Bobby tells the story of several fictionalized people whose lives happen to intersect the night of June 4, 1968 in the Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles - the day of the California Presidential Primary.

The film intertwines some of RFK's words and campaign with the drama that is taking place in the lives of the main characters. The film is a look at the times - the late 60's. The Vietnam War was raging, drug use was becoming more prevalent, racial issues were at the front of people's consciousness, and life was very different. Disenchantment with the country and the world was taking over and the idealism of RFK sparked hope in people who felt he was their last resource. Only two months earlier Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated, and the country was still reeling from his death. RFK provided a ray of sunshine in what was often felt to be a very bleak time.

The DVD contains a look at the making of the film from its inception to production as well as a feature with some of the people who were close to RFK and who were in the hotel with him the night he was assassinated. It's a personal look at how the man affected the lives of those around him.

1968 was a troubled year. "Bobby" reflects the year and the changing times. While it is not directly a story about Robert Kennedy, it is Estevez' homage to the man whose memory lives on not only in history books but also in the consciousness of millions of people.

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