
Capote(2005)
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".


“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.

Greg Kinnear
Bob Crane

Willem Dafoe
John Carpenter

Rita Wilson
Anne Crane

Maria Bello
Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane

Ron Leibman
Lenny

Kurt Fuller
Werner Klemperer

Ed Begley Jr.
Mel Rosen

Michael E. Rodgers
Richard Dawson

Michael McKean
Video Executive

Christopher Neiman
Robert Clary
Auto Focus is a crime, drama film released in 2002 exploring themes of adultery, infidelity, pornography, based on novel or book, 1970s, orgy. Directed by Paul Schrader, it stars Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson. 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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