Prayers for Bobby vs The Night That Panicked America
Prayers for Bobby has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for The Night That Panicked America). Prayers for Bobby is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. The Night That Panicked America is the older of the two (1975 against 2009). Both are drama, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Prayers for Bobby
The Night That Panicked America| Prayers for Bobby | The Night That Panicked America | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 1975 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama, History, TV Movie | Drama, TV Movie |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Russell Mulcahy | Joseph Sargent |
| Main cast | Henry Czerny, Carly Schroeder, Sigourney Weaver, Ryan Kelley, Dan Butler | Ron Rifkin, Tom Bosley, John Ritter, Eileen Brennan, Cliff DeYoung |
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 Night That Panicked America
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
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