Prayers for Bobby vs The Curse of Steptoe
Prayers for Bobby has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.8/10 for The Curse of Steptoe). The Curse of Steptoe is the shorter watch at 1h 7m compared with 1h 29m. The Curse of Steptoe is the older of the two (2008 against 2009). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Prayers for Bobby
The Curse of Steptoe| Prayers for Bobby | The Curse of Steptoe | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History, TV Movie | Drama, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Russell Mulcahy | Michael Samuels |
| Main cast | Henry Czerny, Carly Schroeder, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Dan Butler | Roger Allam, Rory Kinnear, Clare Higgins, Jason Isaacs, Burn Gorman |
Synopsis
Prayers for Bobby
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.
The Curse of Steptoe
In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.
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