Title from web page. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht, Clayne Crawford.
Summary:
Bobby Long, a former professor turned full-time drunkard, and Lawson Pines, Long's former teaching assistant, spend their days drinking and swapping literary quotations in a New Orleans house owned by a deceased lounge singer. When the singer's daughter, Pursy, shows up to reclaim her mother's property, Bobby and Lawson try to grift their way into keeping the home while attempting to convince the high-school dropout to pursue an education.
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