Peter Bogdanovich
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- 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…