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Bob in the Coen Brothers' latest
Bob recently wrapped a small role in BURN AFTER READING, the latest picture from Joel and Ethan Coen, writer-directors of Blood Simple, Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, among others. Shot in New York, the film stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and John Malkovich. Bob appears in a scene with Malkovich -- a rousing dinner scene that takes place in an upper East Side gentlemen's club filled with Princeton alumni.

Bob recently wrapped shooting on two new films
In GROUNDED, he plays Victor, a conflicted airline pilot who must contend with finding that his best friend and second seat pilot is an alcoholic and drug addict. GROUNDED is Bob's second film for director Eric Brannon, for whom he did UP IN MICHIGAN last year. Brannon said he wrote the role with Bob in mind from the first word. The second film, BAMBOO SHARK, is a big-budget indie picture within an indie picture, following the trials of a group of young filmmakers as they try to make their first film. Bob plays a high-powered Hollywood producer in the film.

 

Bob straps on the gun and badge
Bob is currently shooting his latest feature, the crime thriller VICTIM'S SONG, directed by Jeffrey Stoltzfus for Super-Nerve Productions. In it, Bob plays detective Gordon Bavitch, a cop with 25 years of experience but not much else. Bavitch is carrying the guilt of having been responsible for his own child's death, and when a young wife and mother are killed, Bavitch transfers his inner rage onto the suspect father. "He's a wonderful character," Bob says, "full of conflict and depth. His arc through the film is terrific." The film shoots through December, with a late summer 2006 target for release.

 

Bob shoots role for new film based on Stephen King story
Bob recently completed principal photography on SUFFER THE LITTLE
CHILDREN, one of horror novelist Stephen King’s most disturbing
stories. The film was produced by Mark W. Miller for Suffer Productions.
The story centers around schoolchildren who morph into gruesome
monsters, but only in front of their teacher. Bob plays Buddy Jenkins,
a psychologist who tries to treat the teacher, until the children begin to
turn on him. “It’s a very creepy film,” Bob said, “with some terrific
special effects, especially when the kids morph into the monsters.” The
film is due for release late this year. See the Photo Gallery for production
shots from the set.

 

Sci-Fi noir thriller lets Bob show his evil side
“36", a new science-fiction thriller by writer/director Brian Troy has just been released by 77 Productions. In it, Bob plays “Scanner,” one of the two leads in the film. Scanner is a futuristic governor with a decidedly
nasty edge, who has no trouble killing what he thinks are inferior beings – Slaves who bear their number-name as a tattoo on their necks. “I finally got to play a character with absolutely no redeeming social value,” Bob said. “It was a lot of fun, but it was also a difficult role, because playing a villain means making sure you don’t play it over the top.” Director Brian Troy said, “Bob’s controlled performance really made the film. He made me real uncomfortable, but I couldn’t take my eyes off him.” See the Photo Gallery for shots from the production.

 

Bob Completes Shoots on Three New Films
Bob has completed shoots on three new films, all to be released in 2005. As the lead in HOSTAGE, Bob plays Kyle, a jaded, burned-out bounty hunter out to make one last score. In LIFE JUST HAPPENED, Bob plays Dr. Richard Brown, an oncologist who has the most unpleasant task of telling a young mother that her only daughter is going to die. And in UP IN MICHIGAN, a film adapted from an Ernest Hemingway short story, Bob plays Smith, a good 'ol boy diner owner in the wilds of Michigan who is oblivious to what a friend has planned for Smith's 15-year-old daughter. "All three films were great shoots," Bob says. "Each character pushed me into a different area of character. I particularly liked Kyle -- I really got to touch my evil side on that one." See the Photo Gallery for stills from each film.

 

TOUCHED accepted for Academy Awards
TOUCHED (TLA Releasing, 2004), the multi-award-winning film directed by Philadelphia casting leader Mike Lemon and produced by Academy Award winning producer Tammy Tiehel-Stedman, has been accepted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 2004 Academy Awards. Bob starred in the picture, along with David Duzenski and Vicki Gorman. Touched, entered in the Live Action Short Film category, screened in Los Angeles in August, and was accepted for Academy consideration that same month. The film will now go through two cycles of evaluation for nomination for an Academy Award in it’s category. Nominations will be announced in early 2005.

 

TOUCHED released nationwide
In additional news on Touched, the film was recently released nationwide by TLA Releasing, based in Los Angeles. It’s part of “Men’s Mix One,” a collection of award-winning short films. The collection can be found for rental or purchase at Blockbuster and other video store chains. It will also be shown on MTV’s new film channel, as well as the new film channel startup of the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

 

Bob signed to star in new feature, FRAYED
Bob recently starred in the new feature-length psychological thriller, Frayed, which wrapped in November, and is set to be released in August of 2005. Written and helmed by writer/director Alex Manghisi, and produced with his writing partner, Brad Herring, for Screaming Deer Productions, Frayed follows the slow, paranoiac disintegration of a successful executive who seems to have the perfect suburban life. But a string of murders in his neighborhood, and the constant onslaught of terrifying news on the television slowly begins to unravel the executive’s world. “The script is brilliant,” Bob said recently. “You feel touches of Rod Serling, M. Night Shyamalan, even a little Hitchcock in it. It’s going to be a terrific film.”