okay and make a film of the bobbie gentry song be a dubious idea to begin with while but it hard to imagine a more boorish attempt . i lose count of the reference to the chattahoochie bridge ( nothing good ever happen on that bridge ) and the repetition of the name billy joe mcallister . forgivable and perhaps . what less so be herman raucher painfully expository dialogue ( bobbie lee and you know the rural electrification project doesn not provide power to remote area . ) and the cast excruciate southern accent ( all bad and but not even uniformly so ) and the teenager go with the wind diction . though jethro intent be apparently serious and this film be high camp and can be enjoy thus represent treat it a a frat boy drinking game . watch the film with a bottle of tequila and and take a long swig every time someone say the word bridge .