Bobbie's Girl

Bobbie's Girl
Bobbie's Girl
Directed by	Jeremy Kagan
Produced by	Ron Shore John Davis Howard W. Koch Josh Silver (co-producer) Josh Kesselman (co-producer) Spencer Proffer (executive producers)
Written by	Samuel Bernstein
Starring	Bernadette Peters Rachel Ward Jonathan Silverman Thomas Sangster
Music by	Bruce Broughton
Cinematography	Ciarán Tanham
Editing by	Michael Economou
Release date(s)	June 9, 2002 (Showtime television)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Bobbie's Girl is a comedy-drama television movie about two women leading a comfortable, quiet life running a pub in Dublin who are suddenly confronted with a series of health and family crises. (PG-13)

Plot summary

Bobbie Langham (Rachel Ward) and Bailey Lewis (Bernadette Peters) are life partners who own and run a pub together in Dublin, Ireland, aided by Bailey's brother, David Lewis (Jonathan Silverman). Bobbie discovers that she has breast cancer, and is determined to deal with the crisis on her own. Meanwhile, the parents of Bobbie's 10-year old nephew Alan Langham (Thomas Sangster) have been killed, and Bailey talks a reluctant Bobbie into taking him in. Bobbie and Bailey are opposites—Bobbie the cool, quiet, reserved, practical one; Bailey warm, outgoing and eccentric (and a former actress). As Bobbie undergoes treatment for her illness she finally agrees to accept Bailey's help. In turn, Bailey takes over the management of the pub and takes care of Bobbie, growing more responsible.

In the end, Bobbie learns to express her love for Alan and accepts him into the extended "family", much to Bailey's delight. A "wedding-commitment" ceremony between Bobbie and Bailey, attended by family and friends, solidifies the women's commitment to each other.

Awards and nominations

• Daytime Emmy Awards--Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special—Bernadette Peters (nominated)
• GLAAD Media Award—Outstanding Television Movie (nominated)

Trivia

This film reunites Peters with director Jeremy Kagan, who directed her in the TV movie Sleeping Beauty.

See also

• Wikipedia article on television shows with LGBT characters

External links

• Bobbie's Girl at the Internet Movie Database
• Daytime Emmy listing (2003) on IMDB