Product Description

Based on a 1967 hit song. A seventeen-year-old boy is seduced into a homosexual act. His guilt over the incident drives him to commit suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge, leaving his girlfriend behind.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2673 in VHS
• Released on: 1994-01-18
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Formats: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1

Customer Reviews

Where's The Complete Version?
When I saw this movie for the first time, I seem to remember that during the jamboree scene there is a shot of Billy Joe and his boss gazing into each others eyes, embracing, and dropping out of range of the camera. The VHS doesn't include this scene and neither does the cut I saw on CMT tonight. This was an important shot because it allowed the viewer to know exactly why Billy Joe was so tormented instead of making us wait and find out at the same time Bobbie Lee did. Without this scene, the viewer is left with the incorrect assumption that the Yazoo City hooker we see tempting Billy Joe in the mill is actually a man! In this edited version, we don't know the truth until the end when Billy Joe's boss confesses to Bobbie Lee on the bridge.

I think this is a great movie, the language reminds me of the way my relatives in the south talk, and everbody is sweating all the time so you can almost feel the oppressive heat. The cast is excellent. I would give this movie five stars, but not until an unedited version is released. And I'm not sure that's gonna happen anytime soon.

Tragically beautiful story
O.k. so perhaps this movie wasn't fast-paced, action-packed, or full of big budget special effects. Perhaps it wasn't even filled with gratuitous nudity, but it still had a lot of things going for it. It had a kind of simple tenderness to it which I found entirely enchanting. It's one of those films that sort of haunt me as though it were one of my own memories. The transformation from innocence and immaturity to harsh reality was eerily vivid. This movie is a definite must-see.

FINALLY!! BILLY JOE GETS HIS. OR SO WE THOUGHT?
This has been a long awaited dvd release!! I will add more to the review after seeing what they have done to this classic. LOOKS LIKE AMAZON HAS CANCELLED THE DVD RELEASE...IT IS NO LONGER ON MY WISH LIST AND HAS DISAPPEARED FROM ANY SEARCHS..