A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) BluRay

Daddy Izz 11/13/2021

A Street Cat Named Bob is a 2016 British biographical drama film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Tim John and Maria Nation. It is based on the book of same name and The World According to Bob 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 on 3 November 2016, followed by a general release the next day. The title is a spoof of A Streetcar Named Desire.

The film won Best British Film at the UK National Film Awards on 29 March 2017.[3]

A Christmas-themed sequel, A Gift from Bob, was released to UK theaters in November 2020. The film was released posthumously, as Bob the cat died in June 2020.

SYNOPSIS A STREET CAT NAMED BOB

James Bowen is a homeless man and former heroin addict, living on the streets of London and down to his last bits of change. After a life threatening drug-related incident, his support worker Val gets him into a council flat and prescribes him methadone in an attempt to get him off the street. On his first night in his flat James discovers a cat rifling through his food. Assuming the cat had escaped from somewhere, James tries to return the cat to his real owners.

After letting him go, the same evening the cat returns to James's flat, this time with a purulent wound on his back leg. Worried, James consults his animal-loving but allergic neighbour, Betty. She informs James of a local charity vet where she volunteers, and names the cat Bob. Waiting on a queue at the vet, James misses a meeting with Val.

After the appointment, James has Bob neutered and sets him free. However, Bob keeps following James into town, eventually drawing more crowds of people, making James more wealthy, and he eventually decides to keep Bob. Bob becomes a tourist hotspot and James and Betty start to become romantically attached.

One night while returning home, James finds his old friend, Baz, unconscious on his flat estate, overdosed on heroin. Baz later dies in hospital, and James finds out that Betty cannot be around drug addicts, as her deceased brother had been one. On New Year's Eve, James makes an impromptu visit to his biological father, Jack, his stepmother, Hilary, and his lost sisters, Pris and Faith. After Bob destroys their living room, Hilary sends James and Bob out.

CAST

Luke Treadaway as James Bowen
Bob as himself.
Stand-ins for Bob: Oscar, Booker, Jafffa, Leo, Ricki and Trayce
Ruta Gedmintas as Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, Bowen's animal-loving neighbour and James's love interest.
Joanne Froggatt as Val, Bowen's drug support worker.
Anthony Head as Jack Bowen, Bowen's remarried father.
Beth Goddard as Hilary, Bowen's father's wife and James's stepmother.
Caroline Goodall as Mary, an American journalist who persuades him to write a book about Bob.
Darren Evans as Baz, James's old friend who did not recover from heroin addiction.
Ruth Sheen as Elsie, a kind middle-aged woman, who gives presents to Bob.
Nina Wadia as Bus Conductress
The real James Bowen appears as a cameo asking an autograph from his character.