shoulda been the one to jump...Not BJ..Personally if Bobbie Lee wasn't such a CT..maybe it never woulda happened..who knows..

[licklolly35]

good movie , robby benson was so good in it , very haunting song , can anyoone explain was billy joe gay? i remember a scene where he went into a tent with a man , is this why he commited sucide

[jaidemm]

Yes, he was gay. I think he thought something was wrong with him and just couldn't live with himself.

[gedgar2000]

Haunting song. Part of the reason why I like it is that exactly what went on between her and BJ is a mystery.

The movie was kind of weak. Oh -- how can BJ commit suicide by jumping off that little bridge! Itlooks to be 10' off the water! In the song I expected a bridge over a deep gorge or something.

[jaidemm]

I thought the same thing, "How did he kill himself by jumping off that bridge"? There must be some pretty wicked currents in the water that we can't see. :)

[lenahc7]

how much for the movie

[jaidemm]

Contact us for pricing.

[tranurse]

this is a strange movie

[hamtrak]

The scene near the end ,with Glynnis O'Connor and James Best redeems the whole movie! It's the only part I ever watch!

[apachejctaz]

this was a good down south movie.

[mammyunpleasant]

This song always gives me the creeps