2002·Crime·1h 44m
7.0
★
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.
Directed by Paul Schrader
adultery
infidelity
pornography
based on novel or book
1970s
orgy
sex addiction
biography
based on true story
video taped
1960s
dinner theater
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Cast
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
Bruce Solomon
Edward H. Feldman
Lyle Kanouse
John Banner
Crew
Paul Schrader
Director
Angelo Badalamenti
Original Music Composer
Brian Oliver
Co-Producer
James Schamus
Executive Producer
Scott Alexander
Producer
Trevor Macy
Executive Producer
Larry Karaszewski
Producer
Joel Harlow
Makeup Effects
Robert Graysmith
Book
Kevin Beard
Stand In
Paul A. Edwards
"A" Camera Operator
Barry Idoine
First Assistant Camera
Popular Reviews
50 reviews
Benji
8.0★ · 03/30/26
Schrader makes me feel the full range of my emotions. I don’t remember the last time I laughed as hard as the “what’s on my ass!” Scene yet the scene with him watching the video with his kids expecting there to be his sex tape tenser than any horror movie.
Schrader makes me feel the full range of my emotions. I don’t remember the last time I laughed as hard as the “what’s on my ass!” Scene yet the scene with him watching the video with his kids expecting there to be his sex tape tenser than any horror movie.
Silas Viland
6.0★ · 12/31/25
Really nice family comedy, recommend watching this film with your mother and your brother.
Really nice family comedy, recommend watching this film with your mother and your brother.
Goran Dragić
6.0★ · 01/31/25
No notes. He didn’t write one single note. That’s not the Paul Schrader I know.
No notes. He didn’t write one single note. That’s not the Paul Schrader I know.
ytfbatumn
7.0★ · 01/26/25
I only watched this because Pail Schrader directed it. Usually a bio-pic on the star of a sitcom that ended 29 years before I was born wouldn’t interest me. What really sets this apart from other bio-pics, though, is the reason I watched it in the first place — Paul Schrader’s direction.
The tonal shift in this is subtle throughout, but it reflects Bob Crane’s career to a T. It begins lighthearted and easy-going and by the end, the movie is dark and turbulent. The change in tone isn’t sudden; rather, it is gradual and almost unnoticeable until you arrive at the end of the film and realize just how much Crane’s life had spiraled.
Unrelated from the direction, but Crane and Carpenter were on some freaky shit.
On paper, I wouldn’t be too interested in this, but Paul Schrader knocked it out of the park.
The tonal shift in this is subtle throughout, but it reflects Bob Crane’s career to a T. It begins lighthearted and easy-going and by the end, the movie is dark and turbulent. The change in tone isn’t sudden; rather, it is gradual and almost unnoticeable until you arrive at the end of the film and realize just how much Crane’s life had spiraled.
Unrelated from the direction, but Crane and Carpenter were on some freaky shit.
On paper, I wouldn’t be too interested in this, but Paul Schrader knocked it out of the park.
I only watched this because Pail Schrader directed it. Usually a bio-pic on the star of a sitcom that ended 29 years before I was born wouldn’t interest me. What really sets this apart from other bio-pics, though, is the reason I watched it in the first place — Paul Schrader’s direction.
The tonal shift in this is subtle throughout, but it reflects Bob Crane’s career to a T. It begins lighthearted and easy-going and by the end, the movie is dark and turbulent. The change in tone isn’t sudden; rather, it is gradual and almost unnoticeable until you arrive at the end of the film and realize just how much Crane’s life had spiraled.
Unrelated from the direction, but Crane and Carpenter were on some freaky shit.
On paper, I wouldn’t be too interested in this, but Paul Schrader knocked it out of the park.
The tonal shift in this is subtle throughout, but it reflects Bob Crane’s career to a T. It begins lighthearted and easy-going and by the end, the movie is dark and turbulent. The change in tone isn’t sudden; rather, it is gradual and almost unnoticeable until you arrive at the end of the film and realize just how much Crane’s life had spiraled.
Unrelated from the direction, but Crane and Carpenter were on some freaky shit.
On paper, I wouldn’t be too interested in this, but Paul Schrader knocked it out of the park.
hopePRO
7.0★ · 01/07/25
final lines of the film “men gotta have fun” over the image of bob crane alone in a shitty hotel divorced estranged from his kids with his head bashed in allll because of his addiction.
i giggled.
iykyk
i will also think about willem saying “it’s fuck time” for the rest of my life
i giggled.
iykyk
i will also think about willem saying “it’s fuck time” for the rest of my life
final lines of the film “men gotta have fun” over the image of bob crane alone in a shitty hotel divorced estranged from his kids with his head bashed in allll because of his addiction.
i giggled.
iykyk
i will also think about willem saying “it’s fuck time” for the rest of my life
i giggled.
iykyk
i will also think about willem saying “it’s fuck time” for the rest of my life