Peter Bogdanovich
          Director, Actor  
	
				 
	  
	        
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet / Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1965-1968) 
- Dir. Curtis Harrington, Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Mamie Van Doren 
- A pair of notable cheese–fests from the "planet of the low–budget":
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) Directed by Curtis…
 
Targets (1967)
 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Boris Karloff, Peter Bogdanovich 
- The influential first feature from a young Peter Bogdanovich, that effectively contrasts the story of a retiring horror actor (played by Boris…
 
Last Picture Show, The (1971)
 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid… 
- Much admired film about the problems of adolescence in a roadside town in '50s Texas. Launched the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris…
 
What's Up Doc? (1972) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn… 
- Creditable homage to the screwball farces of Hawks and Sturges, with Barbara Streisand as the wildcard in the life of musicologist Ryan O’Neal.…
 
Paper Moon (1973)
 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal 
- An inventive and enjoyable pastiche of the films from the golden age. Ryan O'Neal stars as a con–man who befriends a 9–year–old…
 
Daisy Miller (1974) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Mildred Natwick… 
- A thoughtful if slightly 'out of tune' version of Henry James' early novel, in which the titular American tours Europe in the late 1800s. Nicely…
 
Nickelodeon (1976) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal… 
- Peter Bogdanovich’s affection for golden age Hollywood shines through in this heartfelt comedy about a lawyer sent to shut down an ailing silent…
 
Saint Jack (1979)
 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott 
- Enjoyably amoral later gem from dir. Bogdanovich, about an American hustler who fulfils his dubious dream of opening a whorehouse in Singapore during…
 
Mask (1985)
 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Eric Stoltz,  Cher, Sam Elliott 
- Highly watchable tearjerker skillfully steers a facially–deformed teenager through the trials of adolescence, dodging most of the cliches and…
 
Texasville (1990) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts… 
- The director reassembles the youthful cast from his THE LAST PICTURE SHOW to illustrate the effect that thirty years has had on a group of school…
 
Noises Off! (1992) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott 
- Carol Burnett, Michael Caine and Denholm Elliot front this American film version of the West–End backstage farce as members of a screwball…
 
Thing Called Love, The (1993) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney… 
- River Phoenix's final film in which, sadly, his fatal affliction is plainly evident. Set in Nashville, he aspires to country–rock stardom but…
 
To Sir With Love 2 (1996) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Lulu , Judy Geeson 
- Sequel to the 1967 classic, with Sidney Poitier returning as the teacher dealing with unruly and disadvantaged students, this time in a…
 
Independent, The (2000) 
- Dir. Stephen Kessler
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, Jerry Stiller, Ron Howard… 
- Jerry Stiller excels as a B–movie director whose downward spiral is the focus of a documentary film crew as he attempts to turn the life story…
 
Cat's Meow, The (2001) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Eddie Izzard, Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann… 
- Returning to the dir.’s chair, Peter Bogdanovich revisits one of the juiciest scandals in Hollywood history: the mysterious death of filmmaker…
 
Festival in Cannes (2001)
 
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell… 
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
 
Out of Order (2003) 
- Feat. Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, Justine Bateman…
 
- The pilot episode for a TV Series set around a Los Angeles family, where Mom (Huffman) and Dad (Stoltz) exist on the middle rungs of the Hollywood…
 
Infamous (2006)
 
- Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig… 
- Beaten to the punch, this second take on Truman Capote’s infamy suffers inevitably from de–ja vu, yet has plenty new to offer as an alternate…
 
Broken English (2007)
 
- Dir. Zoe Cassavetes
Feat. Parker Posey, Drea De Matteo, Melvil Poupaud… 
- The usually zany Parker Posey searches for love in this supple, melancholic romantic comedy, here playing a Manhattan thirty–something as yet…
 
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Running Down a Dream (2007)
 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
 
- Peter Bogdanovich's exhaustive chronicle of the enormously successful pop/rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, from their inception as…
 
Humboldt County (2008) 
- Dir. Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
Feat. Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich… 
- Pleasant, though highly unoriginal dramedy plonks a straight–laced medical student (Strong) in the company of a potty…
 
She's Funny That Way (2015) 
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston… 
- Peter Bogdanovich returns to the screwball comedy genre is an enjoyable slice of nostalgia. On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle…