Forget Puss In Boots, A Street Cat Named Bob raises the very real prospect of a puss in Boots. Judging by this exclusive new clip, the film's ginger protagonist knows neither fear nor regular feline boundaries. Watch as it skips merrily onto a London bus without so much as an Oyster card gripped in its paws.
A true-life story, A Street Cat Named Bob records the unlikely friendship between one man (Luke Treadaway’s James Bowen) and a cat (Bob) on the initially uncaring streets of London’s West End. Together, the pair ended up winning the hearts of their neighbourhood in Covent Garden, but the path to fame, fortune and illicit catnip sachets was a bumpy one.
The film introduces Bowen at his lowest ebb, addicted to drugs, homeless and with a tough family situation offering little respite. Bob, the furry little blighter, either spotting his innate potential or the chance of a free kitty treat, takes to him straightaway and the pair become inseparable.
One-time 007 director Roger Spottiswoode directs, with Tim John adapting Bowen’s own bestseller of the same name. With Joanne Froggatt, Ruta Gedmintas and Anthony Head all also aboard, A Street Cat Named Bob will be prowling into your local cinema on 4 November.