Release Date: 3/18/2003 Original Release: 2002 Format: DVD Widescreen Length: 104 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: strong sexuality, nudity, language, some drug use, and violence UPC: 043396103863 Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainm
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.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Letterbox - 1.85 Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Trailers Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary (5) Audio Commentary: 1. Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe - Stars 2. Paul Schrader - Director 3. Producers and Writers Featurette: 1. MURDER IN SCOTTSDALE 2. Making-Of Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection DVD-ROM Features: Weblink
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