| Auto Focus | |
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| Directed by | Paul Schrader |
| Written by | Michael Gerbosi |
| Based on | The Murder of Bob Crane by Robert Graysmith |
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| Edited by | Kristina Boden |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7 million |
| Box office | $2.7 million |
Auto Focus is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe. The screenplay by Michael Gerbosi is based on Robert Graysmith's book The Murder of Bob Crane (1993).[1][2]
Auto Focus tells a dramatized story of actor Bob Crane, an affable radio show host and amateur drummer who found success on the popular sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and his dramatic descent into the underbelly of Hollywood after the series was cancelled and he formed a friendship with videographer John Henry Carpenter.
Carpenter was later tried, and acquitted in 1994 of Crane's murder. Although the crime remains officially unsolved, Carpenter has remained the main subject of suspicion even after his death in 1998.[3]
- ^ Booth, William (March 1, 2007). "A Killer Obsession". The Washington Post.
- ^ Graysmith, Robert (May 18, 1993). The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes?. Crown Publishers. ISBN 9780517592090.
- ^ "Motion Picture Purgatory: Auto Focus". DreadCentral. 3 November 2009.