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76% Rotten Tomatoes Produced by Adam Rolston Cinematography Peter Wunstorf Director Roger Spottiswoode Screenplay Maria Nation, Tim John | 7.4/10 IMDb 54% Metacritic Written by Tim John
Maria Nation Initial release 18 November 2016 (USA) Production company Stage 6 Films | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on A Street Cat Named Bob
by James Bowen Starring Luke Treadaway
Ruta Gedmintas
Joanne Froggatt
Anthony Head
Caroline Goodall
Bob the Cat Music by David Hirschfelder
Charlie Fink Music director Charlie Fink, David Hirschfelder Cast Luke Treadaway, Joanne Froggatt, Ruta Gedmintas, Anthony Head, Caroline Goodall Similar Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, Cat movies, Dramas Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Street Cat Named Bob is a 2016 British family comedy-drama film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Tim John and Maria Nation. It is based on the book of same name by James Bowen. The film stars Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head and Bob the Cat as himself. The film premiered in London, England on 3 November 2016, followed by a general release the next day on 4 November 2016.
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Summary
Homeless and a recovering drug addict, James Bowen (Luke Treadaway) is running low on his luck. He’s given a last chance to turn his life around by his support worker, Val (Joanne Froggatt), who helps him to finally be given his own flat to live in. As James attempts to build a life and future for himself by busking in Covent Garden, he struggles to gain any traction as the London crowd passes him by. Whilst in the bath one day, he hears a break-in and finds a ginger cat in his kitchen eating the corn flakes. Thinking it belongs to a neighbour, he sets out to find the owner but with no luck concluding that it must be a stray. Over the next few days, the cat continues to linger on the estate, and James discovers an infected wound on the animal’s leg. He takes the cat to be treated by a charity vet and from that point onwards, the two lives become entwined.
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Production
On 24 August 2015 it was announced that Roger Spottiswoode would direct a film based on the book A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen, while Tim John scripted the film. Adam Rolston would produce the film through his Shooting Script Films. The Exchange sold the film's international rights. Maria Nation also wrote the script.
Principal photography on the film began on 25 October 2015 in London, at Twickenham Film Studios and on location in Covent Garden. Filming wrapped up on 6 December 2015.
Possible sequel
Due to Bowen's world-famous books based around Bob, it is as of yet unknown if Sony Pictures and Bowen will make the follow-up film adaptation of The World According to Bob. But some believe there's a potential chance it could happen.