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Bob Balaban - filmography
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Bernard And Doris
(2007)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Bob Balaban
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Director Bob Balaban's fictional drama presents a speculative exploration of the relationship shared between wealthy tobacco heiress Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) and her Irish butler Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Fiennes) who, after just six years working as Duke's servant, was posthumously awarded ..read more »
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from 1 member
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No Reservations
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin
Director: Scott Hicks
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When a top chef (Catherine Zeta-Jones) gains unexpected custody of a little girl (Abigail Breslin), her life gets thrown off course. Things get even more complicated when some sexy chef competition (Aaron Eckhart) enters her kitchen and her heart.
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61%
from 17,789 members
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Lady In The Water
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
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Kindly caretaker Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti, SIDEWAYS) discovers an elfin creature named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard, THE VILLAGE) living in the swimming pool of the apartment complex where he works. It soon becomes apparent to Cleveland that Story is not of this world, and that her mission to ..read more »
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56%
from 16,353 members
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Capote
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.
Director: Bennett Miller
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In November 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman CApote, famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee, writer of soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals ..read more »
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66%
from 36,482 members
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Exonerated
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Brian Dennehy, Susan Sarandon
Director: Bob Balaban
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Court TV's THE EXONERATED is a conscience-pricking docudrama about six real-life death-row inmates who faced last minute reprieves on the eves of their executions due to newly acquired DNA evidence. Director Bob Balaban (best known for his role as Russell Dalrymple on SEINFELD) assembles a top ..read more »
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62%
from 20 members
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Ghost World
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi
Director: Terry Zwigoff
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Terry Zwigoff finally follows up his 1994 breakout success, CRUMB, with this infectious, insightful, and ultimately sad look at teenage angst and boredom in suburbia that recalls such films as WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE and RUSHMORE as well as MTV's excellent DARIA series. The screenplay, written by ..read more »
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63%
from 12,636 members
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The Mexican
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini
Director: Gore Verbinski
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Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts have star power to burn in Gore Verbinski's offbeat THE MEXICAN, about the search for a cursed legendary gun. Pitt stars as Jerry Welbach, a small-time loser who is given no choice but to run an errand for a powerful boss (Bob Balaban) who will have him killed if he ..read more »
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58%
from 6,547 members
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The Majestic
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Director: Frank Darabont
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In THE MAJESTIC, Jim Carrey stretches his talents and proves that he can be a credible serious actor with his portrayal of Peter Appleton, a Hollywood B-movie screenwriter who is black listed during the McCarthy era. A car accident costs him his memory, and in the small coastal town where he ends ..read more »
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63%
from 2,312 members
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Best In Show
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Christopher Guest
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The tension is unmistakable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air at the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show. Director Christopher Guest takes a hilarious look at dog show participants (and the pooches who love them).
Meet the contestants - a fly-fishing ..read more »
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67%
from 11,651 members
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Three To Tango
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Matthew Perry, Dylan McDermott
Director: Damon Santostefano
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Oscar Novak (Perry), an architect who is desperate to receive a ninety million dollar commission from a wealthy Chicago businessman, Charles Newman (McDermott), agrees to help him out with a personal problem. Newman, mistakenly convinced that Oscar is gay, asks him to spy on his mistress, Amy (..read more »
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59%
from 5,171 members
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Deconstructing Harry
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Woody Allen, Demi Moore, Robin Williams
Director: Woody Allen
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Upon returning in glory to the college from which he was expelled, sexually voracious and dyspeptic writer Harry Block can find no companions for his trip--except, that is, for a hooker he's hired. The trouble with Harry, as it were, is that he's alienated everyone in his life, from a string of ..read more »
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65%
from 3,425 members
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Late Shift
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck
Director: Betty Thomas
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A frenetic, true-life comedy charting the post-Carson late night TV wars between David Letterman and Jay Leno. Based on the book by Bill Carter. Kathy Bates won a Golden Globe for her supporting role as Helen Kushnick, Leno's controversially abrasive manager/executive producer.
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45%
from 19 members
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Parents
(1989)
Starring: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis
Director: Bob Balaban
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Little Michael has everything his ten-year-old heart could desire - including a great dinner every night. But soon he questions where all the "leftovers" come from and discovers that his dad is bringing home much more than the bacon. Yikes, his parents are cannibals!
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62%
from 21 members
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Dead Bang
(1989)
Starring: Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe
Director: John Frankenheimer
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A tough but true story based on the real experiences of Los Angeles Detective Jerry Beck, a man driven by a personal quest. He is assigned to find a cop-killer, the dead cop being one of his own colleagues. When Beck follows the trail to a white supremacy organisation, the case becomes an ..read more »
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53%
from 16 members
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2010 : The Year We Make Contact
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Bob Balaban
Director: Peter Hyams
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A team of American and Soviet astronauts travel in search of the lost ship "Discovery" as Cold War strife boils over back on Earth. A breathtaking if far less allegorical sequel to the sci-fi classic 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY. Academy Award Nominations: 5.
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62%
from 6,159 members
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Absence Of Malice
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Sydney Pollack directs Paul Newman as Michael Gallagher, the innocent son of a long-dead Mafia boss who suddenly finds that he is the subject of a criminal investigation. Eventually he discovers that the press's source is intentionally pressuring him and hoping that he'll leak insider information ..read more »
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62%
from 458 members
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Midnight Cowboy
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles
Director: John Schlesinger
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John Schlesinger's Oscar-winning film, which features brilliant performances by Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, brought an unusually gritty realism to the screen and offered a then-rare portrait of New York's street scene. Joe Buck (Jon Voight - DELIVERANCE, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE), a male prostitute ..read more »
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71%
from 11,503 members
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My Boyfriend's Back
on DVD
Starring: Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Bob Balaban
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Teenager Johnny Dingle will do anything to keep his date with the hottest girl in school -- even come back from the grave! You see, Johnny had the perfect scheme to win the heart of Missy McCloud, the town beauty. Unfortunately, Johnny's scam goes sour and he winds up dead! Even so, Johnny's ..read more »
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46%
from 53 members
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24 October 2003
... formula. Steve Buscemi is as great as ever as the geeky record collector while Bob Balaban is delightful as Enid's ineffectual dad. Good direction by Crumb's Terry Zwigof...
good, if a bit overlong 23 October 2008
