Ode to Billy Joe
***This screenplay tells the story of Bobbie Gentry's hit ballad, *Ode to Billie Joe*.*** In Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, ***the Bridge still stands***. And people still talk about that dusty June day in 1953 when, ***for no apparent reason, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge***. Now, ***years after the whispers and rumors***, the muddy ***Tallahatchie River gives up its secrets***—the secrets within the haunting ballad that swept America.