AUTO FOCUS
Bob Crane, star of the 60s sitcom Hogans Heroes, was murdered in a Scottsdale, Arizona motel room in 1978. The prime suspect was his best friend John Carpenter no, not that John Carpenter, but a seedy video technician who introduced Crane to a dark world of sex, lies, and videotape. As portrayed in Paul Schraders fascinating Auto Focus, adapted from Robert Graysmiths book «The Murder of Bob Crane», Crane is less a sleaze ball than a mythic figure embarrassingly oblivious to just how close he was walking to the edge. Schraders approach to the seedy material is unusually gentle, which makes for a particularly uncomfortable viewing experience. (Ed Gonzalez)
- Greg Kinnear - Bob Crane
- Willem Dafoe - John Carpenter
- Maria Bello - Sigrid Valdis
- Rita Wilson - Anne Crane
- Ron Leibman - Lenny
- Bruce Solomon - Feldman
- Michael E. Rodgers - Richard Dawson
- Kurt Fuller - Klemperer/ Col. Klink
- Christopher Neiman - Robert Clary/LeBeau
- Lyle Kanouse - John Banner/ Sgt. Schultz
- Ed Begley Jr. - Mel Rosen
- Michael Gerbosi nach dem Buch «The Murder of Bob Crane» von Robert Graysmith
- Fred Murphy
- Mike Baumann
- Kristina Boden
- Angelo Badalamenti
- James Chinlund
- Julie Weiss
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