Auto Focus
“A day without sex is a day wasted.”
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
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Cast
59 people
Greg Kinnear
Bob Crane
Known for
Little Miss Sunshine
Black Bird
Willem Dafoe
John Carpenter
Known for
Spider-Man
Aquaman
Rita Wilson
Anne Crane
Known for
Jingle All the Way
Runaway Bride
Maria Bello
Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane
Known for
Prisoners
NCIS
Ron Leibman
Lenny
Known for
Slaughterhouse-Five
Garden State
Kurt Fuller
Werner Klemperer
Known for
Evil
Midnight in Paris
Ed Begley Jr.
Mel Rosen
Known for
Better Call Saul
Young Sheldon
Michael E. Rodgers
Richard Dawson
Known for
The Triangle
Game of Love
Michael McKean
Video Executive
Known for
Better Call Saul
Good Omens
Christopher Neiman
Robert Clary
Known for
S1m0ne
Hellraiser: Inferno
Bruce Solomon
Edward H. Feldman
Known for
Night of the Creeps
Foul Play
Lyle Kanouse
John Banner
Known for
Firefly
Whatever Works
Paul Schrader Director · Michael Gerbosi Writer Robert Graysmith Author
Worldwide gross $2.1M · Budget $7M · United States release October 18, 2002
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,062,066
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Propaganda Films
Production
Good Machine
Production
Focus Puller Inc.
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 8, 2002
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · October 18, 2002
Limited theatrical
United States
October 4, 2002 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Belgium
October 18, 2002 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
May 22, 2003 · Theatrical
Finland
September 28, 2002 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
April 16, 2003 · Theatrical
Germany
June 26, 2003 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 19, 2003 · Digital
Ireland
March 7, 2003 · Digital
Japan
November 1, 2003 · Digital
Netherlands
October 18, 2002 · Premiere
October 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
September 26, 2002 · Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
Sweden
January 24, 2003 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
Switzerland
May 8, 2003 · Digital
United Kingdom
March 7, 2003 · Theatrical
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