A Street Cat Named Bob Trailer Gives Luke Treadaway A ‘Purr-fect Fiend’
A Dog has always been labelled a man’s best friend, not always. In A Street Cat Named Bob that little furball of independence but in this feline tale the cat becomes your ‘purr-fect friend’ for Luke Tredaway, watch UK Trailer.
A Street Cat Named Bob is the film adaptation of James Bowen’s much-loved, best-selling book. Starring Luke Treadaway (Unbroken, Clash of the Titans) as James Bowen, ‘A Street Cat Named Bob’ tells the moving and life-affirming true story of the unlikely friendship between a young homeless busker, James Bowen, and the stray ginger cat named Bob who changed his life.
When the book was released in 2012, it was a book that warmed the hearts of those fortunate to read it.Selling millions of copies world wide (1 million her in UK) highlighting the plight of the homeless helping to change our perspective. Sometimes we forget we all hit rock bottom, desperation and the smallest of hope, happiness even just a little helping hand can do a lot for those at the bottom. In James case getting a home be it basic helped him but that unexpected night ‘intruder’ changed James life all together, and the cat in this film is the real Bob that entered his life!This is a film that will unexpectedly pull at your heart strings and prove the bond between human and animal is a special one we should cherish. A friend for life!
Also starring Ruta Gedmintas (The Strain, The Incident) Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey, Filth) Anthony Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and (of course) Bob, filming took place over six weeks in London, mainly in Covent Garden where James and Bob used to busk.
The film is directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Under Fire, Air America, Turner and Hooch), with a script from Tim John (Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde) and Maria Nation (Ice Bound).
A Street Cat Named Bob will be released by Sony Pictures on 4th November in UK.
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