Editing Bob Crane (section)

==''Auto Focus''==
Crane's life and murder were the subject of the 2002 feature film ''[[Auto Focus]]'' directed by [[Paul Schrader]] and starring [[Greg Kinnear]] as Crane. The film is based on the book ''The Murder of Bob Crane'' by author [[Robert Graysmith]] and was described as "brilliant" by critic [[Roger Ebert]]. It portrays Crane as a happily married, church-going family man who succumbs to [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]'s celebrity lifestyle after becoming a television star. He meets Carpenter, played by [[Willem Dafoe]], and learns about then-new [[home video]] technology. He subsequently descends into a life of strip clubs, [[BDSM]] and [[sex addiction]].<ref>Ebert, R. (September 2, 2002). "Auto Focus" Captures Star's Downfall. [https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/auto-focus-captures-stars-downfall RogerEbert.com archive]. Retrieved November 15, 2013.</ref>

Scotty challenged the film's accuracy in an October 2002 review. "During the last twelve years of his life," he wrote, "[Crane] went to church three times: when I was baptized, when his father died, and when he was buried." Scotty further stated that Crane was a sex addict long before he became a celebrity, and that he may have begun recording his sexual encounters as early as 1956. There was no evidence, he said, that Crane engaged in BDSM; there were no such scenes in any of his hundreds of home movies, and Schrader admitted that the film's BDSM scene was based on his own experience while writing his earlier film ''[[Hardcore (1979 film)|Hardcore]]'' (1979).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crane |first=Scotty |title=Raging Bullshit: Auto Focus Is Not My Dad's Story |work=The Stranger |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/raging-bullshit/Content?oid=12356 |access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> Before production on ''Auto Focus'' was announced, Scotty and Olson had tried to sell a rival script titled ''F-Stop'' or ''Take Off Your Clothes and Smile'', but interest ceased after ''Auto Focus'' was announced.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Truth About Bob Crane |url=http://mortystv.com/bob_crane.shtml |access-date=August 14, 2011 |publisher=Morty's TV.com}}</ref>

In June 2001, Scotty launched the {{abbr|bobcrane.com|Caution: the site is now defunct, and the URL is flagged by anti-virus software as hosting malware.}} website,<ref name=sfweekly/> which remained active as late as May 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bobcrane.com/ |title=The Official Website of Bob Crane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520033433/http://bobcrane.com/ |archive-date=May 20, 2017 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> It included a paid section featuring photographs, outtakes from his father's sex films and Crane's autopsy report that proved, he said, that his father did not have a [[penile implant]] as stated in ''Auto Focus''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=October 24, 2002 |title=Sons take sides in biopic dispute |page=D5 |work=The Hour |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Tw8hAAAAIBAJ&pg=3393,3451705&dq=bob+crane+scotty+autopsy+report&hl=en |access-date=December 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 4, 2003 |title=A star is porn |work=The Age |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/04/1057179135350.html |access-date=December 15, 2012}}</ref> Explicit photographs and videos from Crane's private archive could also be purchased for a monthly subscription fee of $19.95.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fryer |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReptBgAAQBAJ&dq=%E2%80%9C%E2%80%9CXXX-rated+photographs+and+videos+from+my+dad%E2%80%99s+private+archive+of+sexual+liaisons+involving+him+and+various+women%E2%80%94all+for+a+monthly+subscription+fee+of+%2419.95.+The+site+also+offered+T-shirts+with+a+black-and-white+image+of+Patti%E2%80%99s+husband+and+Scotty%E2%80%99s+father+in+flagrante+delicto+with+a+consenting+female.%E2%80%9D&pg=PA282 |title=Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder |publisher=University of Kentucky |year=2015 |isbn=9780813160757 |location=Lexington, KY |pages=282 |language=English}}</ref> The site was renamed "Bob Crane: The Official Web Site", but is now abandoned. An "Official Licensing Website of Bob Crane" was maintained by CMG Worldwide elsewhere on the internet—it was active as late as February 2023,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cmgww.com/stars/crane/ |title=Bob Crane – The Official Licensing Website of Bob Crane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206185700/https://www.cmgww.com/stars/crane/ |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> but the website is now defunct.