Bob Balaban
          Director, Actor  
	
	Films to Rent  on DVD
				 
	  
	        
Me, Natalie (1969) 
- Dir. Fred Coe
Feat. Patty Duke, James Farentino, Salome Jens… 
- Thoughtful, though occasionally mawkish coming–of–age tale with Patty Duke as a young woman struggling with low self esteem and fighting…
 
Parents (1989)
 
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis 
- Frightening piece of horror kitsch about a boy who suspects his parents are cannibals. Splendid, stylised direction and set design make this a…
 
Greedy (1994) 
- Dir. Jonathan Lynn
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis… 
- Slapdash comedy with Douglas as a wealthy elderly man who's family compete to secure his vast inheritance. 
 
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
 
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey… 
- A comic treasure from the writer/star of "This is Spinal Tap", here lining up the fictional US burg of Blaine, Missouri in his satirical sights, as…
 
Deconstructing Harry (1998) 
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban… 
- Woody Allen's most unruly comedy in years is an excoriating satire on his 'public–image': morally–depraved author Harry Blok, in a…
 
Majestic, The (2001) 
- Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban… 
- Jim Carrey chose the wrong horse on which to saddle his dramatic aspirations with this “Capra–esque” tale of a blacklisted…
 
Mighty Wind, A (2003)
 
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean… 
- Writer–director Christopher Guest and his repertory of actors return for another cheerful send–up of an American subculture – this time…
 
Marie and Bruce (2004) 
- Dir. Tom Cairns
Feat. Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Bob Balaban 
- A portrait of a sharply declining marriage, with Matthew Broderick and Julianne Moore as diametrically opposed partners clinging to the remaining…
 
Exonerated, The  (2005) 
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo… 
- Jarring prison drama focusing on six death row inmates that are exonerated just before their executions due to new evidence becoming available.…
 
Bernard and Doris (2006) 
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes 
- Romantic comedy based loosely on the real–life relationship between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke (Sarandon) and her butler…