Auto Focus is a 2002 American biographical film directed by Paul Schrader that stars Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe. The screenplay by Michael Gerbosi is based on the book The Murder of Bob Crane by Robert Graysmith. It tells the story of actor Bob Crane, an affable radio show host and amateur drummer who found success on Hogan's Heroes, a popular television sitcom about a prisoner of war camp during World War II, and his dramatic descent into the underbelly of Hollywood after the series was cancelled. Disc jockey turned actor Bob Crane develops a secret personal life, focusing on his... relationship with John Henry Carpenter, an electronics expert involved with the nascent home video market. Encouraged by Carpenter and enabled by his expertise, Crane — portrayed as a church-going, clean-cut family man — becomes a sex addict obsessed with sleeping with as many women as possible and recording those encounters with video and photographic equipment, usually with Carpenter participating.
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| Release date: | October 18, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Paul Schrader, Larry Karaszewski |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Alicia Allain, Patrick Dollard, Todd Rosken, Brian Oliver, Scott Alexander |
| Editor: | Kristina Boden |
| Music by: | Angelo Badalamenti |
| Cinematography: | Fred Murphy, Jeffrey Greeley |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Gerbosi |
| Estimated budget: | $7,000,000 |
| Genre: | Biography |