Exclusive: James Bowen on how movie stardom beckons for him and Street Cat Bob - and why a face from the past stopped him in his tracks. March 15, 2012, 2:29 AM . A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets (Bob The Cat #1). Londoner James Bowen struggled with homelessness and heroin addiction until life was transformed. A Street Cat Named Bob (film)A Street Cat Named Bob (known in the US as A Street Cat Named Bob: The Movie) is an upcoming British familycomedy- drama film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Tim John and Maria Nation. It is based on the book of same name by James Bowen. The film stars Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head and Bob the Cat as himself. It will be released in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2. United States on November 1. As James attempts to build a life and future for himself by busking in Covent Garden, he struggles to gain any traction as the London crowd passes him by. Returning home one day, he finds a ginger cat sitting outside his door. Thinking it belongs to a neighbour, he ignores the cat and goes to sleep. This film 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. Over the next few days, the cat continues to linger outside his door, and James discovers an infected wound on the animal. He takes the cat to be treated by the RSPCA and from that point onwards, the two lives become entwined. Title and Author This book is called A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life. It is written by James Bowen. Genre/Setting This book’s genre is memoir. James Bowen (born 15 March 1979, Surrey) is an author and busker based in London. His books A Street Cat Named Bob, The World According to Bob and A Gift from Bob. A Street Cat Named Bob is the brand new film from Sony Pictures Releasing International and Stage 6 Films based on the much-loved, international best-selling book. How street cat named Bob saved busker. 30 June 2013 Last updated at 10:42 BST.
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