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Auto Focus (Special Edition)

Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled

Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets) and Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire, Spider-Man) star in a provocative drama about the colorful life and mysterious death of legendary television actor Bob Crane. Bob Crane (Kinnear) became well known as the star of the hit comedy series Hogan's Heroes. With an abundance of fame, wealth and success, Crane dove headfirst into the darker, destructive side of the celebrity lifestyle. He eventually teamed up with a video technician (Dafoe) who helped him to systematically document his copious sexploits with beautiful young women. But when the fast living and hard loving got out of control, the end result was a brutal murder that remains one of the most scandalous unsolved mysteries in Hollywood history.

"...a compelling, sympathetic portrait.."  Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
"Dafoe is excellent..."  Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
"...strangely wonderful and weirdly touching..."  Manohla Dargis, L.A. Times

Editor's Note

AUTO FOCUS is the story of Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear), who was the star of the television series Hogan's Heroes in the 1960s. Before he achieved that particular fame, Crane was a popular radio talk show host in Hollywood. His television work brought him a level of visibility and notoriety that he turned directly into sexual opportunity. Gallivanting with sleazy audiovisual salesman John Carpenter (Willem Dafoe), Crane built a life as a desperately addicted sex maniac. As the first home video cameras were invented, Carpenter and Crane began a prolific hobby of coercing girls to appear on tape while engaging in lewd sexual acts. The more intensely obsessed Crane became with his habit, the less his acting career mattered. He divorced his wife, allowing her custody of their two children, and remarried, having another son, only to divorce again. Meanwhile, his relentless sexual exploits became increasingly impersonal and mean-spirited. His public image suffered as he shamelessly made tasteless, sexualized remarks and got a reputation for openly displaying photographs of himself receiving oral sex. Paul Schrader's powerful, deeply effective, and darkly disturbing film makes a 180-degree transition as its story rolls out. What begins as a happy, colorful, naive portrayal of the entertainment industry becomes the nightmare of one man's disintegration in the face of temptation, money, and power.

Features

	Subtitles: English, French
	Animated Menus
	Scene Selections
	Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Surround
	5 Deleted Scenes With Optional Director Commentary
	Bonus Trailers
	Weblinks
	Commentaries With Director Paul Schreader, Actors Greg Kinnear And Willem Dafoe, Producers Scott Alexander And Larry Karaszewski & Writer Michael Gerbosi
	Murder In Scottsdale Documentary
	Making Of Featurette

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Columbia Tri-Star
	Release Date: 7/24/2007
	Running Time: 106 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2002
	Catalog ID: 10386
	UPC: 00043396103863
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed
	Available Subtitles: French
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	1.85:1

Cast & Crew

	Ed Begley Jr.
	Greg Kinnear
	Mario Bello
	Rita Wilson
	Willem Dafoe
	Robert Graysmith - Based On Novel By
	Fred Murphy - Cinematographer
	Paul Schrader - Director
	Kristina Boden - Editor
	Trevor Macy - Executive Producer
	Angelo Badalamenti - Musical Score
	Scott Alexander - Producer
	Todd Rosken - Producer
	James Chinlund - Production Designer
	Michael Gerbosi - Writer