Wallace Shawn
Actor
- Starting Over (1979)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen…
- James L. Brooks scripted this classic breakup comedy with Burt Reynolds and Jill Clayburgh (fresh off AN UNMARRIED WOMAN) as divorcees trying to get…
- My Dinner with Andre (1981)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
- An honest exchange of philosophy transpires over dinner between an out–of–work playwright and a theatre director. Remarkably compelling…
- Saigon - Year of the Cat (1983)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, E.G. Marshall…
- Potent romantic drama set during the South Vietnam collapse with Dench as a depressed loan officer who falls into the arms of CIA interrogator…
- Lovesick (1983)
- Dir. Marshall Brickman
Feat. Dudley Moore, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Guinness…
- A psychiatrist who falls in love with a patient is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.
- Catholic Boys (Heaven Help Us) (1985)
- Dir. Michael Dinner
Feat. Mary Stuart Masterson, John Heard, Donald Sutherland…
- Slight, but engaging comedy set around a group of Roman Catholic schoolboys and their misadventures with the opposite sex.
- Bedroom Window, The (1987)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Steve Guttenberg, Isabelle Huppert, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Steve Guttenberg becomes perilously entrapped in Hitchcockian mode.
- Princess Bride, The (1987)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin…
- An elaborate and whimsical fairytale told to a bedridden young boy conjures up images of good versus evil in a world of monsters, giants and…
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
- Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Mary Woronov, Ray Sharkey…
- This irreverant poke at Hollywood's upper–class has something to offend everyone, but its camp bad taste is kind of endearing. Jacqueline…
- Linguini Incident, The (1991)
- Dir. Richard Shepard
Feat. David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette, Eszter Balint…
- A largely forgotten, but mildly quirky comedy about an odd couple: a waitress (Arquette) who wants to be an escape–artist and a British barman…
- Meteor Man, The (1993)
- Dir. Robert Townsend
Feat. Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby…
- Black–American spoof of SUPERMAN doubles as a commentary on their urban crime problem. James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Luther Vandross help out…
- Vanya On 42nd Street (1994)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Andre Gregory
- The late director's final film recouples him with Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory from MY DINNER WITH ANDRE for another compulsive round of…
- Wife, The (1994)
- Dir. Tom Noonan
Feat. Julie Hagerty, Tom Noonan, Wallace Shawn…
- An adult drama to be savoured – director Tom Noonan adapts his own stageplay for the screen, matching the wit and intelligence of his text with…
- Canadian Bacon (1995)
- Dir. Michael Moore
Feat. Alan Alda, John Candy, Rhea Perlman…
- Great premise sees badly–rating US President Alan Alda declaring war on Canada. Its potential is never quite reached, with ROGER AND ME's…
- Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd…
- Woody comfortably ambles through this genial spoof of a 40s detective film, playing a renowned insurance investigator who falls prey to a…
- Prime Gig, The (2001)
- Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond…
- A soberly played drama–thriller, in which Vince Vaughn is drawn into a shady telemarketing scam operated by philosophising villain Ed…
- Haunted Mansion, The (2003)
- Dir. Rob Minkoff
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp…
- Inspired by Disneyland's famous funride, this ghostly comedy has real estate agent Eddie Murphy and kin inadvertantly spending the night in a spooky…
- Duplex (2004)
- Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Harvey Fierstein…
- Typically wicked premise from dir. De Vito, with Stiller and Barrymore as a duplex–owning young couple who are lumbered with an eccentric,…
- Jack and the Beanstalk (2010)
- Dir. Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Feat. Colin Ford, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lloyd…
- Gently subversive telling of the classic tale with young Jack trading his computer for the requisite magic beans, and there's enough…
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Dir. Lee Unkrich
Feat. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack…
- Pixar Studios live up to – and arguably exceed – expectations for this, the third and probably final entry in their beloved flagship…
- Performance (A Late Quartet) (2012)
- Dir. Yaron Zilberman
Feat. Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- A celebrated string quartet in New York struggle to stay together through a combination of illness and relationship woes in this nuanced ensemble…
- Vamps (2012)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver…
- Charming horror comedy from director Amy Heckerling (CLUELESS) re–teaming with actress Alicia Silverstone, who plays a vampire in New York City…
- Admission (2013)
- Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Wallace Shawn…
- A sweet, serio–comic romance with Tiny Fey as a Princeton admission officer whose straight–laced existence is invigorated by a…
- Double, The (2013)
- Dir. Richard Ayoade
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn…
- Richard Ayoade (SUBMARINE) directs this stylish Kafka–esque thriller about a government worker who is joined by his doppelganger.
- Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
- Dir. Angus MacLane
Feat. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack…
- This all–new Pixar short finds the Toy Story crew taking an ill–advised detour to a creepy roadside motel. Perfect for…
- Maggie's Plan (2015)
- Dir. Rebecca Miller
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore…
- Witty showcase for the talents of Greta Gerwig, here playing a woman who's plans to have a baby on her own are derailed when she becomes involved…