Sunday, June 29, 2014

June 29 - Auto Focus

Today’s movie is a biographical drama with a scene on June 29. I hope you will watch this film tonight and enjoy it.   

AUTO FOCUS                               
       
Bob Crane is a popular LA disc jockey. He later moves into acting, becoming the star of the successful comedy Hogan’s Heroes. After the show is cancelled he tours the country doing dinner theatre. Crane was always portrayed in the media as a clean-cut family man. However he has a secret life. He met John Henry Carpenter and was drawn into a world of sex addiction and videotaping. On June 29, 1978 [1:39:38 to 1:41:50] Bob Crane was killed, the night after witnesses reported an argument between Crane and Carpenter.

An unusual biopic. Its accuracy has been questioned by some people. Hoever, it is still an interesting and entertaining film.

Producers – Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Alicia Allain, Patrick Dollard, Brian
                     Oliver and Todd Rosken

Director – Paul Shrader

Screenplay - Michael Gerbos

Runtime – 1 hour 45 minutes

Released – October 18, 2002

Starring -

Greg Kinnear as Bob Crane
Willem Dafoe as John Henry Carpenter
Rita Wilson as Anne Crane
Maria Bello as Sigrid Valdis
Ron Leibman as Lenny
Michael E. Rodgers as Richard Dawson
Kurt Fuller as Werner Klemperer
Christopher Neiman as Robert Clary
Ed Begley, Jr. as Mel Rosen
Roderick L. Mccarthy as Bartender
John Kapelos as Bruno Gerussi
Lyle Kanouse as John Banner

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.







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