Starring: Kevin Spacey (Bobby Darin), Kate Bosworth (Sandra Dee), John Goodman (Steve Blauner), Bob Hoskins (Charlie Maffia), Brenda Blethyn (Polly Cassotto)
Film talks of Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto) rise to fame as a singer and composer. He also starts acting in movies where he meets Sandra Dee. They eventually get married and have a son, Dodd. Bobby’s tours and busy schedule becomes a problem in their marriage. He eventually settles down with Sandra at home to raise their son. Sandra’s acting career doesn’t last. Bobby’s singing career becomes nonexistent (in the 70s, during the Vietnam War). Sandra and Bobby drifts apart. Later, Bobby learns that Polly wasn’t his mother after all, but rather his grandmother. Turns out his sister Nina (Caroline Aaron) isn’t his sister, but his mother. She had gotten pregnant at 17 and didn’t want Bobby to be a bastard child. Nina never reveals who the father is. Bobby soon makes a successful comeback and acknowledges Nina as his mother. He reconciles his relationship with Sandra. His health worsens and dies in 1973. During the closing credits, they state that Dodd Darin married and had 2 daughters, and Sandra Dee never remarried and remained in love with Bobby Darin.
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