Ode to Billy Joe
“What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.”
6.2(37)PG19761h 45mEN
Directed by Max Baer Jr.
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
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sexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south
Budget $1.1MBox office $27.0M
